How to Name Your Business
This book takes inventors from idea development to marketing and sales covering everything from prototype development, getting patents and trademarks, finding funding, manufacturing, licensing and distribution. Here's what the author says about naming your business. More ...
How Crowdfunding Sites Work
Crowdfunding is social networking asking a crowd of people online to donate money for a specific cause, or project sometimes promising them a cut of the returns or various other rewards. More ...
Whether You Know it or Not - You Gave a Warranty
You may not know it, but when you sell a product you automatically provide the buyer with a very extensive warranty. Article Two of the Uniform Commercial Code provides buyers with implied warranties of merchantability, fitness, and noninfringement. More ...
Getting Started With Accounting Basics
This article describes the accounting process in about the most basic and simple terms possibe. More ...
Home Office Deductions
Home office deductions are one of the perks of working from home, however, there are clear drawbacks too. Deducting your home office can increase your chances of getting audited. Additionally, by claiming your home office you can get taxed when selling your home. More ...
Starting a Small Business - Twelve Questions to Consider
This article contains twelve questions that you should consider when starting a new business: 1. What is your product or service idea? 2. What geographic area will you serve? 3. What is your competition? 4... More ...
Eight Ways to Make Money by Working From Home
More people nowadays are earning a very decent income by working from home and having their own part time or internet businesses. Before starting out, there are a few things you need to consider. Like what is my passion? What is my interest? What special skills do I have? More ...
Small Business Success Tips - Training
Staff training is absolutely vital to the success of a small business. Some small business owners throw a new employee into the deep end of the pool to see if he can swim. This produces a ineffective employee. How formal should you be in your training? More ...
Starting Your Own Business Self-Analysis Survey
This survey consists of a short list of yes/no questions about your ideas, attitudes, personal, and family characteristics related to starting your own business. When answered truthfully the results will provide information about your probability of success in your own business. More ...
Your Eight Step Guide To Home Employment
Opportunities exist for home employment in areas as diverse as telemarketing, selling insurance, data entry, typing, data conversion, copywriting, accounting, writing, editing and proof reading, web design, content development, Internet-based research for companies, graphic design and desktop publishing, programming, audio and video editing, and translation work. More ...
Tips for Managing a Difficult Employee
If you manage people long enough, you will sooner or later find yourself dealing with a difficult employee. There is no easy fix. Each situation is as unique. Yet there are some basic steps that you can take to deal with the situation. More ...
Small Business Success Tips - Time Management
A small business owner wears many hats, which he must shift between often, sometimes hurriedly. Yet most small business owners get more done than anyone else in the business. How is this possible? More ...
What is Double-Entry Bookkeeping?
All businesses use double-entry bookkeeping to keep their books. Double-entry accounting is a practice that helps minimize errors. In order to adjust the balance of accounts you use a combination of debits and credits. More ...
Small Business Success Tips - Networking
Networking bears a striking resemblance to a barter system. You earn credit by helping as many people in your network as you can to fulfill their needs, and then when you have a need, all those people in your network will help you. More ...
What Business Should I Start?
"What Business Should I Start?" guides you through a unique seven step process to identifying potential businesses you could start - making certain they meet your needs, suit your personality, fit your interests and goals - and that they have a realistic chance of success. More ...
How To Earn Huge Profits with Your Hobbies
How do you spend your leisure time? What do you do for fun? What activities result in time flying by? Strangely, the things that we get the most enjoyment from are usually the last things we consider when choosing a business or product idea. More ...
Financing a Home Business With a Microloan
There are several ways to finance your new home business such as getting a loan from your local bank, taking out a loan from your 401k or retirement savings or applying for a microloan from the Small Business Association. More ...
How to Source Wholesale Products
If you're starting a retail business and looking for products to sell, you'll need to find reliable wholesale suppliers. This serves as a guide with some helpful tips for finding the right wholesale product sources for your business. More ...
SBA Small Business Loans and How They Can Be Used
Small Business Administration business loans come in several sizes and forms. Depending on the size of your business and the stage your business is in, one of the SBA business loan programs may work for you. More ...
Business Start-up Analysis
Many entrepreneurs plunge into a business venture so blinded by the dream that they fail to thoroughly research the market, the business requirements, and legal matters related to the business idea. Before you invest time, effort, and money, use this checklist to determine the feasibility of your idea, to identify any problems, and to plan your business start-up properly. More ...
