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A Start-Up Nightmare: the Department of Labor Audit and How to Avoid It

By Robin Fray Carey, CEO of Social Media TodayOne of my most painful memories in business way the four days I survived a New York State Department of Labor audit of my employees (that would be one, me.) Talk about butt-twisting agony. With that in...
Posted April 20, 2012 with 57 views     

SocialMediaToday.com Will Honor the SOPA Blackout Today

From CEO Robin Carey's post on MVP sister site SocialMediaToday.com:Social Media Today will join others in the Internet community by going dark in protest of SOPA, the "Stop Online Piracy Act." We respect the rights of every creative person to...
Posted January 18, 2012 with 19 views     

Holy Health Care, Batman, Small Business Needs Help!

If you are, like me, trying to run a small business which attracts leading talent, you are also faced with the growing challenge of providing benefits that make choosing your company over, say, IBM, more attractive.  Beyond the external...
Posted November 15, 2011 with 114 views     

Best Minds in Healthcare Join the Conversation on HealthWorks Collective

Here on MyVenturePad we cover the rapidly changing world of startup entrepreneurship. We’re proud to take on another big, and globally significant business conversation: How to deliver quality healthcare to as many people on the planet as possible....
Posted May 7, 2011 with 271 views     

Some Very Cool Companies are Joining Us...

We've had hundreds of people signing up to learn more about the latest ways to reduce costs, simplify implementation and gain competitve advantage in our first-ever Summit about On-Demand technology, taking place September 28.  This gathering...
Posted September 11, 2010 with 1,143 views     

Tax Breaks for V.C.'s

The Huffington Post is reporting that the Obama administration is considering adding venture-backed firms to the federal contracting provisions for small business.
Posted January 5, 2009 with 150 views     

Interview With Jana Matthews

Everyone seems to be quoting Rahm Emanuel (or was it Eric Schmidt?) in saying that “a downturn is a terrible thing to waste.”  Certainly SAP has used this economic climate to create a valuable program of content around the issues facing small...
Posted December 2, 2008 with 226 views     

Help! Answers Needed!

On November 20, SAP produced its third and final webinar on “Weathering the Economic Storm,” a series of question-and-answer online sessions specifically tailored to the interests of small companies during the current crisis.  I was pleased to...
Posted December 2, 2008 with 122 views     

An Interview with Jana Matthews

Dr. Jana Matthews, founder of the Jana Matthews Group, has a broad and global experience of entrepreneurship and business, and helps us put the current economic climate into a much-needed context. Listen now:
Posted November 16, 2008 with 266 views     

Not that one could call it a pleasure...

Not that one could call it a pleasure, but I’ve been knee-deep in the effect the current down-turn is having on the economy, thanks to SAP.  The global software company, as evidence of its commitment to small and growing businesses, has...
Posted November 3, 2008 with 182 views     

Endure, Engage and Get Intimate… Words of Wisdom for Weathering the Economic Storm

I had the pleasure of moderating a webcast panel today, sponsored by SAP, about “How to Keep Your Best Customers and People in Tough Times” with Bill Dunkelberg, Paul Greenberg and Tim Crane.  Good stuff about finding opportunity in chaos (...
Posted October 22, 2008 with 177 views     

Obama Bad for Small Business?

The Wall St. Journal’s Opinion Forum has a misleading post about Obama’s tax plan and its affect on small business.  True enough, small businesses are usually taxed (as sub-chapter “s” or partnerships) based on the income of the owners of that...
Posted October 21, 2008 with 160 views     
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