SBA blog

The term Point of Sale (POS) describes the place where retail transactions are made. Think of it as the equivalent of a cash register.

SBA conducted a Listening Session with eight successful small business exporters from around the country as part of the 2018 National Small Business Exporter Summit in Baltimore, MD on March 21.

To celebrate National Small Business Week, Visa and the U.S. Small Business Administration hosted the first-ever Small Business Week Hackathon at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. over the past weekend.

Optimal Electronics provides software solutions for electronics manufacturing companies. Their strength is the ability to develop and implement state of the art algorithms and customize solutions for specific customer requirements.

Customer testimonials are still effective marketing tools. Given Americans’ increasing reliance on others’ opinions when buying everything from lipstick to enterprise-level software, testimonials may be more important than ever.

There’s hard work, and there’s really hard work. Owning and operating a franchise business falls under “really hard work.” Are you prepared for it?

National Small Business Week shines a spotlight on our nation’s 30 million small businesses. Through awards ceremonies, media interviews and community events, we honor entrepreneurs whose achievements stand out.

Did you get pranked on April Fool’s Day? Even if you got through April 1 unscathed, you might still fall victim to some common marketing misconceptions. Don’t get fooled by these seven marketing myths.

A business credit report is an essential tool for banks, lenders, suppliers and credit grantors in assessing the creditworthiness of small businesses. The information contained in a report provides crucial details needed to make informed credit decisions.

SCORE found that of the 28.8 million small businesses in the U.S., 19% are family-owned businesses (any business in which two or more family members operate the company and the majority control lies within the family).