Finance
A Stress-Free Guide to Finding More Cash
There is a saying in business: “Revenue is vanity, cash flow is sanity, but cash is king.” While it might look impressive to have a veritable flood of revenue from sales, a truly healthy business…
9 Rules of Investing for Entrepreneurs
As an entrepreneur, your personal finances can oftentimes affect your ability to invest and grow your venture, especially if new growth opportunities are capital intensive. Similarly, if you’ve recently sold your business or startup for…
Online Lending is Breathing New Life into Small Business
For a long time, small business owners in need of financing had just one option. They would put on their best business clothes, practice their best smile and handshake, and head off to the bank,…
5 Things to Do Now That Tax Season is Over
The 2016 tax season has finally come to a conclusion. While you may be done with your federal income tax duties for this year, there are several items you should add to your to-do list…
How to Charge for Graphic Design Services
Pricing for your graphic design services can be a tricky affair. But strategizing it properly will help you find the most appropriate price for your services. As a graphic designer, you wish to get more…
Is Accounts Receivable Financing Right for Your Business?
Accounts receivable factoring has worked for many small businesses in obtaining their ultimate success. It is a flexible form of short-term, service-based commercial financing. Invoice factoring is when a trading business sells its accounts receivables…
How Well Versed Are You in Startup Investor Jargon?
Whether you are talking to peers, competitors or investors, you as an active entrepreneur will be judged on your familiarity with today’s startup and funding jargon. I’m not recommending that you saturate your discussions with…
Does Your View of Value Limit You and Your Customers?
Value is one of those $25 words everyone talks about. We all want to talk about our value and value propositions. But we have huge variations in the way we interpret value and the way…
3 Ways to Reduce Cost of Goods Sold
The cost of the materials used to make the product or service you sell directly impacts your profit. This is easy to see, because the less you have to spend to get the product, the…
What is the Schedule K-1 Tax Form for Businesses?
According to the U.S. federal tax code, businesses can be arranged as pass-through entities. This designation means that instead of a business being taxed separately at the corporate level, its taxes, deductions, losses, and other…