[ad_1] Local search engine optimization (SEO) can be tricky. Not only do you have to do all the customary SEO stuff, but then you have to do a new layer of complex SEO activities. Most tech-savvy local-business owners have a decent idea of how to do local SEO, but diving …

[ad_1] National Financial Literacy Month is upon us, and while this may not quite be the cause for celebration that other federally recognized events are, it’s certainly worth your attention. You may look at financial literacy as an issue only younger people face, but the numbers tell a different story: Some 30 …

[ad_1] Many small-business owners are struggling to find funding in the current economy and business climate. Meanwhile, the regulatory environment has stalled: banks aren’t lending as much money, and the huge wave of venture capitalist and private-equity capital has died down. In the tech sector, IPOs are less common than they were …

[ad_1] I’ve been hanging out in St. Barth’s and I decided every Monday I’m going to do a show on GrantCardoneTV where I show you real estate deals I’ve bought and why I bought them. This is better than doing any book. It’s going to give you the tools you …

[ad_1] If that shoebox full of receipts in your office gives you nightmares, the Denver-based startup BodeTree wants to gently rock you awake and offer you the accounting equivalent of breakfast in bed. Prior to today, you had to do a whole lot of legwork before you could have a …

[ad_1] If you’d prefer not to use a credit or debit card online, you can still order things from Amazon. The online retailer today introduced Amazon Cash, which provides shoppers with a special barcode redeemable at participating stores like CVS. Show it to the cashier, and add as much cash …

[ad_1] The notion of a startup founder with student-loan debt evokes the clichéd image of a Silicon Valley millennial fresh out of college and living in a shared apartment, playing video games and feverishly pitching angel investors to fund his (or her) next “big idea” — from 3D printing to the next Facebook. Related: How …

[ad_1] Timbaland wore something unusual when I met him at a swanky hotel in Beverly Hills last week. The Grammy-winning rapper-producer was strapped into a human turtle shell of sorts — a silent mini-backpack that intensely vibrates all over, pumping throbbing beats through your insides like you swallowed a bass cannon. …

[ad_1] If you’re a fan of HBO’s Silicon Valley then I’m sure you’re looking forward to the season four premiere on Sunday night. I know I am. The show centers around a fictional tech company called Pied Piper located in — you guessed where — and its protagonists include Erlich Bachman, Richard Hendricks, Gordon …

[ad_1] If you’re putting a team together for the first time, there’s a good chance that you’ve already got a few people in mind. But, before you start rallying the troops and investing big, it’s important to know what the DNA of a winning startup team looks like — and how …