“There are two things people want more than sex and money: recognition and praise.” -- Mary Kay Ash, Founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics Small business ...

An ingenious, original idea is a central part of any successful business. You may think you’ve come up with a brilliant new idea for a ...

Now may be the time for small businesses to hunker down and prepare for worse times to come. While the pandemic may no longer be ...

Summer begins this year on June 21 and runs through September 22. It is a period of heat and a time of opportunity. For some ...

With Father’s Day approaching, I couldn’t help but think about my dad. He died many years ago, but I still miss him. One thing that ...

If you're about to start a new business or have started up but are still finding your way, here's a statistic that might make your ...

Golden handcuffs are benefits provided by an employer to discourage an employee from leaving the company to take another job. Golden handcuffs have a bad ...

Merriam-Webster defines intellectual property, or IP, as “property (as an idea, invention, or process) that derives from the work of the mind or intellect; also: an ...

Labor shortages are nothing new, but the COVID-19 pandemic has sparked significant shortages across the country and several industries. From logistics and trucking to food ...

In 1997, I wrote The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Starting a Home-Based Business, which subsequently went through 3 editions. By the time I wrote the ...

Did you know that 95% of consumers are outside the U.S.? Small businesses can expand their markets to other countries and capture new customers. Exporting ...

Disasters can happen at any time. They can be natural disasters, such as storms, earthquakes, and mudslides. Or they can result from human activity, such ...

When you hire a worker, you effectively have an agreement that you’ll pay the worker for the work performed and treat the worker fairly. But ...

With National Small Business Week recently passed, it’s a good time to look at how business owners appear on their personal tax returns. The IRS’s ...

Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), you must pay workers subject to minimum wage rules for the time that work is performed. This ...

The pandemic has been stressful. Inflation is taking its toll on everyone. Crime, politics, you name it…all are contributing to challenges to mental health. May ...

It’s common for business owners to pay various expenses from their own pockets. It just may be easy to do. But it can impact who ...

Getting insurance is an integral part of running a business. Some insurance is mandatory, some is highly advisable, and some is merely good to have ...