With new leaders coming to office in the U.S. and around the world, 2017 may be a year of sharp changes. Some of these new arrangements will certainly impact American small businesses. But each small business owner must still plan for company growth. DirectCapital polled a number of these... Learn More
The 2017 FileMaker State of the Custom App Report (free download) focuses on citizen developers. The term "citizen developer" is still young, in its pre-Wikipedia stage even. However Gartner has already defined the term in its IT Glossary: a user who creates new business applications for... Learn More
Here's an often overlooked fact about your taxes: not only can you be audited based on income tax returns, but states can also investigate a company's sales tax compliance. And sales tax regulations can be every bit as complicated as the rules for income tax--especially at the state... Learn More
If we backtrack from a perfect user experience to find out what made it happen, what do we find at the starting point? A mindset in the business owner, in many cases. More specifically, a belief that his team should be free to leverage every piece of information they have to support that perfect... Learn More
FileMaker is a fantastic platform for rapid app development, with excellent resources to help developers at every skill level. To be frank though, a big project is always a big project. And one of the most complex tools you can develop on FileMaker is an Inventory Management System (IMS). To get a... Learn More
No entrepreneur running a small or mid-sized business has time or funds to waste on the wrong ERP system.The problem is that so few of us have the time and funds to thoroughly examine every offering in the enterprise resource planning field. To help solve this problem, the experts at... Learn More
Of course you have a website for your company. It's 2017, after all. But is your company site doing its job as front-line sales rep? Is it just a polished landing page or is it helping customers make the best decisions about their purchases?Jennifer Polk, a research director for Gartner,... Learn More
Like most entrepreneurs, you know that it's one thing to have a nice idea, but it's something else to have the results that prove the idea. FileMaker is offering some proof for their ideas of how custom applications can help small and mid-sized businesses. And they're offering it free on YouTube... Learn More
Success for your business hinges on being responsive and flexible. When orders come piling in, you need to ensure each customer has an excellent experience. And when there's a lull, you need to balance things with reduced expenses. Temporary employees might be the perfect way to handle the... Learn More
