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When NOT to be a Sole Proprietorship: Forming an LLC or S Corp

By Becky McCray

Sole proprietorship is the simplest form of business, but it also has some disadvantages. So for this installment of the Small Biz 100, I’ll talk about some of the situations where you don’t want to be a sole proprietorship and what types of business you might want to form. Important: I am not an attorney, […]

May 7, 2008 Filed Under: entrepreneurship, Small Biz 100, tax matters

SBA Basics: 504 Loans

By Jeanne Cole

Recently Becky asked me to help with some information about US Small Business Administration (SBA) programs. Here are a few basics everyone needs to know; first, SBA does not do direct lending except for disaster assistance. They also do not have grant funding. What do they do? They offer a guarantee to a lender that […]

April 30, 2008 Filed Under: finance, resources, Small Biz 100

Delegating without freaking out your clients

By Becky McCray

Getting past the point of being a one-person, do-it-all, no-rest-for-the-weary business means helping customers to work with your employees or subcontractors, as well as you. But if every client thinks you need to do every thing, how do you keep them from freaking out when you delegate their work? This problem is common in reputation […]

April 26, 2008 Filed Under: customer service, entrepreneurship, Small Biz 100, workforce

POV: A major decision point

By Becky McCray

All small businesses run into decision points. These are the things that can keep you up at night! Twitter friend Shama Hyder Kabani, of After the Launch, (2013 update: Shama’s firm is now called Marketing Zen) has come to one of these, and “tweeted”: After The Launch has hit a MAJOR decision point: To work IN the […]

April 23, 2008 Filed Under: entrepreneurship, POV, Small Biz 100, workforce

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