It’s amazing how different an online business can be from an offline business. For example, building credibility online is a lot harder to do than establishing it offline. As Reporter Abby Johnson explains, offline businesses can interact personally with consumers and build credibility through relationships. However, reports show that online businesses have only a few seconds to prove themselves to be credible.

As awareness for open source software increases, people are realizing its wide array of uses. Small businesses are even seeing that it can be used as a valid replacement for some software that they currently pay for. Two very prominent perks of open source software for small businesses are that it is less expensive and easier to maintain.

Although the Merriam-Webster dictionary provides several variations when defining of the term “risk,” every variation includes some form of loss, peril, or hazard. As a result, risks tend to scare off many business owners.