This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

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i would say 99% of my income comes thru paypal into outright. their integration with paypal is awesome, but i was wondering if there was a way to automate the category so that it comes in as something other than…

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I was…

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Is it best to itemize your mileage or take the standard deductions

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is it possible to add inventory tracking

Business owners who are operating revenue driven companies often turn to outside sources of capital when looking to grow faster. Either a company can sell shares (and shared ownership) to raise capital or they can borrow against collateral. Collateral usually…

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