Mark Cuban Advice: His Top 7 Tips for Entrepreneurs
Team ZenBusiness December 1, 2024
We sat down with Mark Cuban at South by Southwest (SXSW), the music, film, and interactive conference in Austin, Texas. Mark is a champion and advocate for people who want to start their own businesses. He is also known for his ownership of the Dallas Mavericks, where he transformed the team into a highly valuable ...
Entrepreneur New Year’s Resolutions
As an entrepreneur, New Year’s resolutions are important for helping you focus your energy and efforts in the aspirations and success of your business. However, before you can make any New Year’s resolutions as an entrepreneur, you’ll want to make sure that your decision is rational and sound. Ultimately, creating unrealistic goals and making numerous ...
Low-Risk Business Ideas for Safe Startups
Low-Risk and Safest New Business Ideas to Launch So, you want to start a business and learn about the safest businesses to start. That’s smart because starting a new business can be risky. There are all kinds of risks of losing your capital investment, time spent, business confidence, personal reputation, family relationships, and your health, ...
New Year Business Planning: 9 Tips to Get Your Business Ready
Business planning is a great way to spend the downtime many businesses have at the end of the year. Use these nine tips to get your business ready to start off on the right foot next year. Planning your business may not sound like an activity you want to pursue during the holidays, but if ...
How to Use Social Media to Get Sales This Holiday Season
Social media marketing is a great way to sell more during the holidays. Here are eight ways you can put social media to work for you this holiday shopping season — and why it’s important to do so. We live in a world where social media has to be part of your marketing in some ...
15 Postcard Marketing Mistakes
Postcard marketing is the least expensive form of direct mail marketing. Make your postcard marketing campaign successful by avoiding these 15 common mistakes often seen in direct mail campaigns. Marketing with postcards has long been an affordable way for many types of businesses to reach their customers. My veterinarian, for instance, always sends postcards with ...
When to Rebrand: 7 Signs It’s Time to Change Your Business
Do you ever feel as though your brand isn’t doing as well as it should? Rebranding is a big challenge and requires a lot of time, so it’s best to be sure before commencing the process. Rebranding can have many benefits, including reaching out to a new audience and helping ensure your brand is more ...
Year-End Tax Strategies
Here’s a novel thought: let Uncle Sam pay for your holiday gifts and entertaining. No, I’m not talking about anything illegal. You can’t buy personal gifts and bill them to your business. That’s called fraud. And that’s not how you want to end the 2024 tax year. But if your business uses the cash method ...
8 Business Ideas Under 5k You Can Start
When many Americans receive their tax refunds, they take that “bonus” money and go on vacation, get a new wardrobe, or buy a large-ticket item they’ve had their eye on. Maybe you’re thinking that all of these are great options, but none of them provide any long-term benefit. Say you’ve calculated your tax return amount, and now ...
Beneficial Ownership Report Guide
Starting in 2024, a lot of small businesses are being required to file a beneficial ownership information report to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). But what is a beneficial ownership information (BOI) report, and which businesses need to file one? If you aren’t familiar with this report, don’t worry; in this guide, we’ll cover ...
Corporate Transparency Act: Reporting Requirements for Small LLCs and Corporations
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is federal legislation that will require LLCs and corporations with fewer than 20 employees to start reporting ownership information to the federal government in 2024. Here are details that may apply to your small business. As the owner of a limited liability company (LLC) or a corporation with few or ...
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