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Partnerships Prove Key to Success in the Small-Business Service Sector

SB Informer
Tuesday, December 5, 2006; 05:15 AM

MyBizHomepage, a free, Web-based financial dashboard for entrepreneurs and small businesses, announced distribution partnership agreements with three leaders in the small-business service space: BuzGate, MyOwnBusiness and HispanicSMB. Each organization targets an important segment of the notoriously fractured small-business sector and together, they reach registered communities of nearly 1.5 million users. The partners are either co-branding or private-labeling the MyBizHomepage service, thus adding the critical and complementary financial dashboard to their member offerings.

Whether through the leading SMB-centered educational and certification tutorials (MyOwnBusiness), a portal of entrepreneurial marketing and service postings (BuzGate), or a community forum of news, advice and financial information (HispanicSMB), these websites share a common goal to equip small businesses with tools that enhance their opportunities for success.

BuzGate built its applications around partnerships with analogous resources, providing its audience of more than one million users with access to relevant and credible content. Dr. William Osgood, CEO of BuzGate, describes the benefits of Web-based collaboration: "It is through trusted partnerships that valuable and targeted information becomes shared on the Internet. We filter, validate and share information with our members, and cross-refer them to other networks such as MyBizHomepage."

MyOwnBusiness delivers a variety of tutorials and free resources and now embeds MyBizHomepage in its finance and accounting program.

"MyBizHomepage takes QuickBooks data to the next level for small-business owners," said Phil Holland, CEO and Chairman of MyOwnBusiness. "It is wonderful to be able to offer this tool to our users."

HispanicSMB offers Latino small business owners greater access to business-performance tools that help increase their opportunities for success. "MyBizHomePage's financial dashboard for small businesses perfectly complements the resources offered by HispanicsSMB.com," explained Angela Gonzalez, Executive VP of HispanicSMB. "We know there is a need for these types of tools in the Latino business community and we are thrilled to make this new and free service easily accessible to our members."

"Creating partnerships is vital to the success of any small business," Sarah Gerdes, author of Navigating the Partnership Maze: Creating Alliances that Work (McGraw-Hill 2002) and Chief Marketing Officer of MyBizHomepage pointed out. "The partnerships we formed are not only crucial to the success of MyBizHomepage and its partners who themselves are small businesses, but more importantly, we hope they will contribute to the success of many entrepreneurs and the American small business community as a whole."

About MyBizHomepage
MyBizHomepage (www.mybizhomepage.com) is a free, Web-based financial dashboard designed specifically for entrepreneurs and small businesses that gives them a comprehensive view of their business-critical financial information in real time and in plain English. For small business owners and entrepreneurs, MyBizHomepage offers a secure resource that synchronizes with their QuickBooks software and enables them to make informed decisions about their own business. MyBizHomepage was founded in 2006 by Peter Justen with the vision of empowering entrepreneurship in America.

About BuzGate
BUZGate (www.buzgate.org) helps individuals to start, grow and succeed in business by connecting them to free and low-cost resources in areas such as business planning, funding, marketing, technology, one-on-one counseling expertise, and much more.

About Hispanic SMB
Hispanic SMB (www.hispanicsmb.org) brings you the most comprehensive collection of documents to help the Hispanic business owner with every aspect of running a business.

About My Own Business
My Own Business, Inc. (www.myownbusiness.org) is a nonprofit providing a free, complete and in-depth online course. The course focuses on the most important areas of business for start-up and already operating businesses to achieve success. The program stays current by incorporating the experience and expertise of entrepreneurs and business executives.