Target raises minimum wage to $11 an hour, $15 by 2020

Target is giving its workers a raise.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/25/news/companies/target-minimum-wage/index.html

Airbnb and Resy Team Up So Small Restaurants can Get More Reservations

Airbnb guests can now book tables in 650 curated restaurants across the US in collaboration with Resy, a mobile app for restaurant reservations. For the 650 restaurants, many of which are small businesses, it will mean access to new customers and fewer empty tables.

https://smallbiztrends.com/2017/09/book-restaurant-reservations-with-airbnb.html

Get the Employees You Need Now With High Velocity Hiring

According to High Velocity Hiring: How to Hire Top Talent in an Instant, business owners are on the losing side in the war for good talent. Instead of putting people to work, they are adding more barriers before they even hire them. High Velocity Hiring challenges that “wait and seek” mentality and offers a strategy for businesses to hire fast so they can thrive in an on-demand economy.

https://smallbiztrends.com/2017/09/high-velocity-hiring-book-review.html

Sales World Offers Online Event for Businesses Looking to Improve Numbers

Looking to improve your small business sales without traveling or paying big for an expensive conference?

There’s an upcoming event that can help you boost your sales and learn about all the most effective sales techniques without even leaving your desk. Sales World takes place on November 8 and 9 and is entirely online and on demand. So you can attend right from your own home or office.

https://smallbiztrends.com/2017/09/sales-world-offers-online-event-businesses-looking-improve-numbers.html

The A-Z of Popular Business Startups: A State by State Guide (Infographic)

So many small businesses start as a dream. But what types of businesses are entrepreneurs currently dreaming about starting? Online equipment marketplace Bid on Equipment recently created an infographicshowing the types of businesses that are most popular with prospective entrepreneurs and current business owners. Here’s a rundown of the findings.

https://smallbiztrends.com/2017/09/most-popular-profitable-small-businesses.html

Myths of PR Debunked

Whether your perception of public relations comes from Sex in the City’s Samantha Jones, who’s career seems to be one of party-going and rubbing elbows with the well-to-do or from the image of the so-called “spin doctor” who weaves falsehoods into entertainment, most of us assume that we know what public relations professionals do. They lie, cheat and manipulate. Myths of PR: All Publicity is Good Publicity and Other Popular Misconceptions is here to set the record straight and help anyone interested in the PR industry understand how it really works.

https://smallbiztrends.com/2017/09/myths-of-pr-book-review.html

Amgen Foundation Pledges Up To $5 Million To Hurricane Maria Relief Efforts

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Sept. 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) today announced that the Amgen Foundation has pledged $3 million to support urgent Hurricane Maria relief efforts in Puerto Rico. The Foundation also has committed up to an additional $2 million for longer-term rebuilding efforts.  Amgen is also activating its Staff Disaster Relief Fund to aid Amgen staff in Puerto Rico, including financial assistance for shelter, medical attention, clothing and other critical relief.

http://investors.amgen.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=61656&p=RssLanding&cat=news&id=2302400