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Ted Jenkin

Ted Jenkin is the co-CEO and Founder of oXYGen Financial (www.oxygenfinancial.net) and Editor-In-Chief of the top ranked personal finance blog Your Smart Money Moves (www.yoursmartmoneymoves.com).   oXYGen Financial is a leader in financial services for the X & Y generation.

A Good Old Fashioned IRA Contribution

Sep 4, 2013 By Ted Jenkin

Most families and small business owners are still unaware on exactly how the rules work when it comes to contributing to a traditional IRA account. So here are a few facts you should know about these accounts almost forty years into the making.

Filed Under: Budgeting and Personal Finance Tagged With: Budgeting, Financial Management, IRA, Retirement, Ted Jenkin

Retirement Plans for the Small Business Owner: The SEP Plan

Aug 14, 2013 By Ted Jenkin

Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) plans can provide a significant source of income at retirement by allowing employers to set aside money in retirement accounts for themselves and their employees. A SEP does not have the start-up and operating costs of a conventional retirement plan and allows for a contribution of up to 25 percent of each employee’s pay.

Filed Under: Budgeting and Personal Finance Tagged With: Budgeting, Employees, Financial Management, Retirement, Ted Jenkin

Retirement Plans for the Small Business Owner: The Solo 401k

Jul 29, 2013 By Ted Jenkin

Self-Employed individuals and owner-only (and the owner’s spouse) businesses and partnerships can save more for retirement through a 401(k) plan. The Self-Employed 401(k) allows you to take advantage of this increased retirement and tax savings opportunity with a full range of investment options.

Filed Under: Budgeting and Personal Finance Tagged With: 401k, Accounting, Retirement, Tax Preparation, Ted Jenkin

Retirement Plans for the Small Business Owner: The SIMPLE Plan

Jul 19, 2013 By Ted Jenkin

Since there are so many people setting up individual LLC’s or home based side businesses, you need to keep a close eye out this time of year for setting up one kind of retirement plan, a SIMPLE IRA. The deadlines are just around the corner in the next few weeks, so could this be the right type of retirement plan for you?

Filed Under: Budgeting and Personal Finance Tagged With: Benefits, Employees, Home Based Business, IRA, LLC's, Retirement, Tax Preparation, Ted Jenkin

Passion, Persistence, and Perseverance

Jul 11, 2013 By Ted Jenkin

Undoubtedly, in your first year of business you will make your fair share of mistakes, just like anyone starting a new venture. There are so many valuable pieces of wisdom to learn as an entrepreneur, but here are my big three traits you must have to truly succeed in your business.

Filed Under: Personal Readiness Tagged With: Character, First Year, Mistakes, Passion, Starting a Business, Ted Jenkin

Execution

Jun 28, 2013 By Ted Jenkin

During the first couple of years in business, you will constantly be challenged with the bicycle pedals of motivation and discipline. When motivation wanes, discipline must kick in to keep the bicycle moving. Some of the best leaders and managers in business don’t achieve peak results because they simply don’t execute the plan.

Filed Under: Strategic Planning Tagged With: Communications, Leadership, Motivations, Planning, Ted Jenkin, Tracking Data

The Marketing Plan

Jun 24, 2013 By Ted Jenkin

Marketing your products and services is the lifeblood of a new business. While you can ultimately have all kinds of long term business strategies, without having a steady stream of new revenue your new business venture can close up in a short period of time.

Filed Under: Marketing Plans Tagged With: Cash Flow, Customer Acquisition, Marketing, Networking, Planning, Time Management, Tracking Data

Milking the Business

Jun 13, 2013 By Ted Jenkin

If you have worked for a corporation for a few years before you start your own venture, you need to really prepare for the first time of not having a paycheck every two weeks. While you hear stories about all the personal things that your business can pay for through the company, milking your company can be a very big problem.

Filed Under: Budgeting and Personal Finance Tagged With: Expenses, Financial Management, Personal Outlook, Profits, Startups

Poor Staffing Decisions

Jun 10, 2013 By Ted Jenkin

No entrepreneur lives in the utopia of having zero turnover (although sometimes they might like to make it seem that way), but certainly making the right staffing decisions by putting people in the right roles can allow your startup venture to scale quickly. The wrong staffing decisions can leave your new company mired in constant unplanned change.

Filed Under: Human Resources Tagged With: Hiring, Hiring Employees, Leadership, Mistakes, Productivity, Startups

You Must Hire Professional Consultants

May 30, 2013 By Ted Jenkin

Since many new entrepreneurial ventures are often started on a shoestring budget, where you spend your financial resources can be a prickly situation. When is the right time to get yourself legal help? Do you really need an outside person to do your books or can you do it yourself?

Filed Under: Operations Tagged With: Accounting, Expenses, Financial Management, Human Resources, Outsourcing, Professionals, Saving Money

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