Starting your own small business is at once exciting and threatening. Any entrepreneur spends a lot of time planning and fretting about a new venture, with alternating periods of exhilaration and despair. So much progress, but so many pitfalls! As the time comes to pull the trigger, your doubts rise and you hesitate. That’s normal, […]
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Have you ever had one of those days, or weeks or months where you feel so overwhelmed? You have so much to do in the office, your plate is not only full, it’s overflowing!!! Sometimes that feeling of overwhelm can feel paralyzing because you just don’t know where to start. When you face a situation
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It takes a lot of drive and dedication to start a business, as well as successfully operating and growing it. A business plan is an indispensable tool to get you started and keep you on track. Write a business plan first, and then spend the money necessary to start your business. Following a good business
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The summer is here. It’s time for fun – time with the family. Maybe the thought of that raises your stress level thinking that you can’t enjoy family time and keep your business running as it should. Don’t let your anxiety get the best of you. Just follow a few important steps and have a
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Cash is the lifeblood of small businesses, because often they do not have alternate sources of small business funding. A company’s current assets minus its current liabilities are its working capital. Cash and its equivalents — short-term Treasury bills and commercial paper — plus assets that can become cash within a year, such as accounts
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Will Today Be a Good Day or a Bad Day? It’s Up To You! That glass you are looking at – is it half empty or half full? If it’s filled half way with water, both answers would be right. But your answer speaks volumes about how you are viewing the situation. If you view
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Good record keeping is a vital activity to ensure the success of your business, for several reasons: Measuring the success of your business Producing correct financial statements Supporting limited liability protection Filing tax returns Handling audits Measuring Your Progress You can see if your business is growing and whether a particular strategy is effective by
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As a business owner, you may feel that your days are too full already and joining the local chamber of commerce (CoC) will be too time-consuming. Think again — the real question is whether you can afford not to join the CoC. The advantages that these worthy organizations confer are well worth the time invested,
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Chargebacks can have a substantial financial impact on your business. Whether the chargebacks are due to frivolous claims from unscrupulous consumers, or claims that are seemingly justified, the result is the same – loss of money to your company. But there are steps you can take as a business owner to cut-down on those costly
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Small businesses tend to be informal, but they should not overlook the need for periodic meetings to ensure that all departments and employees are aligned with the owner’s vision. Quarterly meetings are typically set up for several different functions, but no one wants their employees feeling like this through the monotony of the same presentation. Make sure
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