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New Crowdfunding Considerations for Small Businesses
Crowdfunding is a hot topic of late, in part because the JOBS Act promises to bring significant changes to the way it works. Among other things, the new legislation may …
Adam Brownlee on Catching Warren Buffett’s Eye
For many small-business owners, Warren Buffett is a role model for turning an entrepreneurial dream into a wildly successful career. The chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, whose net worth …
Top Tips for Switching from QuickBooks Desktop to QuickBooks Online
Thousands of small-business owners rely on Intuit’s QuickBooks desktop software to track sales and expenses, create invoices, send purchase orders, and get organized at tax time. Many also want the flexibility of …
Indie Connect’s Vinny Ribas on the Value of Free Space
Most business owners rent more space than they can realistically occupy, leaving plenty of vacant space around the office. Renting your facility’s unused space to others for meetings and classes …
Dealing with Taxes While Living Abroad
So you decided to outsource yourself — and your small business — to someplace outside the United States with better weather, nicer scenery, and lower overhead. But even though you’ve …
4 Benefits of Taking Your Small Business Paperless
Paper memos, old-fashioned faxes, and other types of print correspondence are virtually unnecessary in 2012. In fact, many online services can help you reduce or even eliminate your consumption of …
How to Read a Balance Sheet
Can your business continue to fund its own growth? Your company’s balance sheet can answer that question at a glance. Whereas an income statement reports sales and expenses during a set …
5 Home-Office Tax Deductions You May Have Overlooked
Looking to maximize your business deductions this tax season? If you work full-time or even occasionally from a dedicated home office, you can take advantage of a few lesser-known IRS …
6 Tips for Starting a Small Business During a Recession
Although it goes against conventional thinking, there are many reasons why you should consider launching a small business during a recession. If you have a great idea and a strong …
Are You Better Off Buying or Leasing Commercial Space?
You’re ready to make the move from your home office to a commercial business or retail space. Would you better be off buying or leasing your new location? The answer …
How Hiya Tea Used Kickstarter to Turn an Invention into a Business
Dr. Tetsuo Nakatsu has been inventing products for years, first as a scientist for a large research firm that created flavors and fragrances for companies like P&G, Unilever, and L’Oreal, …
5 Great Financial Grants for Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs
Grants are like free money for small businesses: Unlike loans and other debt, grants don’t typically require you to pay anyone back. Of course, finding and qualifying for public or …
Will the JOBS Act Boost Your Small Business?
The U.S. House of Representatives on March 8 passed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act in an overwhelming majority and uncharacteristically bipartisan vote. Support from the U.S. Senate and …
In the Trenches: Considering the Shark Tank
I’ve become obsessed with watching the show Shark Tank on ABC. If you haven’t seen it, it’s a show where small businesses go into the room to make a pitch …
South America Lures Silicon Valley Tech Startups
Silicon Valley continues to be a hotbed for technology innovation, but if you want to start a new tech company without spending a fortune on office space and salaries, and …
