Category: Business Planning
Could Your Business Benefit From a Mentor?
Once you’re ready to start a business, you’ll have many important decisions to make. This is especially true in the first months of opening your business. You might worry that you’ll have to make every decision on your own. Ultimately, you are responsible for the decisions you make, but you can always consult others to get guidance. A mentor could be an invaluable resource to you.
Tips for Taking Your Small Business Green
Green: it’s everywhere. It’s taught in the first grade. It’s at the center of many corporate manufacturing and marketing policies. And whether you believe in climate change or still have doubts, consumers are now demanding GREEN.
10 Ways to Prepare for Retirement
Financial security in retirement doesn’t just happen. It takes planning and commitment and, yes, money.
Breakeven Analysis: Know When you can Expect a Profit
Breakeven analysis is a tool used to determine when a business will be able to cover all its expenses and begin to make a profit.
5 Free Sources for Market Research Data
Are you considering writing a business plan, or extending your reach into a new market? Here’s some helpful resources you can tap for valuable insights.
Start-Up Accelerator and Incubator Programs for Social Entrepreneurs
With the success of Y Combinator there has been a steady rise in the number of accelerator programs available for start-up entrepreneurs.
Company Helps Inventors Launch Their Ideas
George Davison sheperds ideas from sketch to prototype to market—and fueled his determination to give every idea person the opportunity to see his or her big idea realized.
Solid Planning May Save You from Disaster
Small businesses play a vital role in helping the nation’s economic recovery. Properly protecting a small business through risk management is essential to its long-term survival.
A Better Telecommuting Option for Small-Business Workers
If you work on your own at home-or would like to—you’re not alone. According to research by the University of Oregon, about 6 percent of the work-force (over 8 million Americans) telecommute to company jobs from their homes on either a part-time or full-time basis—and the number is increasing.
Are You Getting Enough Time Off?
The common philosophy amongst small business owners is that if you are doing what you love, you will never have to work a day in your life. While that holds true to some extent, the fact is that starting a business and maintaining it will take a concerted amount of energy and effort out of anyone.
How Moms are Finding Opportunities to Chase their Dreams
There’s no need to choose between being a parent and running your dream business. Female entrepreneurs have been phenomenally successful in the recent past, with more than 8 million women-owned businesses in the United States.
Golden Opportunity for Portfolio Diversification
In this unsettled market environment, many investors are considering ways to diversify their portfolios further.
Make Your Small Business More Green
Even if being green doesn’t mesh with your worldview, it can still bring about cost savings for your business.












