Monthly Archives: June 2010

Top Signs Your Small Business is Ready for an ERP Software System

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Whether your small business uses a small business accounting software package, such as QuickBooks or Peachtree, or a custom-written legacy system that dates back to the early to mid-1990’s, there are a number of telling signs your business is ready to make the jump to an ERP software system. Some of the leading indicators that your small business is ready for an ERP include:

1. Your business uses multiple software packages to process a variety of business transactions, and these software systems are not linked together in a single database. For example, accounting personnel may process receivables and payables in one system, shipping, receiving, and warehouse personnel may record inventory transaction data in spreadsheets, and sales representatives may enter customer orders in an entirely different system.
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Will Health Insurance Really Saves Money?

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Health insurance is a type of an insurance whereby the insurer pays the medical costs of the insured, if the insured becomes sick due to covered causes or due to accidents. A health insurance policy is a legal binding contract between the insurance company and the insured.

Health insurance benefits are many. Health insurance is termed also as accident insurance, sickness insurance and medical insurance. Health insurance is purchased generally, with no assurance of renewability and if renewable no guarantee that premium rates will not increase.

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5 Advantages of Using Promotional Ceramic Mugs

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It is undoubted that if you choose promotional ceramic mugs as a part of your marketing campaign, they will not go waste. Whether working in a bank or on a farm, coffee or tea breaks are an inevitable part of everyone’s schedule, especially when we are talking about people in a country like Britain. However, most of us including me wouldn’t believe such vague facts until and unless provided with a solid proof. Therefore, via this article I shall put forth five facts in Continue reading →

9 strategies to successfully sell your business

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Selling a business comes with a huge number of variables. The following consider 9 important areas you need to work through if you want to successfully exit the business you own.

1. Do I need to create and use a team?
Putting together an exit strategy and then executing it is a team sport. Don’t try and do it on your own. Members of your team to consider include:
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Surveying the Small Business Financing Landscape

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Over the past month or so, there has been a noticeable shift in the dialog coming out of Washington, D.C. with regard to economic priorities. Health care reform has for the most part been put on the back burner, replaced by an emphasis on job creation.

As part of this emphasis, the federal government has proposed and launched several initiatives to help increase access to capital for small businesses. One of these would transfer $30 billion to a new Small Business Lending Fund that could be accessed by community banks.
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