Tax season usually carries a high level of stress and urgency for small business owners. Gathering all the relevant paperwork and considering all possible deductions can be an arduous undertaking.......
An abundance of motivation propels you forward to business success, while a lack of motivation is discouraging, debilitating, and can be professionally ruinous. Sometimes you may feel that you’ve lost......
Asset based lending can be a useful way for businesses to secure loans, but it is important to learn about them before applying for one. This article looks at the......
The concept of ‘going green’ sometimes gets a bad rap, mostly because of messaging mistakes in the past. But far from being some dangerous social experiment to bring back bell......
Defining Your Business Credit Score In essence, your business credit score is a reflection of the financial health of your company. It’s what most lenders will look at first when......
Employee turnover is extremely expensive for businesses. Costs include job postings, interviews, training, and equipment setups. Although some industries experience higher rates of employee loss than others, you can turn......
Countless businesses have benefitted from opportunities afforded by loans through the US Small Business Administration (SBA). This article looks at what you need to know about SBA loans and how......
Improving customer retention starts with having high employee retention rates. Why? Because the employees who represent the face of your company are vital to customer satisfaction. Skilled, motivated teams creating......
Just about every ‘new business how-to’ guide suggests applying for an SBA loan. And for good reason: the Small Business Administration can connect entrepreneurs to various sources of financing to......
Small businesses were hit extremely hard in the severe economic downturn of 2008, because loan money from banks dried up significantly, and since then it has been much more difficult......