Finance
Freelancer? Avoid These “7 Deadly Sins” at Tax Time
In separate reports, Zen99 and the consumer finance website nerdwallet ranked Los Angeles the best city for freelancers. In 2012, 12% of people in Los Angeles reported themselves as self-employed.
3 Situations When a Non-Traditional Loan May Be the Way to Go
These days there are tons of options for financing a small business. The most common route has historically been the traditional one with a standard bank or credit union loan.
3 Ways to Ease Cash Flow Worries
Cash flow concerns can beset companies of any size and standing but they can be particularly painful and damaging if you’re a small business looking to make progress and reach a position of reliable sustainability.
Don’t Miss Out on These Small Business Write Offs!
It’s that time of year again—tax season! Small business owners everywhere are scrounging around for old receipts and frantically doing paperwork in preparation for tax day, all while keeping up with their regularly scheduled CEO duties.
How to Save a $6MM Business
I love my students. They’re interesting people, hardworking, funny and talented. They come from interesting families too. Three months ago one of them asked me to speak to her parents about their business to see if we could get them on a more profitable path.
Be Ready to Protect Your Money When the IRS Audits
We can all expect to get bad news occasionally throughout our lives and for most of us, the good news outnumbers the bad, so we shouldn’t complain too much. However, that’s hard to remember when you receive a letter from the IRS notifying you of an audit; an experience I was treated to not long ago.
The Shoulds and Should Nots of Deductions
Working for yourself means you are responsible for your taxes. There’s no employer deducting from your wages as you go. Thus, it’s up to you to keep track of your earnings, and very importantly, understand what you can and cannot write off as a deduction.
10 Ways to Make Your Investor Pitch More Effective
The average length of a funding pitch to Angel investors is ten minutes. Even if you have booked an hour with a VC, you should plan to talk only for the first fifteen minutes.
Is It Still Hip to Be Square?
Five years ago, Twitter’s Jack Dorsey founded Square, Inc. An innovative startup, Square offered portable card payment processing for small businesses during a time in which card acceptance was becoming increasingly vital to business success.
4 Money Management Tips for Small Businesses
Managing a small business within itself is a hard task, but add financial responsibilities into the mix and it’s a whole other beast. Money management is one of the areas that most businesses struggle with the most.