Great Ideas for your Small Business: Buy Prepaid Legal Insurance Did you know that 52 percent of all Americans have some sort of legal problem? And that one of every three people will need legal advice in the next twelve months? With attorneys charging an average of $175 per hour, legal bills can eat into … Read more
Great Ideas for your Small Business: Buy Used Office Furnishings When i was an investigative reporter, my beat was white-collar crime. I chased after the slickest, sleaziest business criminals in the country as they defrauded investors out of millions with precious metals scams, stock frauds, and real estate schemes. The one thing they all had … Read more
Great Ideas for your Small Business: Get Some Help from Uncle Sam Good old uncle sam. he stands there with his finger pointing at you, but most business owners think he should be portrayed with that same bony hand reaching deep into our pockets. If you’ve ever spent an hour filling out a payroll tax … Read more
Great Ideas for your Small Business: Get Free Financing Help (USE A SCORE COUNSELOR) In 2001 counselors from the service Corps of Retired Executives counseled more than 250,000 entrepreneurs. Since its founding in 1964, more than 4.2 million business owners have participated in SCORE’s extensive counseling and seminar programs. No matter where you live, free … Read more
Great Ideas for your Small Business: Take Advantage of Special Lending Programs for Women Although there are nine million women business owners in America, employing roughly 18.5 million people, women still have a tough time securing bank loans. But there is help: the women’s prequalification program, which was launched as an experiment in 1994. The … Read more
Great Ideas for your Small Business: Finance Your Independent Film Powered by black coffee, peter hall raced downtown in New York City to pick up 10,000 slick postcards promoting Delinquent, his independent film that opened in September 1997 in Los Angeles and New York. Rushing back uptown, he double-parked in Columbus Circle, risking a ticket … Read more
Great Ideas for your Small Business: Use Frequent Flier Miles for Meetings Futurist david snyder flies more than 150,000 miles a year, giving speeches and consulting for private and government clients. To build up frequent flier miles, he flies first class and books his own tickets, although his clients reimburse him for travel expenses. Every … Read more
Great Ideas for your Small Business: Know about Economic Development Incentives and Agencies If you are thinking of relocating or expanding your business, be sure to investigate the wide variety of economic incentives and tax breaks. Hundreds of local, state, federal, and private agencies offer scores of programs designed to entice business owners to move … Read more
Great Ideas for your Small Business: Take Advantage of a Tax Break The old cliché, “if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is” applies to many schemes and scams offered to small business owners. However, an obscure provision of the federal tax code actually gives mom-and-pop businesses a real break. Although it … Read more
Great Ideas for your Small Business: Hire an Enrolled Agent to Do Your Taxes Nobody likes to pay taxes. it’s even worse if you’re unhappy with your current tax preparer. If you are thinking about a change, you might consider hiring an enrolled agent. Although they’ve been around since 1884 and prepare millions of tax … Read more
