Are you considering setting up your own hair salon? For many hair stylists, owning their own salon is the ultimate goal. The earning potential and the satisfaction of owning your own business is incredibly high, but only if you do it correctly. There’s a surprising number of factors you need to consider before you set…
Growing a small businesses can be difficult, especially when you’re running on limited cash. Unlike large corporations, who have billions of dollars in spending power, small businesses usually need to work around a modest budget. Every cent you save, even on the little things, matters a lot when you’re looking at the balance sheet at…
You may not know much about starting a business, but you probably do know that there is a lot of work involved and many, many different things to do. There are plenty of detailed articles that take you through the overall process of launching a business, but what are just the first few steps to…
Though Social Security Numbers are the most common kind of tax ID number, the next most common is the Employer Identification Number. The EIN number is needed to start a business. These numbers, issued by the IRS, allow the IRS to monitor all tax activities of the company. Other types of tax ID numbers are…
Thinking about starting your own business but don’t know which state to select to get started? Well, you might want to consider one of the smaller states in the whole country, that being New Hampshire. New Hampshire may not have been the first place that came to mind when you first started formulating this idea…
The crisis of American industry has become a truism across the whole political spectrum. Pundits and politicians offer various solutions to this crisis, all of them tacitly making the same assumptions about what it is. In fact, however, the entire notion of a crisis in US industry has little to do with reality, and everything…
A report from Thumbtack’s Small Business Friendliness Survey reveals the best places to start businesses in the United States. The website provides services to connect customers to local professionals. Thumbtack’s business owners range from a variety of industries, such as home improvement, weddings and events, and wellness. The results of the survey were based on…
With health care making up nearly twenty percent of our economy, Americans are following the GOP’s American Health Care Act (AHCA) closely. Small businesses have a lot at stake. In the May 8, 2017 Inc.com article “Trumpcare Could Hurt Small Businesses”, Erik Sherman outlines the issues entrepreneurs should be tracking as the AHCA winds its…
It may sound crazy, but if you take a look under your sink, chances are you’ll find that the number to the poison control center is on every bottle. Many even seemingly harmless products advise that they only be used in well-ventilated rooms or while using masks and gloves. Sure, they may keep our homes…
Fleet tracking is used by businesses to keep track of cars, vans, and any other vehicles used for deliveries and collections. Most basic systems for fleet tracking, also known as telematics, can find the location of the vehicle, with more expensive packages offering add-ons such as tracking the distance travelled and how long the driver…
