The Brag Basket is open! This one is for November 17-19, 2017. Bring your good news, big or small, to share with everyone. What can you share in the Brag Basket? introduce yourself share some great news from this week celebrate progress, even baby steps congratulate a friend applaud for each other confess your undying…
Let’s start with two underlying truths. First, you probably are near the point where your time is maxed out. It would be hard to add anything more and still manage to stay on top of everything at work and in your personal life. Second, things change and there are always new opportunities and requirements coming…
When you’re starting your business, you really don’t want to be thinking about taxes. Here’s the basics from the IRS: Four Things to Know about Taxes and Starting a Business. The article includes the 5 kinds of taxes you need to be aware of, but probably aren’t, when you start your business.
Both times we’ve run the Survey of Rural Challenges, small town business owners have picked the same top challenge: adapting to being open later hours. That means I’m always on the lookout for ideas that work to help bring more people downtown and are also successful at generating business for local stores. Cindy shared…
The Brag Basket is open! This one is for November 10-12, 2017. Bring your good news, big or small, to share with everyone. What can you share in the Brag Basket? introduce yourself share some great news from this week celebrate progress, even baby steps congratulate a friend applaud for each other confess your…
“If only” is a statement I hear often from small-business owners. Sometimes the wishes are big and grandiose. But most of the time, the wishes are just what one might expect such as more customers, a big order, more space or more money to work with or in the bank at the end of the…
If you’re self-employed (running a business), you need to know that the IRS expects you to make estimated payments each quarter. “Taxes are pay-as-you-go,” the official IRS page said. “This means that you need to pay most of your tax during the year, as you receive income, rather than paying at the end of the…
As homes have gotten smaller and sprouted wheels in the tiny house movement, what of the home office? When does it get its wheels? A couple of years ago, a European company started creating and renting out “wilderness offices” in tiny yet upscale trailers placed in relaxing rural settings. They were “off the grid”…
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