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Business Strategies

Business Strategies

Does your 2020 business plan include purchasing fixed assets? Maybe you’re expanding your bakery and will need to buy a new commercial fridge and oven. Or, perhaps you need additional machinery to handle planned growth and new orders.

Posted February 18, 2020
Business Strategies

If you ever want to apply for a small business loan, the lenders will want to see your business plan. Your business plan gives lenders a concise snapshot of your business model. Having a small business plan also gives the owner added benefits.

Posted November 11, 2019
Business Strategies

Discounts have become a way of life in the American marketplace. You can’t drive down the street without seeing a sign in a retailer’s window blaring, “50% off!” Coupons arrive in your inbox offering discounts for every occasion – even National Cheese Day.

Posted October 21, 2019
Business Strategies

A non-profit organization can have several definitions depending on the perspective of the people discussing the matter and the context of the discussion. To the layman, the term generally means a charitable institution or perhaps a church, or an organization which provides assistance to the community which isn't provided by the government.

Posted August 20, 2019
Business Strategies

Most small business owners hope to, or plan to, grow. When you open one café you may have dreams of a nationwide chain. The first product you use to launch your manufacturing business could be one of many designs you have mapped out.

Posted June 20, 2019
Business Strategies

Until the inception of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, entity selection by businesses was a fairly easy decision.  In most cases, businesses chose a form of pass-through entity, given the high tax rate of thirty-five percent given to C corporations in the past.  With the new

Posted September 17, 2018
Business Strategies

Poor cash flow can affect much more than the financial performance of your business. The non-financial costs of poor cash flow can have just as negative an impact on your business as the financial costs.

Posted January 15, 2018
Business Strategies

So, you have an interest in owning and operating a franchise? Or maybe you know someone, such as a family member, who shares your interest?

Posted July 11, 2017
Business Strategies

On many occasions, I’ve seen entrepreneurs embark on operating a family-owned business and thinking that it’s going to be easy to be successful or that there won’t be any of the problems typically encountered in an non-family scenario.

In many cases, however, these assumptions rarely turn out to be the case.

Posted May 2, 2017
Business Strategies

It’s frequently said that if you don’t plan for the future then you must be planning to fail. Hence, it’s fair to say that a business plan is widely regarded as a very important--essential, even--management tool.

Posted February 6, 2017