When it comes to financial matters — handling debt, saving for a home, saving for retirement, etc. — most employees are clueless. One report found … Read more about Financial Wellness Strategies for Your Workplace
What Do Tax Stats Tell Us about Small Business?
The IRS released statistics on 2014 income tax returns filed by individuals. It includes income and losses reported by sole proprietors on Schedule … Read more about What Do Tax Stats Tell Us about Small Business?
10 Best Practices to Grow Your Business
How do you take your company to the next level? Obviously you need a vision of where you want to take your business. To get there, … Read more about 10 Best Practices to Grow Your Business
Contests Can Help You Grow Your Business
With the Olympics underway in Rio, it’s easy to see how being a winner is a great feeling. It can also translate into economic rewards as medalists … Read more about Contests Can Help You Grow Your Business
Your Company’s Social Responsibility
What are you doing for others and why does it matter? The question of social responsibility has always been a concern to small businesses that are … Read more about Your Company’s Social Responsibility
5 Things to Do During a Slow Summer
Sylvia Plath wrote: “August rain: the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time.” For small business owners, it’s a … Read more about 5 Things to Do During a Slow Summer
Summer Reading the Small Business Way
Summertime is a great time to catch up on reading. While some are only interested in perusing beach books, entrepreneurs may relish some helpful … Read more about Summer Reading the Small Business Way
Archiving Your Company’s History
Today, everything is becoming cloud based, but papers still matter. Maintaining a written history of your company though the paperwork it has produced … Read more about Archiving Your Company’s History
What You Can Do to Protect Client and Customer Data
In early July the IRS urged tax return preparers to protect client information. However, this urging should not be limited to preparers; it really … Read more about What You Can Do to Protect Client and Customer Data
Dress Codes Are Dead?
That’s what the New York Times said in a piece in the Fashion & Style section in May entitled The End of the Office Dress Code. This may or may … Read more about Dress Codes Are Dead?
Best Response to a Bad Review
Sites like Yelp and Trip Advisor encourage customers to post reviews of their experiences with businesses. These reviews matter. According to … Read more about Best Response to a Bad Review
Rebounding from a Disaster of a Different Kind
With the hurricane season underway, it’s a good time to think about being prepared for storms that can disrupt your business, as I discussed earlier. … Read more about Rebounding from a Disaster of a Different Kind
Minimum Wage Increases Are Good: Fact or Fiction?
There’s no easy answer to this question. In the course of Senator Sander’s presidential bid, the call for a $15 minimum wage rate was loud and clear. … Read more about Minimum Wage Increases Are Good: Fact or Fiction?
Are You Suffering from Compliance Fatigue?
This isn’t a new question. Ask any business owner and he or she has a tale of woe when it comes to government regulations. A few weeks ago a local … Read more about Are You Suffering from Compliance Fatigue?
You’ve Got Your Loan Proceeds so Now What?
Congratulations! You’ve gone through the loan process and now have the funds you wanted. Now what? What you do with the money may be entirely up to … Read more about You’ve Got Your Loan Proceeds so Now What?
