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JUNE 18, 2019

Top 10 Reasons Why Good Employees Quit. Lack of respect or trust. Low pay. Poor company culture. Feeling overworked and underappreciated. Bad manager. No growth opportunities. Disconnect with company values. Issues within their team. Poor leadership. No work-life balance. There are few faster ways to cause major problems at your company than to forget that a good business is staffed by satisfied, energetic, and engaged employees.

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GoCardless

JUNE 17, 2019

If customers churn just as fast as they convert, your recurring revenue will never be able to reach its true potential. Download this guide for actionable tips on managing churn from seasoned SaaS leaders.

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Fundera

JUNE 21, 2019

General Partnership Definition. A general partnership is an unincorporated business with two or more owners who share business responsibilities. Each general partner has unlimited personal liability for the debts and obligations of the business. Each partner reports their share of business profits and losses on their personal tax return. There are several types of business partnerships, but the most common is a general partnership.

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Fundera

JUNE 21, 2019

What Is a Franchise Tax? A franchise tax is levied against businesses by certain states for the privilege of doing business in that state. Not all states have a franchise tax and not all businesses have to pay them. Certain types of taxes, like income and sales, are familiar to most people because in most states, anyone who makes or spends money has to pay those taxes.

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Fundera

JUNE 15, 2019

SEP IRA for Employees. A SEP IRA for employees is a retirement plan option that allows very small businesses and entrepreneurs to defer up to $56,000 annually or 25% of their employees’ compensation. Only an employer can contribute to a SEP IRA, and they are required to make proportional contributions to all full-time employees. SEP IRAs are tax deductible and discretionary for employers—meaning they only have to contribute when they choose to.

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Fundera

JUNE 19, 2019

How to Sell on Facebook. Sign up for or log into your Facebook business page. Add a shop to your business page. Add products to your shop; you can add as many as you want. Verify your identity on the shop so you eventually can access your profits. Manage items and keep inventory up to date. Ship your sales. Whether or not your small business already has a page on Facebook, it’s probably a platform you’re fairly familiar and comfortable with.

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Fundera

JUNE 20, 2019

For your business to be able to accept credit cards, you’ll have to work with a merchant services provider. Regardless of the specific provider or service you choose, the entity that you work with will enable you to process payments and provide you with the tools you need to do so. As accepting credit cards payments has become more or less a necessity for businesses, the number of merchant services offerings on the market has grown, meaning you have a variety of options to choose from.

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Fundera

JUNE 20, 2019

What Is a Partnership Agreement? A partnership agreement is a legal document that outlines the management structure of a partnership and the rights, duties, ownership interests, and profit shares of the partners. It’s not legally required, but highly advisable, to have a partnership agreement to avoid conflicts among partners. When you go into business with other people, the hope is that you’ll always make a good team, ready to tackle any challenges that come your way.

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Fundera

JUNE 19, 2019

CardConnect Review. CardConnect is a quote-based payment processor serving over 230,000 merchants in the United States. Their flagship product, CardPointe, is a complete payments platform for businesses—offering everything from transaction management software to a hosted payments page. CardConnect also sells security tools that integrate with other software to allow tokenization and point-to-point encryption.

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Fundera

JUNE 18, 2019

What Is PCI Compliance? PCI compliance is a set of security standards designed to ensure that all companies that accept, process, store, or transmit credit card information maintain a secure environment. PCI compliance is administered and managed by the PCI Security Standards Council (SSC), an independent body comprised of the major payment card brands.

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Fundera

JUNE 18, 2019

If you’re a small business owner looking to break into the world of ecommerce, you’re not alone. Whether starting an ecommerce business as your first endeavor or adding an ecommerce element to your existing operation, online stores have quickly become the norm for customers looking to buy any number of products. Regardless of your business background, one of the most important decisions you’ll make as you begin your online store is choosing an ecommerce platform.

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Fundera

JUNE 17, 2019

Payment Depot Review. Payment Depot is a payment processor that provides membership pricing and wholesale interchange rates. Memberships range from $49 to $199. With your membership, you’ll get the lowest interchange rate possible plus transaction fees ranging between $0.15 and $0.05. And you’ll get a merchant account, payment gateway, virtual terminal, and more.

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Fundera

JUNE 16, 2019

A website is a key part of many small businesses. Whether you’re using your website to sell products directly online or you’re just trying to use it as another channel for your web marketing, it’s important to have the right ecommerce platform for you. There are so many options to choose from when it comes to building a small business website and it can take time to sort through them all.

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Fundera

JUNE 16, 2019

How to Welcome a New Employee: 6 Steps. Start onboarding before a new employee’s first day. Quickly handle a new employee’s paperwork. Provide the new employee with a warm reception. Give the new employee an orientation. Introduce the new employee to your team. Prepare a 30/60/90 plan for the new employee. Hiring a new employee can be an arduous HR process.

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GoCardless

JUNE 17, 2019

Data Protection Officer, Kasey, on scaling the GoCardless Privacy Programme.

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Fundera

JUNE 17, 2019

10 Common Hiring Mistakes to Avoid. Not defining job duties clearly. Not having a process in place. Having too wide of a candidate pool. Not preparing for interviews. Talking in interviews more than you listen. Ignoring the cultural fit. Trusting your gut too much, or too little. Not prioritizing your hiring qualifications. Not checking a candidate’s references.

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Fundera

JUNE 15, 2019

When you start an ecommerce business , the software you choose to build and manage your online store will be of the utmost importance. After all, this will be the platform you use to customize your site, list your products, and process customer orders and payments. Before deciding on a service, therefore, you’ll want to compare different options to determine which will best fulfill your business’s needs.

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Fundera

JUNE 17, 2019

Working with individuals you’ve hired as employees can be one of the most rewarding parts of business ownership, and yet, one of the most involved when it comes to payroll, documentation, and other HR small business practices. In fact, some of these responsibilities are regulated by federal and state law, making them all the more complicated. One such law, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regulates both the minimum wage and overtime pay obligations employers have for their employees.

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Fundera

JUNE 17, 2019

Working with individuals you’ve hired as employees can be one of the most rewarding parts of business ownership, and yet, one of the most involved when it comes to payroll, documentation, and other HR small business practices. In fact, some of these responsibilities are regulated by federal and state law, making them all the more complicated. One such law, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regulates both the minimum wage and overtime pay obligations employers have for their employees.

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Fundera

JUNE 16, 2019

Ambur POS Review. Ambur POS is a restaurant POS system owned by ShopKeep. Ambur’s software offerings are a bit limited, and their payment processing system can only accept magstripe cards. Furthermore, pricing for Ambur POS starts at $59 per month (if paid annually), making it a rather expensive option. Ambur Point of Sale (POS) has an interesting origin story.

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JUNE 20, 2019

Filing taxes is never a welcome task as an individual, and even less so as a business owner. As the owner of a small business, your tax obligations are greater and more involved, meaning you’re responsible for completing a variety of IRS business forms throughout the year. Since filing your business taxes is only a part of your business responsibilities—and perhaps one of the most complex and tedious—you may be pressed to remember what kind of IRS small business forms are out there, what they en

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JUNE 19, 2019

Georgia is a great state in which to start a small business. According to data from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), there are one million small businesses in Georgia, making up over 99.6% of all Georgia businesses. Plus, over a third of Georgia small businesses are owned by minority entrepreneurs, making this a welcoming state for all.

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Fundera

JUNE 18, 2019

Time is money. We’ve all heard this mantra of entrepreneurs at least once before. Small business owners know it’s true––the more time spent on a task, the less money you make. So how can you streamline your operations and become more efficient with your work if you have few resources and a small team? Enter project management. As a small business owner, you are also a project manager.

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Fundera

JUNE 15, 2019

What Is a Break Even Analysis? A break even analysis is used to figure out how much product your business needs to sell to cover the costs of doing business. Break even is the point at which a business’s total costs and total revenue are exactly equal. With a break even analysis, you can figure out when your business will begin to make a profit.

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