Over the past year, you’ve been courting and cultivating potential new customers. After submitting a handful of proposals, at last a call...
Entries Tagged Financial Management
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Do You Feel Confident About Your Retirement Plan?
The website www.manta.com conducted a survey of 1,960 small-business owners in 2017, and 34 percent of those surveyed said they don’t have a retirement...
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Protect Your Business From an Economic Downturn
This is not an article about political prognostication, nor economic speculation. Rather, it’s about ensuring that your business is prepared for all...
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Ensuring Your Business Has Good Credit
Entrepreneurs often use personal assets as startup capital and rely on their personal credit scores to secure startup loans. Once their businesses...
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5 Traits of a Great Equipment Financing Plan
Getting enough funds together to afford all the equipment and trucks you need to start or grow your business can be nearly...
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How Invoice Format Plays Into Prompt Customer Payments
To maintain a healthy cash flow in your business, it’s important to get client invoices paid on time — the sooner the...
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Avoid Tricks and Traps of the Credit Card Industry
Like any other tool for your business, effective credit card use means careful analysis and firm control. A credit card is a...
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7 Keys to Small-Business Longevity
Everyone who starts or leads a business dreams of passing it along to the next generation. But few are successful in making...
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Navigating the Ups and Downs of Small-Business Ownership
Very few small-business owners enjoy the comforts of total consistency. Usually, business comes in cycles. You’ll have periods where you’re extremely busy...
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A Creative Way to Advertise
Eye-catching, spectacular and attractive. Imagine if that is how people described your equipment as it sat at job sites.Making your work vehicles...
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With So Many Small Business Credit Cards, Which One Do You Choose?
Entrepreneurs place value on every single dollar they make — both through their core business competencies, and through “bonuses” they earn on...
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Be Careful When Taking Loans from Family
So it’s time to get a new truck.“And it’s only $120,000,” you whisper to yourself when you’ve pulled all the information together.Unless...
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Taking Care of the Payroll
If you’ve got a growing business, chances are you’re adding employees. Hiring other people to work for you can be a sign...
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Where Should You Go For Money Advice?
Your business is growing, and you’re earning enough money to set aside and begin building some wealth.Sticking it in your mattress is...













