Your Small Biz Tax Tips

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3 Tax Tips   Tax season can be a headache, especially for startup and small business owners. With what seems like millions of forms to fill out and decisions to make, you can quickly begin to feel over your head, even if you’ve hired an accountant or other financial professional to help. We may not be able to make doing taxes for your business fun, but the three tips below will make the whole processes more efficient and less stressful. [Read more…]

Providing Your Clients With a 2nd Look

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2ndLookBlog Arkansas Capital gets excited about a lot of things. Supporting small businesses in Arkansas. Local art. Educating students in the art of entrepreneurship. A hot cup of coffee. Watching our clients succeed. But one of the main things we get excited about is getting the chance to give a traditional bank’s potential client a 2nd look. [Read more…]

Most Unique Businesses to Check Out: Part I

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Unique Businesses
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There’s a notion out there that everything under the sun has already been created. Nothing original exists. Just recycled ideas dressed in different clothes. But we reject that notion. Maybe some things are borrowed but that doesn’t mean it’s been done that way YOU do it! So we’re proud of these entrepreneurs who had the creative ideas and determination to go out on a limb and try something new. The trend we’re noticing in these businesses is A) combinations of services and products under one roof and B) giving back, using a product to shed light on a worldwide problem, or supporting an underprivileged community. We like these trends. We hope these trends are here to stay. [Read more…]

Marketing Your New Small Business

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MarketingYourSmallBiz You’ve come up with the idea, you’ve done the research, you’ve generated a plan, you’ve received the capital, and now it’s time to let the world know about your small business. The only obstacle is that you have a next-to-nothing budget and you don’t know where to get started. When starting a small business, budgeting for marketing is often overlooked. And looking at the logic of it, it just doesn’t make sense. Your success is completely dependent upon having a client or customer base. And how can you achieve that if the customer doesn’t know you exist or what you’re all about? Marketing is what will create that significant impact you need to get your business off the ground and create consistent revenue. [Read more…]

Inspirational Quotes from Successful Entrepreneurs

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InspirationalQuotes   As you begin your business, the only guaranteed thing you can count on is that there will be obstacles. While that seems a grim statement to start off on, it’s the truth. So as you’re bulldozing through those roadblocks, what will keep you going? When you’ve run out of cliché sayings or have read all the motivational posters with pictures of eagles on them that tell you to soar, where will you go for the words you need to blaze through to a successful finish line? If you answered Arkansas Capital’s blog page, you are correct and therefore one of our favorite entrepreneurs. Read below for some of the most inspirational quotes from some of the most successful entrepreneurs. [Read more…]

Startups to Spy On in 2016

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2016StartUpsBlog Inc.com has released their list of startups they think you should be keeping an eye on in 2016 and we picked our favorites! Besides your startup – yours is always our top favorite.  23andME – an informative and potentially life-saving human genome testing service that allows the public to discover their family history and inherited traits. ClassPass – an NYC startup offering all-access memberships to fitness classes in gyms and studios across the city for a flat fee of $99/month. [Read more…]

3 Reasons to Start A Small Biz in 2016

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2016StartBusiness You’ve been reading our blogs and social media posts all year on the personality traits of an entrepreneur, how to write a business plan, how important social media is to consumer trust, along with all the other wonderful and educational content we put out. And to every blog, every tip, every video, your desire to start your own business grows even more restless. You’ve even laid out some initial ideas and plans – just for fun, of course. Well, we’re here to tell you now is the time! Today is the day! 2016 is the year you can make your dream a reality and here’s why: [Read more…]

Small Biz Subject and Solution: Millenial Edition

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MillenialWorkCulture Subject:  Millenial Work Culture Research: Millenials now make up more of the work force than any other generation. More millenials work for small businesses with less than 100 employees than big organizations. Over 50% of small-business employees state they are currently feeling overworked and burnt out. In contrast, the same study reveals 89% are still content with their jobs and motivated to move up in the business. [Read more…]

7 Ways to Up Your Small Biz Google Rank

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GoogleRanking With holidays approaching, the days to get the shopping done are slimming, inboxes full of holiday sales are growing, and your small business is just trying to be visible amongst all the chaos that is holiday advertising. But the fact remains that you’re a small business and your budget is indicative of that fact. With the fight for exposure strong in your veins, and the ability to pay for it not quite equal to the fight, it’s time to get creative. [Read more…]