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Remember that brilliant idea you have? Well, it’s going to need some investment dollars. When looking for financing from an outside source, the concept of an angel – an investor doling out some of his or her own cash designated for startups and early-stage businesses – can be a godsend. But how do Read More

We all understand how to get and build personal credit: Pay your bills on time. Don’t have too much debt. But business credit? That often seems like a mystery for many small businesses; a seemingly foreign and exotic world to many small business people. But it need not be. Read More

Small businesses historically have created 70 percent of all jobs in the U.S. With such a high percentage of the workforce, employee-related tax challenges for small-business owners are inevitable. Here are four common tax pitfalls, and what you can do about them. Read More

Looking to grow your business in 2011? One of the best ways to liberate cash for business development is to take a scalpel to recurring expenses that you may have overlooked in earlier rounds of cost cutting. Read More

Thanks to a raft of legislation over the past year -- the Recovery Act, the Small Business Jobs Act, the HIRE Act, the Affordable Care Act and the Tax Relief and Job Creation Act -- there have been many changes to the tax laws. With tax time coming up fast, make sure you are familiar with the chang Read More

Access to capital is the thorn in the side of most growing businesses. “If only I had more money I could…” is a phrase that starts so many conversations with business owners that it could be considered the “entrepreneur’s mantra." This is not whining on the part of business owners; it really is dif Read More

What are your goals for 2011? When you think about making goals, do you cringe and roll your eyes, or do you get excited to plan for the New Year? Regardless of the degree of your enthusiasm, you're bound to fail if you don't know the right way to set goals and follow through. Read More

This question always seems to vex the non-financial folks: how can I sell it cheap? Top management wants to know: are they the low cost producer—or are we—or who is? Manufacturing and purchasing folks want to know: what target do we need to hit on costs, purchase prices, etc.? And in the very begi Read More

This is a presentation on 10 startup to-dos – things that people should think about when starting a company. Read More

As time goes on, one of the more interesting trends that continues to happen with surprising regularity is how frequently new business models and ways of doing business are emerging through social media and online tools. In many cases, these trends are helping to reinvent how businesses sell and consumers buy all kinds of products. For that reason alone, new sites are worth paying attention to no Read More