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
Comments: 3
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
Comments: 4
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
Comments: 6
Business Overview
Online flower shops are the ecommerce component of your traditional flower shop. They are part of smaller or larger networks that take a person’s order and either facilitate the arrangement and delivery, or do it in-house. Just as food turned into something you could order online, flowers followed suit ecommerce took off.
Key Figures
Online floral [...]
Posted by: Sarah Snyder, June 1, 2010
Comments: 0
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Business Overview
Ezines, commonly sent weekly or biweekly, are the stronghold of many businesses trying to get a foothold in the Internet Age. Ezines also can be a business in itself, and when executed properly, they can [...]
Posted by: Sarah Snyder, May 24, 2010
Comments: 3
I just got back from a week in Kauai, HI. It was perfect. No work. No emails. No phone calls. Just me and my wife relaxing.
Here are my keys to making sure we entrepreneurs stay sane by taking a successful break from our work.
1. Book a trip.
Sounds obvious, right? But it’s the toughest step in [...]
Posted by: Mark Faggiano, May 11, 2010
Comments: 4
At one point or another we've all hired a service firm to perform a job for us. When we hire someone, there's a level of expectation that comes with it. We expect that we will pay a fee for that service and that the service will get done in a timely manner. I'm sure we [...]
morePosted by: Mark Faggiano, April 28, 2010
Comments: 4
Site traffic. It's the very bane of many site-owners' existence. When building our online presence as a means of converting site visitors to clients, there is a constant "Info Seek" mode in which we as self-employed site owners find ourselves. So many sources of information—many of whom are considered the go-to guys and gals [...]
morePosted by: Akilah Richards, April 23, 2010
Comments: 1
Sometimes family, friends or even my Basics of Selling on eBay students will ask me if I will sell some high-ticket item for them on eBay – handbags, jewelry, gift cards, etc. They know that with more than 5000 feedback scores and a 100% positive feedback score, I get a lot of traffic to my [...]
morePosted by: Linda Sanchez, April 22, 2010
Comments: 2
While the small business community waits to enjoy the same credit card protections recently extended to individual consumers, some banks already have beat the law to the punch. In an effort to streamline operations, these companies are already following the new provisions outlined in the recently passed Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act (CARD).
Where’s the [...]
Posted by: Sarah Snyder, April 21, 2010
Comments: 2
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