Archive for December, 2009
Mobile Marketing for your Small Business
I just joined the iPhone cult and spent 4 hours last night downloading apps! Which got me thinking about how small businesses are using this mobile marketing tool. I found an interesting video from Fox News that discusses some of the ways small businesses can use this new technology to their advantage. I am wondering [...]
Posted by Carleigh Lowe on Thursday, December 31st, 2009Posted in Videos of Interest
Tags: Entrepreneurs, Marketing, Videos of Interest
Your Story: Heidi Lowe Gallery
Your name: Heidi Lowe Name of your business: Heidi Lowe Gallery Your background: Started my own jewelry business at the age of 13, received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Jewelry and Metalsmithing at Maine College of Art, then received a Master of Fine Arts in Metals at State University of New York, New Paltz, [...]
Posted by Heidi Lowe on Wednesday, December 30th, 2009Posted in Your Story
Tags: Craft Your Story, Entrepreneur
Top Ten Homepreneur Trends for 2010
I found a very interesting article on the Top Ten Homepreneur Trends for 2010 from smallbiztrends.com. Check it out. More than half of all U.S. businesses are home-based. These firms are often dismissed as hobbies or part-time ventures with limited economic impact. But our research shows otherwise. We estimate that about 6.6 million home-based enterprises [...]
Posted by Carleigh Lowe on Monday, December 28th, 2009Posted in Top Ten Lists, Trend Report
Tags: Entrepreneur, Top Ten List, Trend Report
Small Business Tax Breaks
Small business tax breaks may expire soon. As the year 2009 comes to an end, Americans who run small businesses are scratching their heads. While the federal government seems hell-bent on nationalizing health care – at a great cost, but little benefit, to currently successful businesses – it is ignoring the elephant in the room: [...]
Posted by Rick Bell on Monday, December 21st, 2009Posted in Trend Report
Tags: Small Business, Taxes
Three End of the Year Tips for Entrepreneurs
Fast Company has a short and sweet post with three excellent end of the year tips for entrepreneurs. Below is an excerpt: As we close another year and look forward to what 2010 has in store, I’d like to share three year end tips to help start the New Year with success. Tip #1 – [...]
Posted by Carleigh Lowe on Friday, December 18th, 2009Posted in Articles of Interest
Tags: Articles of Interest, Entrepreneurs
Limited Liability Companies Now Account For 67% of All New Entities Formed
Nowadays, the clear cut choice of business entities in the United States and in Delaware is the Limited Liability Company, or LLC. In 2008 alone, the Delaware Division of Corporations welcomed the formation of 121,628 new business entities, 67% of which were LLCs. A relatively new business type in comparison to that of its corporate [...]
Posted by Paul Sponaugle on Wednesday, December 16th, 2009Posted in INC Knowledge, Limited Liability Company
Tags: Delaware, Limited Liability Company
Limited Liability Company vs Limited Partnership
Clients often ask us to articulate the benefits and drawbacks of forming and operating a business as a limited liability company (abbreviated as LLC) as opposed to a limited partnership (abbreviated as LP). LLCs and limited partnerships share certain common features, however, they differ in a number of important ways. This posting describes some of [...]
Posted by Brett Melson on Tuesday, December 15th, 2009Posted in Delaware, INC Knowledge, Limited Liability Company
Tags: Delaware, Limited Liability Company, Limited Partnership
Amazon’s Best Business and Investing Books of 2009
Check out Amazon’s fantastic list of the best business and investing books of 2009….happy reading! The Myth of the Rational Market: A History of Risk, Reward, and Delusion on Wall Street Fool’s Gold: How the Bold Dream of a Small Tribe at J.P. Morgan Was Corrupted by Wall Street Greed and Unleashed a Catastrophe Shop [...]
Posted by Carleigh Lowe on Thursday, December 10th, 2009Posted in Books of Interest, Top Ten Lists
Tags: Books, Top Ten List
Tarnishing the Brand: Tiger Woods as a Business
Don’t think of Tiger Woods as an athlete. Think of him as a business, a brand. Now let’s ask if Tiger Woods, Inc. was well served by its Founder/Chairman/CEO in the ongoing solo car accident scandal. From the public relations point of view, I think not. On November 30, Nancy Armour, a reporter for the [...]
Posted by George Merlis on Tuesday, December 8th, 2009Posted in Essays
Tags: Media, Media Training, News
Clarification on Franchise Tax
As the annual franchise tax season approaches many clients become confused with the term “franchise tax”. On a daily basis we hear, “my company is not a franchise, why do I have to pay this fee?” Many people’s immediate reaction to the word “franchise” quickly congers up images of McDonalds, Subway, Burger King etc. When [...]
Posted by Brett Melson on Monday, December 7th, 2009Posted in Franchise Tax, HBS Announcements
Tags: Franchise Tax
Quote of the Day
First you have to instill trust in your clients, which is why self belief is so very important. But the best advice I could give anybody is to under-promise and over-deliver. – Mike Radcliffe
Posted by Carleigh Lowe on Thursday, December 3rd, 2009Posted in Quotes
Tags: Quotes
Warren Buffett: A Media Master
In my media training workshops I always encourage my clients to read newspapers and magazines with new eyes and listen to broadcast interviews with new ears. In addition to absorbing the facts of a narrative, I urge them to analyze how those facts are most effectively presented. In other words, how good soundbites work. I [...]
Posted by George Merlis on Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009Posted in Quotes
Tags: George Merlis, Media, Media Training
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