Small Business News Weekly Roundup: 10/5/12

Welcome to this week’s small business news roundup!

This week we’ll discuss how to get the most out of LinkedIn data, Amazon’s rise as a lender to small businesses, the progress of women-owned small businesses, and the need for better small biz apps.

First some other great roundups:

This Week in Small Business: About That Replacement Ref: The New York Times links to articles on “the fiscal cliff issue,” an impending bacon shortage, Amazon’s foray into the wine business, cold-calling strategies, top cities in America for social-media-savvy small businesses, and much more.

3 Things You Should Know About Small Business: October 1: The Street has links to articles on whether small businesses should be concerned about the “fiscal cliff,” Biz2Credit’s new industry-specific pages to help small biz owners secure financing, and more on the NFL replacement referee who made a now-infamous controversial call and who also happens to be a small business banker.

And now, the rest!

LinkedIn – 10 Top Locations for Business Owners and How to Grow Your Online Presence: From Forbes, this article discusses LinkedIn data regarding where most small businesses are located as well as ideas for how to leverage the site to your business’s advantage.

Small Businesses Are Finding an Unlikely Banker: Amazon: The Wall Street Journal reports on Amazon’s commercial lending based on user’s Amazon.com sales performance.

Women-owned small businesses on the rise, but obstacles remain: From Reuters, this article discusses some statistics that show that although women have come a long way in entrepreneurship, there’s still quite a ways to go.

Small businesses need better apps, survey says: PCWorld reports on a survey by Bank of the West, which found “that SMBs have embraced mobile technology and recognize its importance, but are frustrated by a lack of apps more relevant to their specific business needs.”

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What’s new in your small business world this week?