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The Value of Your Business

While there are potentially many ways to value a business, one popular method is using the discounted, or present value, of your estimated cash flow. This method takes your current…

Basic Accounting Statements

Keeping track of the money in your business is essential if you want to prosper. However, most small business owners have skills or a specialty that inspired them to start…

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…

Keeping Your Business & Personal Finances Separate

Every accountant will tell you the same thing: always keep your business and personal expenses separate. Also, each small business owner or one-person operation will nod her head and agree…

Organization Structures

How you legally structure your business affects your tax status and your liability. It has a significant impact on how investors, banks, and credit unions perceive your worth. So taking…

Training and Educating Employees

Employees who are well-trained are an asset to any business. In a poor economy, unfortunately, the training budget for a business is often the first thing to go. Although eliminating…