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5 Tips for Hiring Interns for Your Startup

How to find the best intern candidates for your new business

By Kwame Kuadey

Posted: October 6, 2011 Tags: entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Getting Started, How To, Small Business, startups

Accelerate your payments and delay your collections. Towards the year end, purchase any needed supplies and delay any collections. Purchasing supplies will lower your profit thereby reducing the amount of taxes paid in the current year. Delaying collections will lower your income level, thereby reducing the tax amount owed in the current year. Although the taxes will not be assessed in the current tax year, they will be delayed to the next year. “I definitely do caution business owners because, if they spend too much at year-end, in January, some companies, they’re struggling to make payroll,” says Robbie Hampton. However, this strategy really only works when the company is profitable.

10 Year-End Small Biz Tax Tips

These measures can help save your business time and money

These end-of-year measures can help save your business time and money

By Alan Hughes

Posted: October 5, 2011 Tags: entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Small Business, small business tax

Former Social Worker Writes New Life Chapter in Publishing

Entrepreneur finds passion, financial freedom -- and a way to give back

After being terminated from a position at a nonprofit, Richard Jeanty decided to take a…

By Souleo

Posted: October 5, 2011 Tags: black authors, Career Advancement, career change, Career Development, career transition, Employment, Entrepreneurship, Job Market, Publishing, publishing industry, Self Publishing

Texting to Africa

Entrepreneur connects South Africans to the world with free SMS mobile messaging

The African continent is becoming the fastest growing mobile phone market in the world, according…

By Marcia Wade Talbert

Posted: October 1, 2011 Tags: Entrepreneurship, Investing in Africa, mobile strategy, mobile technology, SMS, texting

During the 41st Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Conference, Congressman Hansen Clarke of metro Detroit hosted a panel entitled, “Social Media and Entrepreneurship” on September 23, 2011. One of the action items from the panel was to create a ‘Social Media + Entrepreneurship Resource List’ that entrepreneurs could use to grow successful businesses. Below, you will find a comprehensive resource list of third party apps, blogging, financial, calendar, and mobile tools that entrepreneurs can utilize immediately. —Compiled by Hajj Flemings and Wayne Sutton

36 Top Social Media & Online Tools for Entrepreneurs

The best social media tools to grow your business

Tech experts Hajj Flemings and Wayne Sutton compile a comprehensive list of tools and resources…

By Hajj Flemings

Posted: September 29, 2011 Tags: Addictomatic, Basecamp, blogger, Blogpulse, Central.ly, Congressional Black Caucus, Crowdrise, Dropbox, Entrepreneurship, Eventbrite, EverNote, Freshbooks, Go Fund Me, Google, Google Alerts, Google Checkout, Google Docs, Google Plus, Google Voice, Grasshopper, Hajj Flemings, Hansen Clarke, Harvest, Hootsuite, iPad, Kickstarter, PayPal, Plancast, Seesmic, Sign My Pad, Skype, Social media, Social Mention, Square, SquareSpace, Trackur, Tumblr, Tweetdeck, video conferencing, Wayne Sutton, WordPress, Yammer

Entrepreneur of the Week: Brittany K. Earls Makes Her Mark in Print

The 'Genesis' magazine founder defies a global media recession in pursuit of publishing mogulhood

Genesis Magazine’s Brittany K. Earls defies a global media recession in pursuit of publishing mogulhood

By Brian Dawson

Posted: September 9, 2011 Tags: 100 Urban Entrepreneurs, black entrepre, Brittany K. Earls, Entrepreneur of the Week, Entrepreneurship, Magazine, magazine publishing, Publishing

How to Build a Race-Neutral Brand

Being a black entrepreneur doesn't have to define your business. Here are some strategies for attracting a diverse customer base

Being a black entrepreneur doesn’t have to define your business. Lauren Maillian Bias gives a…

By Lauren Maillian Bias

Posted: September 6, 2011 Tags: black entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Lauren Bias, Small Business, Sugarleaf Vineyards, The Young Entrepreneur Council, winery, YEC

Baked to Perfection

Entrepreneurs make second attempt to open cupcake shop but due diligence must be the main ingredient

When women with a love for food, friends, and good conversation joined forces after losing…

By Emerald S. Morrow

Posted: September 1, 2011 Tags: cupcakes, Entrepreneurship

Earl G. Graves Sr., Chairman & Publisher, Black Enterprise

Beyond Self-Employment

Earlier this year, much was made—by everyone from the Obama administration to minority business advocates…

By Earl G. Graves, Sr.

Posted: September 1, 2011 Tags: black-owned businesses, Entrepreneurship, job creation, self-employment

5 Tips for Revving Up Your Business

Innovation and value are among the major revenue drivers

Jamilah Barnes Creekmur earned her stripes leading business development efforts for AllHipHop.com (and won the…

By Renita Burns

Posted: September 1, 2011 Tags: Entrepreneurship, small business advice, small business development, small business strategies, small business tips