Small Business

 Small Business Revenues and Confidence Surge

November 20, 2017 

Small Business Revenues and Confidence Surge

The positive outlook on the economy bodes well for growth, as 92 percent of small business owners indicated that a positive economic environment is a critical factor to their ability to grow. Other growth factors include customer demand (93 percent), ...

 Ranking the Best Cities for Veteran Business Owners

November 20, 2017 

Ranking the Best Cities for Veteran Business Owners

Veterans continue to do more than their fair share after leaving the military: More than one-in-four veterans in the workforce are running their own business, a rate that is 7.7 percentage points greater than the national average, according to the ...

 Health Insurance Rates Skyrocket for Small Business

November 20, 2017 

Health Insurance Rates Skyrocket for Small Business

While growth rates in insurance premiums have slowed in recent years, from 10 percent in 2014 to 7 percent in 2017, typical small business owners still spend about $500 per month on premiums to cover themselves and/or their families.

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November 20, 2017 

Valuation of a Cannabis Business

The Internal Revenue Code is so vast, and the laws surrounding cannabis are so complicated, that you have to stay up to date on the pulse of the community. My license is a Federal License and I have about 75 cannabis clients all over the country.

Craig Smalley

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November 17, 2017 

Tesla Shows Off New Electric Semi Truck, and Car that Does 250 mph

Elon Musk unveiled the new Tesla Semi on Thursday night — and surprised everybody with working prototype of a new Roadster sports car whose purpose, he said, is to “give a hard core smackdown to gasoline cars.” Musk claims the car will rocket zero to 60 miles per hour in 1.9 seconds — which he...…

 Effectively Calculating the True Cost of Sales

November 16, 2017 

Effectively Calculating the True Cost of Sales

Generating sales can be a complex and sometimes expensive endeavor, with marketing campaigns, lead nurturing programs, solution demos, RFPs, on-site presentations and follow-up meetings all forming a part of the typical process. Even after the initial ...

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November 13, 2017 

‘Tis the Season … For Corporate Giving

Helping others may be its own reward, but businesses are realizing additional value from their philanthropic activities. In a survey by Robert Half Management Resources, 80 percent of CFOs said social responsibility is important for their firms.

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November 7, 2017 

New QuickBooks Capital Eases Small Business Lending

Intuit Inc. has launched QuickBooks Capital, a lending product that helps small businesses get the capital they need to succeed. Building on Intuit’s long history of using leading edge data science and machine learning, QuickBooks Capital has ...