There’s never been a better time to strike out on your own. Have you been dreaming about starting your own business? This coming year is the time to stop dreaming and start doing. That advice comes from the personal finance site GOBankingRates. The site’s editors asked best-selling author and career coach Josh Felber for his […]
It’s more than a tool for getting funding. Think of it as the road map to your business’s future. Recently someone asked me why they needed a business plan if they were getting all the funding they needed from friends and relatives. It sounded to me as if they were thinking of a business plan […]
To succeed in business today, you need to be flexible and have good planning and organizational skills. Many people start a business thinking that they’ll turn on their computers or open their doors and start making money – only to find that making money in a business is much more difficult than they thought. You […]
As a business owner of a startup, you wear many hats. In all the rush of running a startup, it’s easy to forget one of the most important hats you’ll ever wear: the employer. Here are five employment law traps that every startup founder needs to know. 1. Know the difference between an employee and an independent contractor. Many companies prefer […]
So you’re thinking about starting a business? Terrific. About 543,000 small businesses are started each month in the United States according to data from DocStoc. However, for those thinking about starting one, it’s often the mental hurdles that prevent you from forging ahead. Unanswered questions can get in the way of advancement. Am I ready […]