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Four Steps to Starting a Green Business
By starting a green business, you are benefiting the environment as well as creating a healthier space for yourself and your workers.
Why You Should Fire Yourself From Your Small Business
If your business cards say “owner,” but you’re doing the work of a bookkeeper, sales manager, and busboy, it's time to step away and find a better solution.
Five Digital Marketing Tips for Small Businesses Trying to Break Out
Building a successful business means cutting through the noise and reaching the right people. These digital marketing tips will help you do that.
3 Signs Your Employees Are Buddy Punching — And What You Can Do About It
Buddy punching is a form of time theft where colleagues clock in for each other, and it costs US employers more than $373 million each year.
6 Ways Small Businesses Can Attract Top Talent in a Competitive Market
For any small business, smart and engaged employees are the most important investment, but they can be hard to find — and the war for talent is fierce.
Business Incorporation Crash Course: Nellie Akalp on How to Structure Your Business
We spoke to CorpNet founder and CEO Nellie Akalp to get her expert advice on what to consider when choosing your business structure.
Small Business Finance Basics: A Guide For New Business Owners
Whether you are about to start your own business or have been running one for a little while, it's very important that you know your numbers.
Debt vs. Equity Financing: What’s Best for Small Business?
Debt and equity financing both have their strengths and weaknesses. With so many options in each category, how do you know what's best for your business?
5 Businesses That Require Less Than $10,000 To Launch
Though many people think of business ownership as a massive undertaking, there are some really simple business ideas that do not cost much to get started.
5 Low-Cost Marketing Research Techniques for Small Businesses
Marketing research is a necessary investment for successful companies. Here how to validate your product idea and attract more customers on the cheap.
How Small Businesses Can Use ‘Last Mile’ Delivery Services to Reach Customers Faster
The last mile of getting your goods or services to a customer can be the hardest. Undelivered items or services might as well be abandoned shopping carts.
3 Things They Won’t Tell You About Managing a Restaurant
Whether its full-service or fast food, many of the challenges of running a restaurant are the same. Don't let these three issues take you by surprise.
Small Business Website Options: What Are Your Real Needs?
Small business websites remain valuable anchors for driving leads, boosting SEO, showcasing services, and triggering sales. But one size doesn't fit all.
Bootstrapper Q&A: How The Sweat Social’s Rupa Mohan Turns Fitness Into an Experience
A fitness junkie with a love of travel, Rupa Mohan started The Sweat Social as a way for travelers to stay fit on the road. Here's how she did it.
Franchise Agreements and Franchise Disclosure Documents: What You Need to Know
This Q&A with Barry M. Heller of DLA Piper is excerpted from Credibly Business Journal Vol. 1: Grow Your Business Through Franchising. Download it free.
Feeling Lost? 5 Ways to Rescue Your Restaurant
When you opened your restaurant you had big dreams and a plan. Then, something changed and your plan went astray. It happens. Here's how to recover.
Q&A: Blink Fitness’s Todd Magazine on How to Stand Out in a Crowded Industry
The following Q&A with Blink Fitness President Todd Magazine is excerpted from Credibly Business Journal Vol. 1: Grow Your Business Through Franchising.
Buy-Sell Agreements: Why Your Business Needs a Prenup
Just like a marriage prenup dictates how you will split up marriage assets, a business prenup does the same. Here's how a buy-sell agreement works.
5 Small Business Payroll Software Weaknesses to Avoid
Using payroll software has many benefits. It can save you time and money, and it can reduce stress levels by bringing more organization to your business.
Paid Parental Leave: Should Small Businesses Try to Compete?
Only 12% of private employers provide paid family leave. Most businesses, especially small ones, cannot and do not offer this expensive benefit.
Bootstrapper Q&A: The Future Of Wall Street May Depend On This Entrepreneur And His Data-Driven Startup
We spoke to Kevin Evenhouse about NewsHedge technology, and why he believes it will become standard within many different types of financial applications.
Understanding Prime Cost — The Simplest Way to Give Yourself a Raise
Prime cost is simply the addition of your two key controllable costs, labor and cost of goods. Ideally, you want to keep these costs around...
Bootstrapper Q&A: Getting Organized In The Workplace With Gluru Founder Tim Porter
"Gluru makes you more productive by pulling together the documents you need to accomplish whatever task you are working on at that particular moment."
4 Tips To Deal With Post-Holiday Returns
Tis the season for increased selling opportunities, strong sales, and an abundance of customers. Unfortunately, it's also also the season of holiday returns.
Nine Reasons Restaurants Fail
If your restaurant is falling short of expectations, these common management errors might be to blame.
Bootstrapper Q&A: FileThis CEO Brian Berson Discusses The Business Of Running Your Life
File This believes running your life is like running a small business, and the service is designed to make running the business of running your life easier.
Section 179 Deduction: Little-Known Congressional Ruling Could Affect Small Business Owners Everywhere
With the Federal Reserve likely to raise interest rates within the next few months, the fate of the 2015 Section 179 deduction remains up in the air.
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