For small-business owners, there are obvious advantages to providing decent employee health benefits. Among those advantages: improved employee morale, potentially fewer sick...
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3 Steps Business Owners Should Take Prior to Succession Planning
Many business owners today simply do not adequately plan their succession. Reasons for procrastination vary and include not wanting to leave or...
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5 Smart Money Moves to Prosper During a Financial Crisis
There’s no denying that a societal crisis, especially a global one, is a game changer in many ways, particularly in the business...
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Carefully Spending Money and Hiring Right Leads to Company Growth
Today’s business environment is rapidly changing, requiring companies of all types and sizes to continually transform in order to remain competitive, achieve...
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Charging for Transportation
When gas and diesel prices began to climb a few years back, your business probably faced a tough choice: Do you raise...
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Rental-Purchase Options Ease Financial Burdens of Equipment Ownership
Two years into business, Nor-Cal Pipeline Services of West Sacramento, California, got hired as a subcontractor on massive multimillion-dollar project that required...
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Equipment Life Cycle Costs: Using Data for Better Decision Making
From the moment you acquire a piece of heavy equipment to the moment you sell it, one thing must remain at the...
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Continuous Employee Training Leads to Better Business
John Akhoian is a hero to his employees.What else would you call a business owner who has made a commitment to enrich...
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Keeping Tabs on Employee Overtime
Employers may not like to pay overtime, but not abiding by state and federal rules can land them in hot water. It...
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Adapting Your Business for the New Normal
The shifting reality of society is changing business practices across the nation. For plumbers, drain cleaners, relining professionals and anyone providing home...
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Is It Time to Cut a Few Customers Loose?
Few businesses truly understand the actual profits generated by individual sales. Most metrics for sales effectiveness are monitored by reviewing top-line revenue...
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Small Businesses Affected By Credit Card Processing Company’s Customer Payment Withholdings
Imagine still doing decent business despite the conditions created by the pandemic but struggling because of some customer payments being withheld through...
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6 Best Practices For Equipment Acquisition
Say that you’ve kicked the tires on a few new machines and think you may be ready to buy. Three equipment management...
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What Contractors Need to Know About Tax Reform and Equipment Acquisition
Equipment is one of the most important factors for smoothly operating a business, and the question of how to pay for new...

















