Using QuickBooks Desktop? Import your Bento transactions!

You asked, and we’ve delivered (as always)! You can now seamlessly import transactions from Bento for Business into QuickBooks Desktop! Transaction Pro Importer has created custom mapping for Bento users to import Bento transactions into QuickBooks Desktop (Pro, Premier or Enterprise). If you use Transaction Pro Importer already, go ahead and try it today! Simply […]

Using Small Business Development Centers

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Do you want counseling about business problems? Advice about finding export markets? Find out how to become a government contractor? Well, there is a great resource for you: your local Small Business Development Center, or SBDC. These are community organizations, often affiliated with universities, that offer advice and training to prospective entrepreneurs and current business […]

Fraud Alert: 10 Ways You’re Making it Easier for Employees to Steal from You

Whether or not you’ve stopped to think about it, small businesses are more vulnerable to internal fraud than their larger counterparts. This is because small businesses… Typically don’t have a budget for fraud detection. Rarely have official policies in place for handling funds, checks, reimbursements, and bills. Often rely on trust rather than clearly defined […]

How to Do Small Business Payroll

Hiring employees is exciting. It means you’ve learned how to successfully start a small business, and now your company is growing. Hiring employees also means you have new employer responsibilities. Not only do you have to manage workers, but you also have to start running payroll. Kaylee Riley from Patriot Software, LLC. wrote this helpful post on how […]

Top 6 Funding Sites for Your Small Business

With nearly 50% of small businesses surviving less than four years, getting business funding is a crucial, but often difficult, part of staying afloat as you strive to make it over the hump of sustainability and eventually profitability. While traditional methods of funding (such as bank loans) can be elusive for small business funding because […]