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There are a million thoughts and feelings a person has when starting a new job. You’re anxious, nervous and excited at all of the possibilities. You’re also completely overwhelmed. You have to start from scratch and learn a new routine, culture, tasks and group of people on top of doing [...]

For many, telecommuting is living the dream; there are no alarms, no bosses breathing down your neck (although they may send endless emails), and you can finally make that 10 a.m. gym class you’ve been dying to try. In some instances, telecommuting can be that way, but it depends on [...]

If the CEO of the company has anything to say about Lenovo's standing in the PC industry, the company won't stop until massive growth is achieved. In a series of recent buying sweeps, Lenovo has bought Motorola Mobility for a whopping $2.91 billion from Google and also acquired the server [...]

Email marketing software can be a powerful tool for small businesses. It can drive traffic to your website, increase sales, build brand loyalty, and more. And the software is even more powerful if you take full advantage of the tools available to you. Of course, every email marketing software provider offers [...]

Encouraging telecommuting isn’t just a way to go green by cutting down on carbon emissions released by vehicles during a work commute. It’s also a fantastic cost-saving method that can be employed in nearly any industry. In a time when budgets are tight and startups – along with competition – [...]

There was a time when you probably related all too well to TV’s The Office (whether it was the British or American version) but, thankfully, the times are changing. Less and less are people required to do the daily commute, clock in and tuck into their cubicles where they pretend [...]

Traditionally, overtime pay has been mostly limited to hourly wage earners who are able to claim an extra per-hour fee for any time worked over 40 hours in a week. Currently, regulations have limitations on employees who can earn overtime pay, making it exclusive to those making low wages. A [...]

From mobile financial planning to a new way to share a ride, these are the hot companies coming from the Bay Area. [...]

From technology to fashion, California is a hub of innovation so it’s no surprise that it’s also startup central. However, only one city can be crowned king (or queen) of entrepreneurship and that title clearly goes to San Francisco. It’s where scores of startups are born and thriving, but there [...]

Tax time is generally a dreaded occasion, riddled with confusion and angst. This discomfort increases when filing on behalf of a small or home business. To make things even more complicated, you must file as the correct entity. You may be a sole proprietor, or perhaps the business can more [...]

When the calendar changed to 2014, more provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) — popularly known as Obamacare — kicked in. As we near the end of the six-month open enrollment period, exactly how many people have enrolled in Obamacare remains unclear. Estimates put the Obamacare enrollment [...]

Kickstarter, an online crowdfunding platform launched in 2009, has always stated that it’s mission was to bring creative projects to life by partnering individual artists and groups with the donors who found their mission compelling. And it has been incredibly successful in achieving this goal – since the site went [...]

Some names come to mind immediately when you think of online shopping niches, and Zappos is likely one of them. Now the digital shoe giant has launched an online shopping campaign unlike any other we’ve seen before, and it’s called hashtag #ootd.read more [...]

There’s marketing … and then there’s digital marketing. While there’s a fair amount of overlap between these two realms, there are also huge differences. Knowing what they are, when to make use of them, and how to use them can be a game changer for small businesses and startups. Your future [...]

There was a time, not that long ago, when American shopping malls were the go-to hot spot for everyone, especially teens. Entire films have centered on this American staple, such as Mall Rats and Fast Times at Ridgemont High, but the onslaught of digital and mobile shopping gave bricks-and-mortar establishments [...]