10. Ask for help when you need it. There is nothing worse than stumbling along for months figuring it out on your own to find out you were posting something wrong and now need to go back and do it all over again.9. Decide if...
One of the most common misconceptions about the Affordable Care Act, often referred to as Obama Care, is that every business owner in the country will now have to provide health care for it's employees. This is simply not true. Businesses with less than 50 full time...
Martin Luther King Jr. didn't take an accepted idea and just mount a public relations campaign. He and his supporters took an unpopular notion, and stood behind it. They were disruptive. They changed the world forever with their disruption. What are you doing to disrupt the...
"It's late 2015, the small pile on your desk is glaring at you, the words 1099 make your stomach turn, you are avoiding your bookkeeper and you accountant keeps sending big packets of paper check lists and calling. You are avoiding your desk. April 15th...
Oh the woes of an office. All the paper. Bills, employee records, sales slips, credit card receipts, audit reports, bank statements, insurance policies. You get the idea. Over the years paper just seems to pile and pile. If keeping all the paper organized and manageable...
On the first day of Christmas, My true love sent to me A pencil and my profit margin.On the second day of Christmas, My true love sent to me Two tax returns, And a pencil and my profit margin.On the third day of Christmas, My...
November 24th is Small Business Saturday. American Express has a whole series of commercials telling us to support our local small businesses during our holiday shopping trips, but WHY is it really important?Unless you have been living under a rock you have heard of global...
With the close of 2012 rapidly approaching so are the sunset dates on more than a few tax programs. Payroll tax, estate tax, alternative minimum tax as well as some Bush era tax programs are all set to expire December 31. In addition to the...
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The Top 10 Rookie Mistakes for EntrepreneursBy JAY GOLTZTHINKING ENTREPRENEURAn owner’s dispatches from the front lines.Many people who start businesses, including me, have little or no experience and just jump in. Over the years, I have compared notes with many fellow entrepreneurs, and I have seen...