Finance
10 Tips for Building the Most Scalable Startup
Investors will tell you that they love to put money into startups that are scalable, and ready to scale. But what does that really mean? Simply stated, it means that your business has the potential to multiply revenue with minimal incremental cost.
7 Easy Clues Your Financial Statements Are Wrong
As an owner or manager, your responsibility is to review accurate financial statements on a timely basis. This allows you to make good business decisions and spot minor issues before they become major crises. Here are seven easy-to-spot things to look for when analyzing your financial statements.
SBA Loans vs. Non-SBA Loans
There are many options when it comes to small business loans. There are startup loans, equipment loans, business credit cards, business line of credit options, and loans to help recover from disasters. Is an SBA loan or a traditional loan right for you?
How to Avoid the Low Price Trap
Why are there so many talented freelancers willing to work for minimum wage?Because most of them are competing for the same low budget projects using the same entry level advertising.
A Good Old Fashioned IRA Contribution
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.
5 Tips to Survive a Small Business Audit
Small businesses are more likely to get selected for an IRS audit, because many of them are unfamiliar with business tax rules and often conduct transactions in cash, which leaves more room for errors.
Mixing Business Trips with Vacation
If you thought your business trips can be expensive, you need to think again. If you plan and strategize, the government can subsidize your trip so that your trip expenses are minimal. The idea is to combine your business travel with vacation time and document the time spent on business.
Financing Can Help Your Small Business Make a Difference
Using debt financing to start a new business seems like a no-brainer to many, but there are some who really do not think of starting a new business this way. To some, just the idea of taking out new debt to start a business is enough to turn them off.
5 Tips for Getting the Best Business Loan
As the job market and overall economy in general continue to improve, lenders seem to be beginning to loosen up capital for more and more business loans. Programs designed to incentivize banks to make loans to small businesses, in the hopes that those businesses will then use the cash influx to create jobs, make loans possible even for less-than-stellar applicants.
Growth Requires a Different Kind of Capital
Growing companies usually require more working capital during their periods of rapid growth. In past insights we have calculated the amount of additional capital needed for a business as it grows, and the additional capital required is often surprisingly large.