Practical Advice for Business Owners

Data Breaches at Companies Becoming Commonplace

Personal and confidential data is being exposed continually.  more than 75% of data and security professionals for North American companies report their customers' and employees' personal information has been exposed or lost due to data breaches.

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Report Compares Incorporated vs. Unincorporated
Business Owners

Experian recently conducted a study that explores the rarely examined small-business marketplace.  "The Face of Today's Small-Business Owner" research takes a deeper look at the makeup of small business owners and identifies key characteristics between owners incorporated and unincorporated businesses.

The study reveals that incorporated owners:

• Have incomes that are 35% higher than the general population
Tend to be more active, educated, wealthy, and younger than owners of unincorporated businesses and the general population
• Show a higher affinity for travel, gadgets, and high-end foreign cars than their unincorporated counterparts
• Are 56% more likely to have completed college vs. 29% of the unincorporated owners
• Are 94% more likely to exhibit "work hard, play hard" attributes than unincorporated owners and the overall population.

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