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Are You Ready for Small Business Saturday?

4 minute read

November 14, 2023

Recent holiday retail forecasts from the National Retail Federation (NRF) foresee modest growth in holiday spending as compared to last year, predicting a 3 percent to 4 percent increase in total sales. But there's a...

Small Business

Do You Need Professional Liability Insurance?

4 minute read

November 7, 2023

Do you know everything you need to about business liability insurance? If not, you’re in good company. A staggering 96 percent of business owners surveyed by Next Insurance, a business insurance provider, scored 70% or...

Small Business

Five Steps to Smarter Debt Collections

5 minute read

October 31, 2023

With personal and business bankruptcies up 10% from 2022, according to the United States Courts, it's inevitable that you'll come across someone who can't pay their bill. Having a process to follow and knowing what...

Small Business

Miami: Where Entrepreneurs Thrive

3 minute read

October 26, 2023

While you surely know about Florida's attributes as a tourist destination, are you up to speed on its explosive small business growth? In 2022, the Miami/Fort Lauderdale/West Palm beach metropolitan region filed almost 41 new...

Thought Leadership

VP of Partnerships Jason Solomon Leveraging Partnerships for Growth

6 minute read

October 24, 2023

Business partnerships come in many sizes and flavors: A young boutique airline awards "miles" to a credit card's users. By piggybacking on the name of an established global bank, the airline brings in affluent consumers....

Small Business

Do You Know the Costs of Buying into a Franchise?

4 minute read

October 17, 2023

Owning a franchise, whether it’s a branch of a national burger joint or a hardware store, is an appealing proposition to a budding entrepreneur. In the best of scenarios, you can reap the benefits of...

Small Business

Six Reasons Why You (Really) Need a Website

5 minute read

October 10, 2023

You're sitting at your kitchen table or desk, gathering information about batting cages in the area for your up-and-coming Yankee or Marlin. Five places you've found in your area have their hours, fees, and equipment...

Fora Financial News

Fora Financial Closes New Debt Financings

1 minute read

October 3, 2023

Fora Financial, a leading provider of flexible financing to small- and medium-sized businesses nationwide, today announced the closings of a $130 million revolving credit facility and $10 million investment-grade rated corporate note. Truist Bank will...

Thought Leadership

CMO Elissa Feldman On Blogging and Your Business

6 minute read

September 26, 2023

I'm a huge blog fan — even more so since I learned that 90 percent of our site's organic clicks were on our blog! But of course, you'll want other numbers to support your blogging...