Everyone wants to be the next great entrepreneur. Startups are all the rage these days. For every startup that makes the news, hundreds more fail because the owners do not start out right. Here are five things to avoid when...

There are many ways to secure the financing your business needs to get started, to maintain daily operations, and to grow your business. Traditional loans can’t always be the answer for some companies, especially startups with no credit history, and...

Business ownership can often feel like a microwave world. You get hot quick, then serve (or sell). Building a long-lasting organization, which can sustain a family and be a great benefit in the community is more like cooking in the...

The overwhelming majority of small businesses lease some portion of their equipment, and since so many of these businesses have found it advantageous to lease, it’s pretty clear that equipment leasing has powerful appeal to company owners. Here’s why it...

A landlord’s responsibilities go far beyond simply allowing tenants to live in a rental property in exchange for monthly payments. Rentals need to be properly maintained by landlords so that they remain clean and safe homes for their tenants, but...

Having business lines of credit can be crucial to keeping your business running smoothly day-to-day. It can help keep cash flowing, pay the bills when receivables are a little slow, and it can be used to manage daily operations as...

You’ve been vowing to yourself for years now to stop running your business on 15 different spreadsheets, and make it a little easier on yourself. Why not finally do yourself a favor and go through with it in 2016? There...

Invoice factoring can be a tremendous boom to small businesses, because your business won’t have to wait 30 days, 60 days, or even longer for an invoice to eventually be paid by your customers. This of course, keeps cash flowing, rather...