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Small business payments and marketing startup Fivestars raises $52.5M

TechCrunch

It’s a difficult time for small businesses — to put it mildly. Ho argued that those platforms (whether they offer delivery services, user reviews or marketing tools) all have the same underlying model: “They seek to take over a small business’ customer base and then charge them a tax to start reaching those customers.”

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How to Protect Your Small Business from a Hacker Attack

The Crazy Programmer

Data breaches and compromised websites frequently used to spread malware can be risky for your business; including small businesses. In fact, small or medium-sized businesses are likely to suffer more consequences of cyber-attacks than large enterprises. Why are Small Businesses a Target?

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Why Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is Important for Small Business?

OTS Solutions

Here Are The Reason Why CRM is Important for Small Business. Every business has a system and concept that they keep to ensure customer relationship is maintained as per standards. Tracking down the profitability of your small business is a vital process that can easily be done through the use of CRM software.

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CVE-2021-1609: Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Cisco Small Business VPN Routers

Tenable

Cisco releases patches for Critical vulnerabilities in its line of Small Business VPN Routers. On August 4, Cisco released several security advisories , including an advisory for two vulnerabilities in a subset of its line of Small Business VPN Routers. Background. Web management interface default exposure is limited.

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Nigerian financial management app for merchants Kippa bags $8.4M in new funding

TechCrunch

Kippa , the Nigerian startup improving the lifecycle of small businesses across the country with its financial management and payments platform, has raised $8.4 Although the platform has grown to accommodate over 500,000 small businesses, Ekezie-Joseph didn’t say how many were active. . Nigeria’s Kippa gets $3.2M

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A Guide to Getting Started with CRM Systems for Small Businesses

OTS Solutions

A Guide to Getting Started With CRM Systems for Small Businesses. Launching a small business takes tremendous planning and strategy, but growing that business requires even greater attention to detail and research. Once a business takes off, your primary goal is growth.

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7012 Regs and Cyber insurance on collision course with small business

CTOvision

Defense Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) section 252.204-7012 now requires contractors to safeguard information that is deemed Unclassified, but controlled (called UCTI), within their IT systems in a manner compliant with standards issued earlier in 2013 by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).