Epson Adds 3 Printers Designed for Home Offices

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The office can now be anywhere, and when you are at home having a solid reliable printer means you won’t have to go to the office to get hard copies. Epson is addressing this segment with the introduction of new affordable and compact printers for the home, whether it is for the family or . Latest Epson Printers for Home Offices The three printers Epson just announced come in well under $200. According to the company, the  all-in-one printer, the Expression Home XP-5100, and Expression Premium XP-6000 small-in-one printers provide features and performance […]

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This tech startup is starting its own net neutral, independent internet

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This tech startup is starting its own net neutral, independent internet

File transfer startup WeTransfer is creating its own net neutral wireless network. The pilot program will be open to a few households in the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles.  For the first three months, the service will be free. Monday marked the first day in the US — the Obama-era rules preventing AT&T, Comcast and other internet service providers from And depending on how an experiment turns out in Venice, California, Monday could also mark the beginning of a new “build-your-own-internet” era.  WeTransfer, a file transfer startup based […]

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Do I Need a Business License for Remote Employees?

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Sponsored Post Your small business is growing nicely, taking on more and more clients and gradually increasing revenue and profits. In order to sufficiently cater for its growth and additional workload, you’re contemplating taking on remote workers. By recruiting remote employees, you’ll benefit from having access to a wider pool of talent without geographical restraints, and from a number of cost savings, such as no additional office space to pay for. However, despite the many benefits taking on remote employees brings, it is not without its potential […]

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Service Companies Bolster Small Business Job Totals, ADP Reports

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The March ADP (NASDAQ:ADP) Small Business Report revealed the service-providing sector was greatly responsible for the 47,000 jobs small businesses created in March. Although the number for small businesses came in 19,000 lower than . Still, overall the national employment numbers were higher at 241,000, compared to 235,000 last month. March 2018 ADP Small Business Report There are fluctuations in the different segments of the employment report, but the economy has been generating well over 200,000 jobs for the past four months. According to Mark Zandi, chief economist […]

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App Confusion Can Cost Your Small Business 32 Days of Lost Productivity Per Year

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If you’re like a lot of other small business owners, you likely rely on several to get through the day. However, if your employees rely on all this software, too, it may also be causing your small business to hemorrhage money. How could this be? These are the apps and software developed to make us work smarter and faster. Well, according to new research from RingCentral, the plethora of apps is causing a lot of confusion in the workplace. In fact, of the 2,000 “knowledge workers” surveyed, […]

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Contribute to our Big List of National Small Business Week 2012 Events

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National Small Business Week runs from April 29 to May 5, 2018. As a co-sponsor of the event, Small Business Trends (SBT) is putting together a Big List of events and offers of interest to the small business community in commemoration of this week set aside to celebrate U.S small businesses. If you are taking part in the week-long celebration by hosting an event to go along with National Small Business Week 2018, please let us know and we’ll share your event with our community. The event […]

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Top Stories: Starbucks Deals with Racial Discrimination, Tech Startups Struggle with Compensation

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Whether your business has single or multiple locations, having a great management system in place for everyone to follow is critically important. Starbucks became aware of this fact with an incident that took place in Philadelphia which made national headlines. The issue should teach businesses of all sizes some valuable lessons. In other news, tech startups struggle to provide adequate pay in expensive Silicon Valley. Do you struggle to keep your compensation ahead of cost of living? Read more insightful small business news in our roundup below. […]

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Jeremy Epstein of Never Stop Marketing: Blockchain May Move Us from CRM to WRM – Wallet Relationship Management

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The interest in and [Marketing Tech] is growing rapidly. And Amazon’s announcement earlier this week of a new patent that may allow them to sell the identities of cryptocurrency users added even more fuel to the fire of interest.  This high level of interest was obvious at last week’s CRM Evolution conference, as Never Stop Marketing founder and blockchain expert Jeremy Epstein’s session — ‘Blockchain and the CMO: The Next Era of Marketing’ — was a real crowd pleaser. For those who weren’t able to attend Jeremy’s […]

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Promo Partners With Shutterstock Giving Small Businesses More Video Options

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Promo, a video creation solution made by Slidely, has announced it has formed a partnership with Shutterstock (NYSE: SSTK). This arrangement will increase Promo’s 3.5 million video library to more than 12.5 million premium quality videos. Slidely and Shutterstock Partnership As part of the partnership, Shutterstock is making more than 9 million videos available to Promo. With the creative tools Promo provides, users will be able to customize the videos to create video ads without having to break the bank. For small businesses, the ability to create […]

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Help Us Build a Big List of National Small Business Week 2018 Events

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National Small Business Week is fast approaching. The annual event is being held from April 29 through May 5, 2018. And we know there are lots of special events to celebrate the week. This year, again, Small Business Trends has the honor and distinction of being a co-sponsor of the event. So, we’re putting together a Big List of National Small Business Week events and offers. This list will reach small businesses and entrepreneurs across the country on the Small Business Trends website. Are you or your […]

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