Steps to Avoid an IRS Worker Classification Audit

Any small business must hire more people as the business grows and thrives. At the initial stage when work is sporadic, it may make sense to hire contractors like a web designer to create an online presence or a bookkeeper to manage business accounts. But as work piles up, it may require hiring a full-time…

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4 Simple Strategies for Pulling Out of an Entrepreneurial Funk

There’s nothing quite as fulfilling as launching your startup and seeing it through its first few months or years of infancy. You get so addicted to its success that you spend all your waking hours thinking about a new customer acquisition strategy or an impending meeting with a big investor. You even find yourself thinking…

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4 Innovative Strategies to Make Your Lead Generation Soar

Lead generation is the basic fundamental step for small business growth. Without high quality leads from strong prospects, it’s difficult for a small business to grow and achieve higher altitudes of success. Then, how can a small business capture strong leads? Here are a few strategies for small businesses to capture new leads and nurture…

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9 Reasons You Were Denied a Small Business Loan

If you’ve just been denied a small business loan and find yourself asking why, the answer might lie in one of the nine reasons below. We can’t supply a cure-all for fixing your loan application so that it has an approval guarantee, but we can help you identify weaknesses in your application and help prepare…

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Does Your Small Business Fit One of My Stereotypes?

I was thinking about all the different types of small businesses where I’ve been through my life and began to wonder if I could categorize them – even stereotype them. It has a lot to do with ownership, the kind of business, the management style, the community, and probably several more factors I haven’t even…

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Silence Kills

I had to call United’s 800-number the other day to change an existing ticket. At each step of modifying my ticket, the customer service rep would have to key in some data and then there would be this long silence. I couldn’t hear him typing or even a single breath. I assumed he was still…

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Sign Short Term Leases Early On, and Move As You Grow

Avoid long-term commitments. It is statistically true that at least half of the young companies funded by angel or venture investors will not survive three years from funding to demise, and more than that percentage will die with two years if not well financed. The greatest burden of either a growing company or one needing…

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3 Effective Ways to Fight Employee Burnout by Onboarding Correctly

In a survey of 614 HR leaders, conducted by Kronos Incorporated and Future Workplace, 87 percent of respondents cited improving employee retention as a critical priority in the face of burnout. “Employee burnout has reached epidemic proportions,” says Charlie DeWitt, vice president of business development at Kronos. “While many organizations take steps to manage employee…

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