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The SBA offers a handy guide for shoppers and business owners to take advantage of Small Business Saturday.

  Black Friday is a great time to shop for all sorts of electronics, from laptops and tablets to kitchen gadgets and large appliances.  Some of the best discounts you'll find are on TVs, from brands like Samsung, TCL, LG, and more.  Many popular sellers, including Best Buy, Target, and Walmart, will offer TV deals in stores on the big day. But if you don't want to face the crowds, you'll also be able to find some great deals online.  We've compiled a list of the best Black Friday TV deals we know about so far. Keep an eye on this page; we'll be adding new promotions as they drop.  To save more on Black Friday deals this year, visit Business Insider Coupons . You can also check out all the best Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals we've found on Insider Picks . Black Friday is here, and stores are running major deals on all sorts of electronics. And some of the best tech deals you'll find will be on TVs, at all price points, from brands across the...

Actually, there are two. The first is the tax we each pay so that companies can bid against each other to buy traffic from Google. Because their revenue model is (cleverly) built on both direct marketing and an auction, they are able to keep a significant portion of the margin from many industries. They’ve become the internet’s landlord. The difference between a successful business in New York and an unsuccessful one is just a few percentage points–the successful ones pay 95% of their profit to landlords, while the unsuccessful ones pay 105%. It doesn’t matter if there are competitors to Google in search: the model of bidding for attention is so economically compelling (because attention is so scarce), that companies are going to be paying ever more to reach people in this way–or allow their competitors to do so. The second is harder to see: Because Google has made it ever more difficult for sites to be found, previously successful businesses like Grou...

Building a brand is more important than ever. The masters reveal here how to do it well.

SoftBank is under fire from shareholders over the WeWork debacle, other poor investments, and part of its plan to finance its second Vision Fund, according to the Wall Street Journal .  Capital Group, Tiger Global Management, Southeastern Asset Management, and other investors have privately blasted the Japanese conglomerate over recent losses in its Vision Fund, the newspaper reported. AllianceBernstein, Odey Asset Management, and others have slammed SoftBank's intention to lend up to $20 billion to CEO Masayoshi Son and other executives for them to invest in its second Vision Fund, the Journal said. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories . SoftBank is under fire from shareholders over the WeWork debacle, other poor investments, and part of its plan to finance its second Vision Fund, according to the Wall Street Journal .  Capital Group, Tiger Global Management, Southeastern Asset Management, and other investors have privately blasted the Japanese conglome...

How this married couple built a thriving business and stayed sane in the process.

I interviewed Elon Musk as part of my research. Here’s why I think his strategy, despite its many risks, could be a winner. Few companies have attracted as much praise, derision, skepticism, and enthusiasm as Telsa Motors and its founder Elon Musk. Having interviewed Elon Musk and the Tesla leadership as part of my research , one of the questions I’m asked most frequently is: How can you make sense of Tesla’s wild strategies? The latest example is the move to create a “Gigafactory” for car batteries just outside Berlin. Read Full Story

This is a preview of a research report from Business Insider Intelligence , Business Insider's premium research service. To learn more about Business Insider Intelligence, click here . Current subscribers can read the report here . Small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are vital creators of wealth, income, and jobs in the global economy. For example, they make up 99.9% of all private sector businesses in both the US and the UK, and they employ 60% and 48% of all workers in those countries, respectively. Business Insider Intelligence See the rest of the story at Business Insider See Also: I bought a $79 bidet attachment for my toilet in an effort to be more eco-friendly and hygienic — and now I can't imagine not having one Small business lender BlueVine just nabbed $102.5 million in funding on the heels of its banking launch Investors poured $761 million into wealth-tech startups like Robinhood and Goldman-backed Raisin in the third quarter. Here are the 5 biggest deals. ...

Tesla/Bonhams Tesla's new Cybertruck is inspired by a 1977 James Bond car that Elon Musk loved so much he bought at auction in 2013. Musk tweeted on Thursday that the $39,000 truck was "influenced partly" by the white Lotus Espirit used in "The Spy Who Loved Me." In the film, the Lotus Espirit transforms into a submarine, allowing Roger Moore's Bond and his female companion, Anya Amasova, to escape from villains who are chasing them in a helicopter. Musk bought the car used in the film for £616,000 ($997,000,) joking after that he was "disappointed to learn that it can't actually transform." Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Tesla's new Cybertruck is inspired by a 1977 James Bond spy car that Elon Musk loved so much he bought it at auction in 2013. The Cybertruck was unveiled in Los Angeles on Thursday night , with Musk tweeting afterwards its design was "influenced partly" by the film "The Sp...