Sources of Capital for Your Ecommerce Business
"Sources of Capital for Your Ecommerce Business" is a free, 30-minute webinar. The presenter is Marcia Kaplan, contributing edi... Read More »
Accounting, Management & Legal
Credit Card Providers Increasing Rates and Fees
Editor's Note: Contributor Phil Hinke is a credit-card veteran who now consults with merchants on lowering their processing cos... 2 Comments | Read More »
What's the Value Proposition of Your Ecommerce Company?
Your company's value proposition is the reason consumers buy your products or services. You may have more than one value propos... 4 Comments | Read More »
Managing Your Company’s Trade Secrets
Trade secrets are valuable assets that can be owned. Ecommerce businesses can create many types of trade secrets, including ma... 0 Comments | Read More »
Who Needs an Ecommerce Strategy, Anyway?
Editor's Note: We welcome Dale Traxler as our newest contributing editor. He's a former owner of an ecommerce business — having... 1 Comment | Read More »
Going Public? How to Decide Which Exchange to List On
Thinking about taking your company public? After you get through all the paperwork you will have to decide at which stock excha... 0 Comments | Read More »
Equity Crowdfunding Is Now Legal in U.S.
Last week President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act) that includes revisions to the 1930s era fi... 1 Comment | Read More »
5 Tips for Working with Web Developers
If you are planning on hiring someone to develop your website or particular functions for your website, there are some key item... 0 Comments | Read More »
Crowdfunding Legislation Still Pending
If you want to raise money for your business venture, you generally have a few traditional options. You can (a) ask your famil... 4 Comments | Read More »
Legal: Ecommerce Owners Liable to Patent Trolls?
There has recently been an increase in the number of patent claims against website developers and operators. The claims are ba... 1 Comment | Read More »
Zynga Falters in Public Debut; Affects Facebook?
The market for technology stocks is closing the year on a less than happy note and the disappointing public debut of online gam... 0 Comments | Read More »
Crowdfunding: 5 Things You Should Know
New crowdfunding sites are springing up every month and more and more entrepreneurs are looking to these sites for money. Despi... 1 Comment | Read More »
3 Types of ‘Return Fraud’ to Monitor this Holiday Season
Return fraud, which is expected to cost brick-and-mortar retailers $3.48 billion this holiday season, could also snag online me... 2 Comments | Read More »
Venture Capital Firms Bullish on Ecommerce
In "Ecommerce Companies Snag Venture Capital," I discussed several ecommerce firms that recently received venture capital fundi... 1 Comment | Read More »
Banks React to Durbin Amendment
When the Durbin Amendment regulating interchange fees on debit card transactions took effect October 1, it appeared that mercha... 2 Comments | Read More »
14 Online Resources to Help Start a Small Business
If you are a discouraged job hunter or someone who has always wanted to be an entrepreneur, you will be pleased to know that th... 0 Comments | Read More »
10 Online Legal Form Providers
Hiring attorneys for issues such as incorporation, contracts, or business sales can be extremely expensive for small businesses... 0 Comments | Read More »
Amazon Becomes a Proponent of Uniform Internet Sales Tax
Two months ago I wrote "California Joins the Internet Sales Tax Fray; Federal Legislation Coming?," a description of the latest... 2 Comments | Read More »
Ecommerce IPOs for 2011: 3 Down, More to Follow?
Groupon's initial public stock offering, which had been pushed back, is now back on. But for how long? With the ongoing market ... 0 Comments | Read More »
How to Read a Financial Statement
Having a good accountant is important to the success of every small business. But do you really understand all the terms in the... 2 Comments | Read More »
