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Group for owners of local businesses in Silicon Valley to connect and share advice. There's a lot of us out there who are working hard to stay in business for ourselves or working hard to start our own businesses. Between all of the people that we have on Social Wave, we've got a lot of talent and expertise to borrow from. You should join this group if you own a business, have expertise that small business owners would need, or just like to talk about the local economy.

Who it's for: Owners, partners, and supporters of Silicon Valley based small businesses.

Why start this group: I've taken limited part in some other small business online networks, but didn't like them because some of its members treated it primarily as a sales lead generation pipeline or the group had minimal ties to the Silicon Valley community. I think we have the right mix of people, knowledge, and connections to do better.

Purpose of this Group: This group is for discussions and information of specific interest to small businesses in Silicon Valley. We're here to help each other survive and thrive. This is not a place to shamelessly pitch your products or services. You're free to mention what you have to offer, but please do it in context. If you simply want people to know about your local business, create a Merchant Profile instead.

NOTE: This group is currently getting established. Once this group gets rolling, access to this group and its discussion forums will be made private and visible only to members of this group.

Also, we're looking for volunteer experts in subject areas of interest to Silicon Valley based small businesses to help lead discussions and answer questions online. Contact Sheldon to volunteer.





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Posted Message (Oct 2 2007)

Where to Find Large Specialty Laser Printer/Injket Paper?
I'm looking for some large tabloid sized (11x17") laser printer paper in specialty colors with background patterns. The sort of paper texture that I'm looking for might typically be described as "resume paper" but I need it in sizes far larger than your usual resume paper.
Anyone have any ideas where I can get my hands on some tabloid sheet sized specialty paper that will...more
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Posted Message (Oct 2 2007)

Recommendations on Offset Printers?
I typically use digital printers for all of my printing needs because they're a lot easier to work with, they're less expensive, and the quality is more than good enough for my needs and most of my clients. I'm running into some requests to get some things offset printed now, but I don't have any offset printers that I know well. Can anyone recommend a offset printing service?
BTW...more
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Posted Message (Apr 6 2007)

Filing CA Use Taxes for Small Business as Expense?
It's tax fun time again!
Anyone out there know if you're supposed to factor in California use tax into your taxable business expenses if you purchased them online and didn't pay tax at the time of purchase? I've using TurboTax Premier to do my taxes for my Web Development business and I came to the realization that the CA Use tax that I'm declaring when I...more
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Posted Message (Apr 6 2007)

Know of a Good Marketing/PR Design Person?
A client of mine is looking for help designing a marketing kit of sorts for her small radio show. She can't afford the full firm driven PR and design extravaganza so she'll need to use a decent freelance marketing designer/consultant who's good at designing press kits or a small company affordable enough for a small operation like hers.
If finding such a creature isn't very...more
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Posted Message (Mar 5 2007)

Don't Forget to Claim the Telephone Excise Tax Refund
A news report came out today that about 30% of people filing their taxes this year are failing to claim a one time tax refund available to almost everyone. It's a refund of a long distance telephone tax. Apparently, even a notable chunk of professionally prepared tax returns are missing this widespread credit. The refund amount is $30 to $60.
[B][url=http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=164032,00.html]Link: Telephone Excise Tax Refund[/url] (IRS...more
User Avatar posted by:Sheldon on Mar 5 2007 · views: 279 · replies: 1 · More
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