May 1st, 2013

On Deck Adds $17M From Google Ventures And Peter Thiel To Help Small Businesses Connect With Capital

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Because there are so many small businesses out there on Main Street that don’t have access to the same juicy venture capital rounds that seem pervade today’s tech industry, On Deck set out in 2007 to provide mom-and-pop business owners with an easy way to secure the capital they need to grow their businesses. Using data aggregation and electronic payment technology, On Deck aims to simplify the… → Read More

March 27th, 2013

Centzy Raises $1.6M Seed Round From Cowboy Ventures, Founder Collective, Lightbank & Others To Bring Offline Biz Data To Web & Mobile

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Centzy, a local search startup which is putting prices, store hours, ratings and specials for convenience-oriented businesses online, is today announcing $1.6 million in seed funding from Cowboy Ventures, Founder Collective, Lightbank, ff Venture Capital, and strategic angels found on AngelList. → Read More

February 13th, 2013

After Declining Wonga Offers, On Deck Lands $42M From IVP, SAP & First Round To Bring Online Lending To Main Street

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Not all small businesses and startups are lucky enough to raise venture capital. When Main Street business owners, like your local tailor, barber or florist find themselves in need of capital to help grow their businesses, they typically are forced to turn to banks for a loan. But applying for these loan packages is time consuming and expensive.

Launched in 2007, On Deck Capital set out on a… → Read More

January 16th, 2013

BodeTree, The Financial Tool For People Who Hate Finance, Launches A Free Education Platform For Small Business Owners

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BodeTree launched early last year to help small business owners better understand and make sense of their financial data. The startup has been attempting to make the absurdly tedious world of financial software fun, or at least less crappy, pitching itself as a “financial tool for people who hate finance.” As Sarah wrote at the time, BodeTree syncs with QuickBooks for data importing, but… → Read More

December 20th, 2012

DIY Mobile Website Creator bMobilized Adds Another $2.5 Million In Series A Funding

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bMobilized, a New York-based mobile web startup offering small businesses a way to convert their existing websites into HTML5, mobile-optimized sites, has raised an additional $2.5 million in Series A funding, the company is announcing today. The new funding comes from previous investors Norway’s Alliance Venture and Investinor, as well Alden AS. The funding also comes on top of the $1.5→ Read More

October 30th, 2012

FlockTag’s NFC-Based (Yes, NFC) Loyalty Card System Expands: Now Reaches 60K Users Across 100 Businesses

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FlockTag, a loyalty card startup built by SideCar co-founder Adrian Fortino (who has since left SideCar to focus on this project), has been quietly flying under the radar, growing its CRM solution for small businesses over the past six months. Today, the company reaches 60,000 users across 100 businesses, primarily in the midwest. And here’s the really odd part: it’s an NFC-based solution. → Read More

August 13th, 2012

An Exit In The Cloud: Colt Buys ThinkGrid To Beef Up Its Small Enterprise Cloud Services Business

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Some consolidation up in the clouds: Colt Technology Services has bought ThinkGrid, an enterprise cloud startup that has created a platform for channel partners and small and medium businesses for them in turn to become cloud service providers.

The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it looks like it was a decent one for ThinkGrid’s investors: a spokesperson for Runa Capital, a… → Read More

January 22nd, 2012

Weight Watchers For Small Business: Silver Lining Helps You Set Financial Goals (And Actually Meet Them)

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Owning a small business is tough. Carissa Reiniger has been working in small business development for over seven years and says she’s seen countless entrepreneurs and small business owners run into what she calls the “cash flow catch 22″: If I had more money, I could make more time — and vice versa. What’s more, the large majority of startups and small businesses that fail, she believes, don’t… → Read More

August 15th, 2011

RIM’s BlackBerry Management Center is Free BES-Lite

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BlackBerry’s Enterprise Server has long been a mainstay of the corporate world, but considering the costs involved, many small businesses haven’t been able to justify the cost. Enter the BlackBerry Management Center, a cloud service meant for exactly those small businesses who want some of the power of BES without the corresponding price tag. → Read More

November 14th, 2008

Dell small biz 16:9 widescreen Vostro starts at $379

Hey now, here’s something you don’t see every day. It’s a true 16:9 display in a business notebook for way, way cheap. Dell’s Vostro A860 line starts at under $400 (that’s after instant savings – it’s normally $448) and features a 15.6-inch display with a 1366 x 768 resolution. The notebook weighs in at 5.4 pounds, too, which isn’t bad for a unit of this size. There are four models… → Read More