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Thinking About a Business Idea? A Virtual CFO Might be a Great Sounding Board

Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Ideas are essential whether you’re growing your business or just getting started, but at some point, practicality has to enter into the picture. Sometimes you need a second opinion to … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Create a Business Budget / Select the Best Small Business Computer
Business Planning

Great Planning is a Balancing Act Between Forethought and Unabashed Imagination

Thursday, December 14, 2017

If you’ve ever heard of hemispheric dominance, then you learned that the right side of your brain controls creative thinking, while the left side is all about logic. OK … … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Create a Business Budget / Management

Establish an Impressive Home-Base Without Breaking the Bank

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Are you conducting customer meetings in your living room or the local coffee shop? Does your car serve as your home office? Some startup businesses may thrive within an informal … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Create a Business Budget
CFO

Have You Considered a Virtual CFO for Your Small Business?

Friday, November 17, 2017

If you read my advice about being your business’ own CFO, then you might have already decided that you’re not the right person for the job. Sure, you’re a brilliant … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Create a Business Budget / Management / Uncategorized

What Business Owners Need to Know about Health Benefits in 2018

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Whether or not you follow healthcare policy, it’s been hard to miss the headlines over the past year about proposed changes to federal guidelines, executive orders, and rising premiums. Now … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Create a Business Budget / Get Group Health Insurance

Can Your Employees Work From Home Reliably?

Friday, November 3, 2017

As a contract writer, I always work from home. Admittedly, it requires discipline, particularly when the dog is being particularly cute. Still, I was very trustworthy — and more productive … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Build Your Team / Create a Business Budget / Find Office Space

Is Your Small Business Ramped up for Success?

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

You may be downright artistic when it comes to pinching pennies to help support your brand new business, and your business is small enough to turn on a dime to … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Create a Business Budget / Management

Can Your Small Business Rent its Way to Success?

Monday, September 18, 2017

Cash is at a premium during the early days of most businesses. It’s too bad that this is also the time when you seem to need money the most. Whether … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Create a Business Budget / Find Office Space / Select an All-in-One Printer

Should You Be Your Business’ Own Chief Financial Officer (CFO)?

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Whether your business is still in the start-up phase, or if its growth seems a bit out of control, do you understand the financial side as well as you should? … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Build Your Team / Create a Business Budget

Debt Can be an Essential Element for Fledgling Small Businesses

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Starting or growing a new business debt-free may seem like the best way to ensure a strong company, but this is not always the case. Debt is not a dirty … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Create a Business Budget
best places to start a business

SBE Council Ranks 2012 Best and Worst States for Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Pack your iPads and your enthusiasm, all you entrepreneurs–it’s time to head to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Why South Dakota? It’s ranked as the #1 state to start a business … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Create a Business Budget / Form an LLC

Startups Using ‘Crowdfunding’ Might Become Much More Common

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

The old saying that it takes money to make money is never truer than it is for the small business owner. When an entrepreneur sits down to craft a business … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Create a Business Budget

Quick Tip: Recognizing Sunk Costs

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Being indifferent towards and developing the ability to recognize sunk costs often leads to preferable outcomes at home and in business. According to the world’s most accurate encyclopedia (Wikipedia), “sunk … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Create a Business Budget / Management

7 Pitfalls to Avoid When Raising Startup Capital

Friday, January 28, 2011

“You can ruin your company within the first few days of forming it,” says Jay Jacobs, and he would know.  With a wealth of experience, ranging from being a vice … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Create a Business Budget / Uncategorized

Services to Help Your Business Go Paperless

Friday, May 7, 2010

Nowadays there is a plethora of booming technology dedicated to making your office run more smoothly —and be greener. As Jen noted in her blog post a couple of months … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Create a Business Budget / Find Office Space / Get Basic Business Software / Uncategorized

When you’re Strapped for Cash, Try Bartering Small Business Services

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Remember Kyle MacDonald?  He’s the kid who started with one red paperclip and kept bartering over the course of a year to finally get a two-story house.  Although Kyle is … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Create a Business Budget
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