Merriam-Webster defines intellectual property, or IP, as “property (as an idea, invention, or process) that derives from the work of the mind or … Read more about Startup Ideas for Success: Understanding Your IP Holdings
Lessons from More than 25 Years of Working from Home
In 1997, I wrote The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Starting a Home-Based Business, which subsequently went through 3 editions. By the time I wrote the … Read more about Lessons from More than 25 Years of Working from Home
Is It Time to Start Exporting?
Did you know that 95% of consumers are outside the U.S.? Small businesses can expand their markets to other countries and capture new customers. … Read more about Is It Time to Start Exporting?
Disasters Happen: 6 Ideas to Help Prepare Your Business
Disasters can happen at any time. They can be natural disasters, such as storms, earthquakes, and mudslides. Or they can result from human activity, … Read more about Disasters Happen: 6 Ideas to Help Prepare Your Business
Agreements with Employees
When you hire a worker, you effectively have an agreement that you’ll pay the worker for the work performed and treat the worker fairly. But depending … Read more about Agreements with Employees
A Tax Portrait of Business Owners
With National Small Business Week recently passed, it’s a good time to look at how business owners appear on their personal tax returns. The IRS’s … Read more about A Tax Portrait of Business Owners
Counting the Hours: What Is Compensable?
Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), you must pay workers subject to minimum wage rules for the time that work is performed. This rule … Read more about Counting the Hours: What Is Compensable?
Mental Health in the Workplace: What Can Employers Do?
The pandemic has been stressful. Inflation is taking its toll on everyone. Crime, politics, you name it…all are contributing to challenges to mental … Read more about Mental Health in the Workplace: What Can Employers Do?
You Pay Company Expenses: Who Takes the Deduction?
It’s common for business owners to pay various expenses from their own pockets. It just may be easy to do. But it can impact who takes the deduction … Read more about You Pay Company Expenses: Who Takes the Deduction?
Start-Up Ideas for Success: Getting the Right Insurance
Getting insurance is an integral part of running a business. Some insurance is mandatory, some is highly advisable, and some is merely good to have if … Read more about Start-Up Ideas for Success: Getting the Right Insurance
Honoring Mothers in the Workplace
Mother’s Day 2022—the second Sunday in May each year—was proclaimed by President Woodrow Wilson "as a public expression of love and reverence for the … Read more about Honoring Mothers in the Workplace
The State of Small Business 2022
May 2-5, 2022, is National Small Business Week. It is a time to recognize the important contributions that small businesses make—to their families, … Read more about The State of Small Business 2022
Summer Interns: An Answer to the Employee Shortage?
Walk down Main Street and you can’t help but notice “Help Wanted” signs in a great number of shops, restaurants, and other establishments. NFIB’s … Read more about Summer Interns: An Answer to the Employee Shortage?
5 Ways for Business Owners to Give Back
Starting a business usually requires full focus on company activities, leaving little time and money for just about anything else. But if you’ve … Read more about 5 Ways for Business Owners to Give Back
What to Do about Rising Interest Rates: 5 Ways to Prepare
On March 16, 2022, the Federal Reserve raised its federal funds rate (referred to as the fed funds rate) for the first time since December 2018 and is … Read more about What to Do about Rising Interest Rates: 5 Ways to Prepare
