BEST BUSINESSES IN NEW YORK

October 20th at 2:46pm

New York City is the country’s top city for small business for the second year in a row, according to Biz2Credit’s annual study of the Top Small Business Cities in America, which analyzed the financial performance of 27,000 small businesses and their local market economic conditions. New York is important for entrepreneurs because any small business has the same opportunity to grow to be a large corporation.  New York is the host of some of  the largest companies in the world. here’s a look at the top 10: IBMPepsiCoPepsi CenterJPMorgan Chase & Co.CitiVerizonDiorABM IndustriesPfizerIcahn Enterprises And here are the Top Employers in NYC…

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TEXAS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES

October 13th at 2:32pm

Everything’s bigger in Texas, especially small businesses! Texas has 1,787,607 small businesses, according to the most current federal data available. Of those 1,787,607 small businesses in Texas, 399,323 have employees. The remaining 1,388,284 are Texas small businesses that have no employees. Texas landed the top spot on WalletHub’s ranking of the best states to start a new business. The Lone Star State — which is home to such Fortune 500 companies as Exxon Mobil, AT&T and American Airlines — also nabbed the study’s top score for business environment. Start Your Own Business in Texas: Seven Steps You Need to Take…

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PUBLISH YOUR OWN BOOK THROUGH AMAZON

October 6th at 2:25pm

You don’t have to be a Shakespeare or Stephen King to be an author these days and you don’t have to battle with nasty publishers to get your book out there either. If you are self-publishing then you can publish your book right now without any other effort. Go to CreateSpace (owned by Amazon), check the box that you want to be both paperback and Kindle, pick a cover, upload your manuscript, and in a few days you will be published on Amazon and people can start buying your book.  Here’s a step by step guide: Follow these steps below,…

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BEAUTY SALONS ARE RECESSION PROOF

September 22nd at 2:14pm

The beauty industry seems to be as close to recession proof as any industry can get. Throughout the economic recession, salons and barbershops have been thriving. When the Great Recession reached its peak in 2007, countless businesses went under, including some big name corporations that had been around for years. But some businesses, including hair salons, seemed to thrive despite the economic downturn.  Here are some reasons why: People still want to look good. Even in the midst of economic struggles, people still care about how they look. They may need to maintain a certain image to keep their job or…

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MARKETING FOR SMALL BUSINESS

September 15th at 2:06pm

Marketing allows you to connect with potential customers and inform them of all the services you offer. It builds brand recognition and fosters healthy competition between businesses. It boosts sales, helps you construct a consist client-base, and helps you make your mark on the world. Here are some simple steps to help you market your small business: Get organized. Get a website. Leverage social media. Set up and claim your business online. Use Google AdWords. Create local awareness and establish a network. Offer coupons or free products/services. Advertise. How to Make a Small Business Marketing Plan Assess Your Current Business Situation and Outline Marketing Goals. Determine What You…

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SETTING UP A NAIL SALON

September 8th at 1:51pm

Because of their straightforward business model, nail salons are often easier to break into than other types of startups. This means you can spend more time doing nails and less time chewing your own. After you’ve applied for your operator’s license and found a suitable location, your chief concern will be getting your hands on all the equipment and supplies you’ll need to carry out business on a day-to-day basis. Most nail salons are at least 1,000 square feet, and building out a salon typically costs between $75 and $125 per square foot. This comes to a total build-out cost…

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BUSINESS ADVICE FROM RICHARD BRANSON

August 25th at 1:49pm

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is a British business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist. He founded the Virgin Group in the 1970s, which controls more than 400 companies in various fields. Branson expressed his desire to become an entrepreneur at a young age. His first business venture, at the age of 16, was a magazine called Student. In 1970, he set up a mail-order record business. He opened a chain of record stores, Virgin Records—later known as Virgin Megastores—in 1972. Branson’s finances are difficult to penetrate because of their complexity and opaqueness, with few of his large companies wholly owned by Branson himself. His big-branded firms…

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SUCCESS SECRETS FROM MARK CUBAN

August 18th at 1:35pm

Born in Pittsburgh in 1958, entrepreneur Mark Cuban has ventured into many diverse businesses. He made his fortune through the sale of startups MicroSolutions and Broadcast.com in the 1990s, and later became known as the zealous owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks. Cuban is currently worth a whopping $3.9 billion, according to Forbes. That puts him at No. 190 on the most recent Forbes 400 list. Mark Cuban shares secrets to achieving extraordinary success Time is the greatest asset. It’s worth being nice to people. “No balls, no babies.” If you don’t set aside time to have fun, your work will suffer. You can change fear from an impediment to a…

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