In search of the ideal client: Is it time to upgrade your client roster? There comes a time in the life cycle of every successful business where leadership has to …
Can You Get a Government Loan to Start a Home-Based Business?
You’ve seen the guy in the purple suit talking about “free money” and you may even know somebody who knows somebody who got a grant for their business. But how much of what we know …
Here’s Why You’re Not Running a Successful Home Business
The Single Most Damaging Trait That Keeps Would-Be Women Entrepreneurs from Having Success Some women seem to have it all – talent, brains, beauty, relationships, money. By anyone’s definition of …
How and Why to Form Your Own LLC
What is an LLC? A limited liability company is a relatively new business structure that exists at the state level. It’s a bit of a hybrid structure, that combines the …
How and Why to Form a Corporation
Have you been thinking about incorporating your business? Let me tell you, the actual process of incorporating a business – even a freelance business – is not as complicated as you may …
How to Protect Your Home-Based Business Using a Simple Checklist
Business owners often take care to track inventory items. But you also need to track fixed assets like computers, office equipment, hardware, software, and furniture. “What did they take?” That was the …
Why You Should Care About SBA Small Business Programs
Recently, I had the pleasure of working with a client who needed help re-branding her growing business. She makes up one-third of the ownership of Omaha-based party planning company-turned full-service event planning company, Mise en Scène (formerly …