There have been a few posts here on Outright recently regarding ideas for financing your business, and with good reason. In these times it's more important than ever to focus on innovation and creativity in the marketplace. After all, such innovation is what fuels our economy. Of course, innovation requires research, development, production and testing [...]
Creative Ideas for Passive Income Streams
Posted by: Ina Stanley, September 2, 2010
Whip Time into Shape with Timesheets.com
Time. For business owners, there’s never enough of it. Many of us get paid based on the amount of time we spend on various projects. Not to mention many of us don’t get paid but still have to use our valuable time for business necessities like recordkeeping, accounting and developing new business. And most of [...]
morePosted by: Jennifer Escalona, August 29, 2010
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Creative Alternatives to Finance Your Small Business – Part 2
As we all work hard to grow our businesses we are offered opportunities to grow and take a bit more risk that would have a great upside. Even though there may be great opportunities available, we might not have the available cash flow to make it happen.
morePosted by: Steven Fisher, August 9, 2010
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Self-Employed Health Insurance and Your Taxes-What’s the Deal?
As an independent business owner, if you want health care coverage, you have to pay for it yourself. In recognition of this fact, there is a special deduction for health insurance premiums paid by self-employed people. This deduction is on the front on the 1040 as an adjustment to income. It's not an itemized deduction [...]
morePosted by: Mariette Knoblauch, August 5, 2010
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Identity Theft: Social Media’s Dirty Little Secret
What would we do without social media? Facebook users wouldn’t be able to enjoy their high school bullies’ misfortunes. Mom wouldn’t be able to spy on her miscreant offspring. Twitter users wouldn’t be able to further their professional development, keep on top of trends and explain why they need Tums this afternoon. And MySpace users [...]
morePosted by: Sarah Snyder, July 26, 2010
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Creative Alternatives to Finance Your Small Business – Part 1
As an entrepreneur, you put your blood, sweat, tears and soul into your business hoping that it will become a successful, self-sustaining entity. While each person's perception or measure of success is different, the bottom line is that all businesses live and die by one word - cashflow. You have it? You survive to grow and [...]
morePosted by: Steven Fisher, July 15, 2010
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Use the Top 50 Fastest Growing Freelance Jobs to Grow Your Business
What are the top 50 fastest growing freelance jobs right now? Freelancer.com, who like eLance and oDesk manage the outsourcing of jobs on the internet, announced their list of the Top 50 Fastest Growing Freelance Jobs from Q1 to Q2 2010.
"We've outsourced more projects (725,000) than any other website on the planet. This coupled with [...]
Posted by: Jennifer Escalona, July 7, 2010
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Hire Independent Contractors? The IRS is Coming After YOU
The IRS think everyone in America should be classified as an employee. They have already started sending out letters to over 6,000 businesses to let them know they will be the subject of a worker classification audit.
morePosted by: Wray Rives, June 21, 2010
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Outright, Freshbooks and Shoeboxed: A Tax Time Perfect Storm
At FreshBooks, Outright and Shoeboxed, our goals have always been to help you spend less time on all the mundane but necessary tasks like invoicing, bookkeeping and recording expenses and more time actually doing what you love – running your business. (You do love running your business, right? Come on. You know you do.)
Freshbooks makes [...]
Posted by: Jennifer Escalona, June 15, 2010
Comments: 6
New Tax Law Troubles Small Business Community
A new tax law involving small business has many small business owners seeing red. The law, which requires additional reporting of what businesses spend, is considered by some a logistical nightmare while the government considers it a failsafe against tax evasion. While some tout it as a chance for all businesses to go higher tech with [...]
morePosted by: Sarah Snyder, June 10, 2010
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