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Given the global recession, real estate presents new challenges and opportunities for business owners. Businesses especially are affected by the pressures of reduced demand and tighter lending criteria. The fact is, you’re challenged to do more with less.
I just moderated an expert panel on video as part of the Wells Fargo Webcast Series on this very topic [...]

Knowing some among you are in a last-minute dash to get those taxes filed, we’ve worked out a special giveaway opportunity for 20 StartupNation users to win a free copy of TurboTax Business software, provided to us by Office Depot. 

TurboTax Business is tax preparation software that asks easy questions about your personal and small business income, finds [...]

I’ve been appearing here and there on The Big Idea with Donny recently. Thought you might get a kick out of how the show comes together and the role of so-called experts (yours truly included) who are invited on the show.
Below are the emailed questions I received from the producers in advance of my most [...]

For those of you who run a business or are trying to get one off the ground, I bet you’ve had a run-in or two with a crisis of some kind.
It may have taken the shape of a loss of data, or a short-fall in needed cash. Perhaps it was a lawsuit or a personal [...]

“Sufferin’ succotash! What is the deal with that thing called an S-Corp and how do I get me one?”
Yes, in my last blog I told you about the many benefits of an LLC and why most small businesses would benefit from them. But now comes an interesting comparison. The LLC v. the [...]

There as a lot of hoopla about how the Federal stimulus package would encourage spending by consumers, but it’s also designed to positively impact small businesses as well.�
www.sba.gov/stimulus is a new site set up to help you understand just how.
Included at the site are:

A fact sheet that provides a clear explanation of the small business tax benefits.
A deprecation calculator [...]

There you are. You just finished reading Rich and Jeff Sloan’s book and you are fired up! You have an idea that you are certain will make make the invention of those small yellow sticky notes look like small potatoes.
Not only that, but you are so proud of yourself, because you have done [...]

 
Bill Rys, Tax Counsel of the National Federation of Independent Business, will be my guest this week on our Tips for Entrepreneurs podcast. We’ll be discussing the impact of the federal stimulus plan on you and your small business.
So, if you’re one of America’s 26.8 million small businesses or want to be among those [...]

I don’t know, maybe it’s because of the relief that comes over me once it’s all done. Maybe it’s because I’ve persevered & survived yet another tax season. But I’ve always felt like rejoicing once April 15 has come & gone – and this year April 15 is actually April 17.
For an entrepreneur, filing your [...]