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Protecting Your Small Business From Fraud

Every day it seems someone comes up with a new scam or fraud idea. The most popular are the Nigerian Check fraud and the Mystery Shopper scans, all involve a useless check. These people target business that typically cash checks such as a liquor store, grocery store, convenience stores, Money Gram stores, etc. The […]

What Are The Costs of Marketing Staff Turnover?

Hiring and retaining skilled staff is always a high priority for managers who direct marketing functions. Marketing Department turnover has an impact, not just on the Marketing Department, but in other parts of the organization. For example, a lack of fully trained resources (trained in the company’s way of marketing) can force marketing projects to […]

Drivers Privacy Protection Act – Protecting Yourself When You Hire Someone to Drive a Company Vehicle

When hiring a person to drive one of your company vehicles, it is obviously important to include a thorough screening of the applicant’s driving record as part of the hiring process. However, there are some things you need to keep in mind. Enter the Drivers Privacy Protection Act (DPPA).

What is the DPPA?

The DPPA […]

Protecting Your Small Business Against Burglars

Ever wonder about the mindset of a burglar? Likely you haven’t – who has really. We just all hope our place of business doesn’t get robbed. Here are a few things a burglar will never tell you:

Of course I look familiar; I was at your office just last week pretending to be a client, […]

Flight of Angels and the Need for Bootstrapping

The current economic crash may force “Bootstrapping” to be the primary funding strategy for many startup companies, for the next few years.

Where would startup companies be without Angel Investors? In 2007 alone, 258,200 angel investors pumped $26 billion into 57,120 companies.

In 2008, The Angel Capital Association (the official industry alliance of over 100 […]