Heather Long on December 30th, 2005

From time to time, bringing in someone who can help you with your taxes and provide you with financial advice is not a bad idea. While large corporations obviously employ accountants and tax attorneys, the small business owner and the self-employed may not have the resources to hire an in-house financial advice. If you’re looking [...]

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John Vanhara on December 30th, 2005

We had recently got new merchant account, which we are testing with our new IncContact (contact management system). We had to get the second merchant account, because LinkPoint couldn’t be added to our existing QuickBooks merchant account. But some glitch happened in the process and American Express cards were not activated. We are trying to [...]

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John Vanhara on December 30th, 2005

Here is my tip for great blog from Brad Feld, managing director of Mobius Venture Capital. Good reading. This one about if using Investment agent is good idea when entrepreneur is looking for venture capital. In the early stages, the entrepreneur is by far the best fundraiser for his company and there is a knee [...]

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Diana Heeb Bivona on December 30th, 2005

Global Outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas put together a list of the most unbelieveable workplace events of 2005. The complete article can be found at www.SHRM.org Making this year’s list: An IT company in Leipzig, Germany, initiated a strict no-whining policy that required employees to sign a contract that stipulated two moans and you’re [...]

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Diana Heeb Bivona on December 29th, 2005

The National City Small Business Confidence Index shows that the confidence of Midwest small business owners climbed in December. Holiday sales played an important role in the index climbing from 70.1% in December from 69.7% in November. Several business sectors, including appliances, games, sporting games and apparel, realize one-quarter of their annual revenues during the [...]

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Heather Long on December 29th, 2005

Running a business requires you to keep records and to track data for everything from accounting to profit notations to tax reasons. No matter whether you are providing a product or a service, it pays to keep meticulous records with regard to your commercial activities. The more you know about what to record, the more [...]

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