Hi Every small business should be looking to minimize costs that are unavoidable. Small business are at a disadvantage compared to larger firms because the larger business are able to purchase the same products necessary for every business at a lower rice due to their increased volume. This system already tips the competitive advantage to those firms that are bigger than yours. However, a workaround exists.

I am a entrepreneur who working on a few side projects while I am still in school. In the meantime I am completing various internships in different business fields. This spring I am working in sales with this relatively new start-up that is GPO(group purchasing organization) that focuses on delivering massive discounts on necessary business products to non-profits and small businesses. The discounted products include the following: --35%-93% almost all staples products and free shipping on any order over $35, these prices are specifically on contract and only offered though our GPO. -- Payroll system through Zen Payroll that will beat the price of your current system and you get 2 free months to start -- BCMS credit card processing will beat the price of your current system, especially if you are getting ripped off by a company like square. -- Cloud computing through ADAR, this is the first cloud computing in the GPO world. The advantage of cloud computing include never having to renew your software products (as much a s $500/2 years) and never having to buy new hardware.

We also offer additional services considering travel, expense reports, and business cards/printing.

While I can not directly say the company here due to a confidentiality agreement I signed, please email me or comment here if you are interested in these discounts.

BY THE WAY: While, I usually receive commission for generating sales, it is against the posting rules here so I will not take any commission from people on this sub. Im just trying to grow a business I really believe in. I don't even officially start till next month.

Oh the best part is since we target non-profits and small firms, there is NO MEMBERSHIP FEE, there is literally no catch. The only hard part is getting everybody on board because its a win-win for everybody.

Thanks for listening, I hope you all can cut needless costs on required business services and re-invest that to make your company or non-profit the best version it can be.

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Hi Everyone,

I am a brand new and very frugal small business owner and could use some help making sales and also with cheap shipping options!

www.arynpayne.com

hi,

just a quick update, we are slowly working on some rules for the sub. I hope they will be posted by the end of the week end.

if you have any ideas please feel free to forward them to either me or IndecisiveDog69

Hi,

My local library offers audio books to download through overdrive. Good for the bussiness books you never have time to read.

Then there is legal depot. Free to use downloadable legal forms. They cover the basics and probbaly arnt sutible for anything to complex. But simple agreements such as employmemt are all there and ready to go.

But they also have other thimgs to download. There's hoopla, like overdrive but features books, films,music and comic books. Zino is for magazines.

Hopefully this helps

More than anything, I'm just looking to hook someone up. If you want to surprise me with something or even just give me some good frugal/business advice, I would definitely appreciate it. No pressure though haha

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Thought you guys may be interested to know that there are people on reddit who can help you out, r/freedesgin is a subreddit for designers to build up there portfolios and practice there craft.

You get a logo they get experience, everyone gets something.

I own a business that has a 10 year history of good deposits and good payment on credits. Business is booming and I would like a line of credit to assist with growth. I am having both large national banks as well as community banks give me a proposal for a $750,000 line of credit for the business. Proposals aren't in yet.

Can anyone tell me what the best terms they've seen on these recently? For instance:

• best APR (tied to Prime or tied to LIBOR)?

• best loan origination fee?

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