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Finance author and blogger Tom Taulli explains the importance of protecting your personal assets when entering small business. Hope for the best but plan for the worst with your new venture. Make sure that in the event your business does poorly you will not be putting your home and other personal belongings at risk. Read More

There are lots of options out there and tech trends to be considered for your business no matter what the size. In the end, what you decide to use and what you believe is unimportant depends greatly on the kind of business you run, but Scott Steinberg, publisher of DigitalTrends.com, gives this overview of the useful and the maybe not so useful for businesses in general. Be ware. Scott's picks we Read More

Here is the Small Business Administration's overview of franchising for the perspective small business owner. There are also some additional links for more information but here you will find a basic explanation of franchising and how it works. It's a jumping off point for those interested that will get you started and point you in the right direction to learn more. Read More

When filling out the tax return for your small busines, remember to avoid the things that are red flags to auditors. The top concerns when filling out small business taxes are not what you might think. Consider taking steps to avoid costly engagement with the IRS. Instead, be fair when filling out your return. Read More

Whether a huge corporation or a small mom and pop, all businesses need some kind of financing to get them started. This is the case even if owners finance their small business out of their own pockets. Here are a couple of sources for financing your small business startup from contributors at AllBusiness. Read More

These five year-end small business tax tips from Darrell Zahorsky, About.com small business guide, include some suggestions that are obvious and some you may not have heard of before. But all are great food for thought when considering the possibilities in filling out your small business taxes. Consider the list to determine which suggestions if any apply to your small business. Read More

They employ a sales force with little or no experience and still manage to move a startling 200 million unites a year of a product not available in stores during the Spring season exclusively with an estimated annual revenue of $700 million a year. Yea, we're talking about the Girl Scouts and why wouldn't we want to get inside such an efficient and profitable sales operation? Here's an overview f Read More

Small businesses often pay higher fees than their big business counterparts when it comes to credit card transactions. Read more about how small business owners are lobbying for reduced credit card transaction fees... Read More

Entrepreneurs have many choices when starting up small businesses. Franchise operations can often be a simpler way to start your own business. Franchises allow small business owners to work within a larger framework and provide opportunities to show creativity and innovation within established standards. Check out this article on invention vs. innovation in small business entrepreneurship... Read More

Saying "thank you" to your employees can be a great small business employee benefit and makes financial sense as well. In this video see how Clark-Mortenson Insurance and Financial Services made this technique a great business strategy:
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