Small Business Advice

THE SMALL BUSINESS BOOM UNDER THE BIDEN-HARRISADMINISTRATION

April 28, 2022

THE SMALL BUSINESS BOOM UNDER THE BIDEN
Through the American Rescue Plan and the equitable implementation of emergency relief programs, President Biden and Vice President Harris fostered the strongest recovery for Main Street on record. In 2021, Americans applied to start 5.4 million new businesses—more than 20
percent higher than any previous year on record.

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Australian Small Business Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic

whitePaper | April 12, 2021

Small businesses (those with less than 20 employees) make up nearly 98% of all Australian businesses. Responding to the COVID-19 crisis has presented small businesses with new challenges, and there is evidence that many are looking to alternative solutions for survival in the longer term. This paper presents recent evidence which can be summed up as a focus on business innovation, flexibility, and agility.

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WHY WHITE PAPERS ARE GOOD FOR BUSINESS

whitePaper | November 7, 2022

A white paper is a thorough and authoritative report that aims to investigate a specific complex business issue. White papers are produced by businesses who want to help their customers, clients and any other interested parties better understand their products or services.

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ERP software for SMEs demonstrates that size isn’t always everything

whitePaper | March 29, 2021

The idea behind enterprise resource planning (ERP) is to provide a business with a single product that provides software to support the main business functions in the company. For smaller businesses, choosing an ERP system is a double-edged sword.

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How to Avoid Phishing Attacks

whitePaper | December 7, 2019

As a small or medium business professional, chances are you’ve heard about phishing. Phishing scams—ploys that cybercriminals use to trick unsuspecting people into revealing sensitive information and steal their identities—are a serious problem for both consumers and business owners. In fact, over the last five years, there has been a steady increase in attacks targeting businesses with less than 250 employees, with 43 percent of all attacks targeted at small businesses in 2015.1 But phishing attacks aren’t only targeting businesses, they’re also targeting employees in order to gain access to a business’ sensitive data. The number of spear phishing campaigns targeting employees increased by 55 percent in 2015.2

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THE STATE SMALL BUSINESS CREDIT INITIATIVE AND REBUILDING THE U.S. MANUFACTURING BASE

whitePaper | May 31, 2023

The American Rescue Plan, passed in 2021, reauthorized and expanded the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) and will provide nearly $10 billion in funds to help small businesses access the capital they need to invest in job-creating opportunities as the country emerges from the pandemic.

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COVID-19 and Technology Adoption in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

whitePaper | December 15, 2021

This report uncovers the impact the pandemic has had on SMEs’ attitude to Industry 4.0 technologies. It highlights the barriers and the corresponding policies of the SMEs they have to overcome in achieving a wider adoption of digital technology.

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Retail Detail South Africa

Just like you, we started out small—a couple of guys from Durban with a potentially game-changing idea. We wanted to offer something new, something nobody else was doing. Drawing on our own extensive retail experience with some of the biggest household names, we've arrived at exactly that.

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