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Financial Ratios

For the small businessperson, number crunching can be mind numbing. However, becoming conversant with a few core concepts can help you get an accurate view of how well your firm…

Pay-per-Click Advertising ROI

There are many marketing opportunities available to internet-based businesses. One of those is ‘pay-per-click’ advertising, whereby you only pay when somebody clicks on a link to your site, rather than…

Sources of Start-Up Funding

You’ve come up with a plausible idea for a business. That is great! An idea gets you to the starting gate. However, you get into the race with money. Startup…

Business Inventory Requirements

Managing the inventory of a business is an important. Having insufficient inventory on hand can often result in lost sales and dissatisfied customers. But having too much inventory on hand…

Choosing the Right Name for Your Business Account

So, you’re starting a new business? Congratulations! You’ve probably already chosen a great name, but have you thought about how that name will appear on your bank account? Titling your…

Maintaining a Work/Life Balance

Maintaining a balance between your work life and personal life was a lot easier in earlier times it seems. Today, however, maintaining this balance is not as simple, since work…

Recordkeeping Basics

Keeping your records up-to-date, in a safe place and for the required legal period is tedious, but essential for your small business. Whether you store them in a shoebox in…