Month: March 2021

Kiyoshi Hijiki | Moment | Getty Images Nearly 3 million more business owners claimed a 20% tax deduction on their income last year relative to the prior filing season, according to IRS data. Around 21.2 million returns claimed the “qualified business income” deduction during tax season last year, which reflected income for 2019. That’s an

Before the Beirut Port blast last August that killed hundreds and destroyed entire neighborhoods, Lebanon’s economy was already under enormous pressure due to long-standing political challenges and the Covid pandemic. Amid all of this, Lebanon’s LGBTQ+ community has been particularly hard hit. Social entrepreneurs like Tarek Zeidan are building a better economic future for Lebanon

Companies spend millions fighting cyberattacks, yet many of them still fall victim. The reason? They are not continuously monitoring their systems to spot vulnerabilities, but relying instead on point-in-time snapshots that become outdated very quickly in the digital age. It was this situation that led Aleksandr Yampolskiy and Sam Kassoumeh to launch SecurityScorecard, a company

The past year has been tough for many. Life changed and work did too. Everything once taken for granted was up in the air; seeing friends and family wasn’t possible and redundancies soared with many businesses forced to close. A global pandemic put pressure on health services as entrepreneurs worried about their families, tried to

ServiceNow, which is a leading software provider for digital workflows, announced the acquisition of Intellibot, which is a developer of RPA (Robotic Process Automation) applications. The technology helps organizations streamline and automate repetitive and tedious processes. Keep in mind that the RPA industry is one of the hottest in the tech world. After all, the ROI (Return

UiPath, which is the leader in the RPA (Robotic Process Automation) market, has filed its S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this week. The deal is likely to be one of this year’s largest. The founder and CEO of UiPath is Daniel Dines. In 2005, he launched the company in his home country, Romania. But the

In this article JPM WFC BAC A small business owner in Chinatown, San Francisco Source: CNBC The Senate on Thursday passed the PPP Extension Act of 2021 with overwhelming support, extending the deadline for the Paycheck Protection Program to May 31 from March 31. Passage of the PPP extension came about one week after the

As social media has become more prevalent, it has allowed many individuals to break free from their organization and create their own brand. A key area where we have seen this play out lies within professional football. Given the nature of social media, this new form of marketing benefits younger footballers, disproportionately increasing their popularity

President Joe Biden visits W.S. Jenks & Son, a Washington, D.C., hardware store that benefited from a Paycheck Protection Program loan, on March 9, 2021. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images The Senate on Thursday voted to extend the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program just a week before it was slated to expire.

Video marketing has long been established as one of, if not the most, important forms of digital marketing available to brands. Yet, too many industries are lagging behind when it comes to integrating it into their marketing strategies.  Among them? The legal profession. Long gone are the days where billboards on congested highways would guarantee

A small business owner in Chinatown, San Francisco Source: CNBC Beginning April 6, small businesses and non-profits can apply for up to 24 months of relief, with a maximum loan amount of $500,000, the Small Business Administration announced Wednesday. The previous limit for such businesses was six months, with a maximum loan amount of $150,000.