Tagged: Small Business
Watch five years of Kiva micro-loans spread social impact across the globe [Video] – Shareables
This is a touching video of people helping people. It is amazing that almost 240 million dollars changed hands, and it wasn’t worthwhile for the money-making financial systems to be involved. Sometimes I wonder when we talk about caring about fellow-man, why we allow others to live in abject poverty? Certainly we don’t need a new iPad that much or we can skip one fast food meal to help change someones life.
via Watch five years of Kiva micro-loans spread social impact across the globe [Video] – Shareables.
A Hidden Security Threat: Beware the Office Multifunction Printer | PCWorld Business Center
A Hidden Security Threat: Beware the Office Multifunction Printer | PCWorld Business Center. I wonder if the small business that typically buy a MFP would know to fix this? I doubt it ranks in the average IT persons security concerns.
Office 365 Explained [Infographic] – Microsoft
Office 365 Explained [Infographic] – Microsoft. This is a great explanation of what Office 365 is. It is nice to see some focus so potential customers can understand it better. It doesn’t seem compelling for small business who are already using Google Services.
Review of Central Desktop SaaS
Review of Central Desktop. I ran across a reference to central desktop in another article I read. I am not sure that business will want to pay $25 per user. If this could be self-hosted and less money then I would agree it would be a big seller. Still if you are a small company and you need to track collaboration it might do the job.
Want an easy CMS with built-in store?
• Create a Free Website with our Website Builder – Jimdo. This seems like it could threaten WordPress current dominance in small business and personal CMS. The fact that it is very low-cost for the professional version and offers so much. I am going to try it out.
I tried it out and the free version is useless. Try the business version for $15 a month. They have a 30 day guarantee. This is interesting but I am still convinced that long-term WP is a better option.
Does your business spend similarly to your competitors?
How Small Businesses Are Spending Intuit Small Business Blog. Interesting statistics here including the percentages that are spent by category. Could be interesting to compare to your own business.
10 Reasons Your Small Business Should Run on Macs MacLife
10 Reasons Your Small Business Should Run on Macs MacLife. This article is about two years old but still has mostly valid reasons. Number 10 is suspect, but the others are basically true. Considering these points might make you help make the best decision for your business.