Jen Udan

Web Content Specialist, ChooseWhat.com

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Jen Udan works on content development, PR/outreach and social engagement for ChooseWhat.com. She has been with ChooseWhat since March 2008 and has enjoyed working for the best startup in Austin. Jen graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a degree in English/philosophy and minor in rhetoric. She likes living in the ATX 78704, playing with her Miniature Schnauzers, writing, reading about writing, and tweeting about everything.

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ChooseWhat’s Top 7 iPhone and Smartphone Apps for Small Business

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Read about ChooseWhat’s favaorite desktop and iPhone applications that boost productivity and help small business owners effectively manage their businesses. We at ChooseWhat have used all of these applications at … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Get a Business Phone System / Set Up a Phone Number

Haven’t Signed Up for Business Credit Card Yet? You’re Losing Money

Monday, May 14, 2012

Geoff Whitmore is lead traveler/writer at NoobTraveler.com, a blog dedicated to educating its readers on reward travel, travel tips, and cost-saving travel techniques. Having your own business can be a … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Select a Business Credit Card

Top Picks: Email Marketing Services for Advanced Users

Friday, May 4, 2012

We created our comparison of popular email marketing services with newbies in mind. Our reviews are geared towards those who need a basic email marketing service and are intended to … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Select an Email Marketing Service

SBE Council Ranks 2012 Best and Worst States for Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Pack your iPads and your enthusiasm, all you entrepreneurs–it’s time to head to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Why South Dakota? It’s ranked as the #1 state to start a business … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Create a Business Budget / Form an LLC

Conquer E-Commerce with Volusion Online Store Builder

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

When starting up, most businesses need to build a website and set up a credit card processing system to accept customer payments. While the average startup or small business can … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Accept Credit Card Payments / Build Your Website

Microsoft Office 365: Low-Cost Business Email Accounts + Easy Online Collaboration

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

As we described in How To: Get Basic Business Software, Microsoft Office is the gold standard of desktop application suites. So it comes as no big surprise that Microsoft also … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Get Basic Business Software / Set Up Business Email Accounts

Virtual Office Provider Regus to Offer Hi-Def Videoconferencing Suites

Monday, April 16, 2012

As we mentioned in How To: Set Up a Business Mailing Address, using virtual office/workspace providers can be a good solution to setting up your mailing address that gives you … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Set Up Your Business Mailing Address

Intuit Offers Low-Cost 401(k) and Health Care Services for Small Businesses

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Intuit, the maker of widely-used QuickBooks accounting software and the mobile credit card processing app GoPayment, has now diversified its small business offerings to include 401(k) and health care services. … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Get Group Health Insurance

Getting Office Furniture

If you’re renting space from the Austin Technology Incubator (ATI), you’ll be provided with office furniture, office supplies, copiers, conference rooms, Wi-Fi, and other necessary office tools. If you’re graduating … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Austin Technology Incubator

Should Small Businesses Hire Employees Through Staffing Companies?

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

The cost of retaining a staffing agency probably scares off a lot of small businesses. After all, you will pay a staffing company significantly more money than you would spend … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Hire an Employee

Getting Office Supplies

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Startup Step: Austin Technology Incubator

Checklist for Hiring New Employees

Monday, April 2, 2012

After you’ve gone through the first five steps of the hiring process, which we detailed in How To: Hire an Employee, and you and your new employee(s) have signed an … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Hire an Employee

6 Easy Ways to Protect Your Credit Card Processing System from Hackers

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Many small businesses rely on merchant processing systems and Point-of-Sale (POS) machines to process their customers’ credit card payments. However, a new report by Verizon, the U.S. Secret Service, and … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Accept Credit Card Payments

Top Software and Cloud Alternatives to Microsoft Office

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

As we said in our guide on How to Get Basic Business Software, Microsoft Office is the standard when it comes to desktop software applications. However, you may want to … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Get Basic Business Software

A Guide to Designing and Printing Your Business Cards

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

You may not realize it, but a lot of important elements go into the design of your business cards–and they matter! If well-designed, your business card can convey professionalism, creativity, … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Order Business Cards

Top Email Marketing Services that Integrate with Salesforce

Monday, November 7, 2011

Salesforce is a business cloud computing customer relationship management (CRM) provider that currently has 82,400 customers and over 2,100,000 subscribers. In response to this sizeable market, many email marketing services … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Select an Email Marketing Service

Save Your Business: Register Your .xxx Domain Name (Before a Pornographer Does)

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

You might not have heard the news. This past March, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names (ICANN) approved the formation of the .xxx domain, a new top-level domain that will … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Register a Domain Name

Doing the Books: To QuickBooks or Not?

Friday, May 27, 2011

Like it or not, if you’ve started a business then you’re probably going to be doing the books on your own until you’re making enough to hire someone to handle … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Set Up the Books

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Find Jen Udan on:

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ChooseWhat’s Top 7 iPhone and Smartphone Apps for Small Business

Haven’t Signed Up for Business Credit Card Yet? You’re Losing Money

Top Picks: Email Marketing Services for Advanced Users

SBE Council Ranks 2012 Best and Worst States for Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Conquer E-Commerce with Volusion Online Store Builder

Microsoft Office 365: Low-Cost Business Email Accounts + Easy Online Collaboration

Virtual Office Provider Regus to Offer Hi-Def Videoconferencing Suites

Intuit Offers Low-Cost 401(k) and Health Care Services for Small Businesses

Getting Office Furniture

Should Small Businesses Hire Employees Through Staffing Companies?

Getting Office Supplies

Checklist for Hiring New Employees

6 Easy Ways to Protect Your Credit Card Processing System from Hackers

Top Software and Cloud Alternatives to Microsoft Office

A Guide to Designing and Printing Your Business Cards

Top Email Marketing Services that Integrate with Salesforce

Save Your Business: Register Your .xxx Domain Name (Before a Pornographer Does)

Doing the Books: To QuickBooks or Not?

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