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Welcome to Friday, small business owners. For those of you who’ve had a busy week, here’s our weekly recap of the most important SMB and entrepreneur headlines from the past seven days.

As the number of SMBs rise in Australia, so too does the risk of exposure to online threats. Fortunately, there are few simple ways to ensure your business is protected against online criminals.

Your Friday Entrepreneur Fix this week features aussieBum founder Sean Ashby, who’s sold his Australian-branded swimmers and underwear to over 200,000 customers around the world.

The countries’ two very different leadership styles can be an issue when it comes to doing business with each other. Here’s what to be aware of.

You can’t manage what you don’t measure, and this is especially true for an inbound marketing strategy. Here’s a look at what areas of an online marketing plan need to be analysed regularly so ROI can be identified.

This mind trick is a powerful tool for entrepreneurs trying to find a solution to a perplexing problem.

After its IPO, the social network is being valued at more than $100 billion. Here’s how you can try to emulate that success.

How to make your office project a professional image for your business, and a look at products to help you do it.

Instagram and Pinterest are the two newest kids on the social media block, but are they right for your business? Here’s how to decide.

Sick of waiting for the NSW Government to legislate for Small Business Commissioner Yasmin King’s role and give her any legal power to do anything, Shadow Small Business Minister Adam Searle has this week launched his own Bill into Parliament.

A newly formed anti-bullying organisation is urging business owners to ensure their workplace is inclusive of any lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer employees.

Cathryn Harris believes a library should be treated the same as any other business, despite it being a free community service, and this very approach earned her a Telstra Business Women’s award last year.

Despite warnings of subdued confidence, consumers are continuing to purchase digital devices from local retail outlets as technology products continue to decline in price, new research has found.

Crowdsourcing is taking a job and putting it out to either a defined or undefined crowd to find the person with the most suitable skills to complete it. It’s a growing phenomenon – so how can you make it work for your business?

Many Aussie professionals believe they need to spend around an hour a day on advancing their career, but a global personal branding expert begs to differ, advising career management should take less than 10 minutes from one’s daily schedule.

Some companies are bought for huge sums, while other similar ones never get much notice. How to get on the road to the big acquisition.

High-pressure sales tactics can be more annoying than effective. There’s a better way to move a deal forward.

Google’s “chief happiness officer” shares some of the wisdom that has made the company’s employees more content and productive.

Accounting software with a cloud component enables data to be stored securely offsite – usually on servers managed by a cloud provider – and accessed remotely anywhere and anytime via the internet. Here are three more good reasons SMBs should embrace the technology.

When it comes to business travel necessities, smartphones and tablets are slowly creeping up to water and food in terms of importance to travellers, according to research conducted by PC Housing. How does your dependence on mobile technology rate? Use this infographic to find out.