Small Business Owners Are Hiring
First the good news: After a slow first quarter for the U.S. economy and a weak government employment report for March, small businesses continued to add workers in April. That s according to the monthly jobs survey of the National Federation of

Small Business Awards: Here are this year’s winners
More than 200 people gathered Friday to honor small businesses in the Sacramento area. The Small Business Awards were presented by the Sacramento Business Journal in partnership with the Small Business Administration Sacramento District Office. The awards

Bot or not? How to use chatbots in your small business
We talk to robots several times per day. If you have Amazon s Alexa, talk to Siri on your iPhone, or chat with friends on Facebook Messenger, then you use chatbots computer programs designed to talk to you as if you re speaking to a human.

6 Must-Have Tools for Small Business Efficiency
As a small-business owner, it s a no-brainer that relying on purpose-specific tools rather than manual processes will help you regain time. For nearly every type of business function, there s an app (or service) tailored to small organizations.