Finance Your Business

Slash Your Heating Costs This Winter

By Patricia Schaefer December 1, 2022

Use these low-cost and no-cost ways to lower your heating bill, regardless of your heat source. Read on if you’d like to save 20% or more on your heating bills this winter. The cost of heating your home — and your home office — could put a huge hole in your budget this winter whether ...

Year-End Tax Strategies

By Janet Attard December 1, 2022

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. But if your business uses the cash method of accounting (as most sole proprietors do) you may be able to ...

PPP Loan Forgiveness Status for 2022

By Bill Bauer December 1, 2022

If you received a PPP loan for your business during the pandemic, you may still be able to get forgiveness for the loan. We’ll discuss the requirements and steps for applying. As we enter 2022 and the third year of the “new normal” with COVID-19, many small businesses are still struggling. The U.S. Small Business ...

Have a Holiday Party that Won’t Break the Bank

By Patricia Schaefer November 1, 2022

Hosting a holiday party for employees is traditional for most businesses at this time of year. But hosting one that shows your appreciation for a year of hard work without breaking the bank isn’t easy. Here are a few hints that can help. You don’t want your employees to think of you as the modern-day ...

Tips for Starting and Succeeding in Your Own Business

By Janet Attard September 30, 2022

Starting a company? Here are some important startup tips that will help you make your startup a success. What do you need to do to start a business? There are dozens of websites that have checklists to remind you of the many tasks you should perform when starting a business. Although such checklists are very useful ...

Sample Cover Letter to Seek Financing

Team ZenBusiness September 30, 2022

There are a ton of ways you can finance a small business — including your new startup. So don’t hesitate to start your own business because you’re a little short of cash. Seeking out investors is just another basic step in starting a business. Part of that process may be writing a good pitch letter to potential ...

How to Ask Friends and Family to Finance a Business

By Bob Adams September 30, 2022

Like most of us, you’re probably reluctant to ask friends and relatives for money. But, at one stage or another, a lot of people do when they are running their own businesses. If you’re really serious about starting and/or staying in business, swallow your pride and go beg for those funds. If your friends and family ...

It’s Easier Than You Think to Start a Part-Time Business!

By Bob Adams September 30, 2022

You might think that starting your own business will involve endless hours of work and years of commitment. Well, the truth is that most businesses do require lots of effort. But there are plenty of other types of businesses that you can start on the side or part-time, and get up and running in a number of ...

How to Reduce Recurring Business Expenses

By April Maguire September 1, 2022

Your business’s recurring expenses add up to a significant chunk of your budget. You can permanently cut some of those costs by negotiating discounts and lower rates with the service providers and suppliers. When there’s a downturn in business or inflation impacts small businesses, companies look for as many ways as possible to reduce discretionary spending. ...

Why Small Businesses Fail: Top 8 Reasons for Startup Failure

By Patricia Schaefer September 1, 2022

Why do small businesses fail? Business failure isn’t something you want to think about when you start a business. But if you want your business to succeed, you need to know and avoid these eight common reasons why businesses fail. According to statistics published in 2021 by the Small Business Administration (SBA), about 32% of business startups ...

3 Things to Consider Before Lending Money to Your S Corp

Team ZenBusiness September 1, 2022

Hopefully, it will be a long time before we go through another time period like our current one. Our current situation is leading small business owners to consider how to keep their doors open, and some may have to inject their own money into the company to maintain the business. While most are just trying to ...

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