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As in every presidential election, taxes were a huge issue for voters this year. With the election over, Congress is facing some serious questions about how they will handle the pending “fiscal cliff” at the end of this year, when planned spending cuts kick in and Bush-era tax cuts expire. What doe Read More

How do you know your business idea is worth investing in? Investors look for three things: whether your business has or can get massive reach, what your business' USP would be and how capital efficient it will be. This blog answers the first question. Read More

Banks are often the most difficult places for new entreps to find starting capital.

A career lender gives us ideas on more accessible ways to get that crucial initial funding. Read More

By Marco Carbajo. One of the benefits to building a creditworthy company is that lenders, creditors and suppliers will determine the level of credit risk based on the company’s creditworthiness rather than that of the owners. However, there are instances where a lender will require a personal credi Read More

There are lots of great reasons to write about franchise ownership. For this article I’ll focus on five of the best reasons to own a franchise. See, a lot of people use real complicated franchise investigation procedures to ferret out the best and worst franchises. They even develop lists for th Read More

Before writing a succession plan off as just another tough decision, consider this: While 81 percent of family owned businesses want the business to stay in the family, studies have shown that without a succession plan in place, 70 percent of family businesses don’t survive to the second generation Read More

Franchise owners in the emergency services sector, (yes-there is a sector in franchising like this) tend to do very well, in times of great public need. Hurricane Sandy may go down as the worst storm to ever hit the east coast. Franchisees that own the types of franchises mentioned in this post will Read More

The 1099K tax form was created specifically for e-commerce sellers who have cheated the IRS by not reporting their income earnings or who have skipped out on paying all due taxes.

If you are a e-commerce seller or a small business owner receiving payments via Amazon, Pay Pal, Google, and debit/c Read More

By cheating customers, you're only cheating yourself. In this week's CEO blog, Anthony Karibian draws on his experience to explain how small businesses can beat their bigger competitors by exposing their dirty tactics. Read More