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101: Franchise Tax

Every day we receive various questions about the annual State of Delaware franchise tax obligations.  In an attempt to explain the details in their simplest form, here are the most common questions we receive, with short and to the point answers. Q:  What exactly is a franchise tax? A:  It is a fee imposed on [...]

Posted by Amy Fountain on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
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101: Applicant Tracking

I know what happens. You post a new job and you get about a hundred resumes in response. They all start looking the same, they pile up in your email folders or a Google Doc, and you don’t respond to the majority of them. You probably miss the few excellent ones. It can all be [...]

Posted by Matt Cholerton on Tuesday, April 24th, 2012
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101: Venture Capital

Over the past few weeks we’ve created a timeline of sorts for raising capital for your entrepreneurial business, from friends and family to crowdfunders and on to angel investors. If you have successfully completed an angel round—or you hope to do so in the future—but find yourself in need of additional funding, then venture capital [...]

Posted by Gregg Schoenberg on Monday, April 9th, 2012
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101: Angel Investors

If your business is in need of funding, and you’ve maxed out your personal finances, exhausted your supply of friends and family and tapped the crowdfunding arena for all its worth, then it may be time to seek out an angel.  Not the winged cherubic types, but rather the earth-bound variety of high net worth [...]

Posted by Gregg Schoenberg on Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
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101: Outsourcing

As the owner of a small business you are used to doing things yourself.  Many entrepreneurs start out with the attitude that they can do it all, and whether they are just launching a new company or have an established firm, they can be too slow too consider the possible benefits of outsourcing some non-core [...]

Posted by Gregg Schoenberg on Monday, March 19th, 2012
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101: Business Travel

As you are working on your business’s budget for the new year, you may be looking for expenditures that you can afford to cut back on in 2012—particularly if you are still feeling the strains of the sluggish economic environment.  One item that may look tempting to your cost-cutting axe is your travel budget.  After [...]

Posted by Gregg Schoenberg on Monday, March 12th, 2012
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Is Your Company Prepared For An Emergency?

As the owner of a small business you are used to planning for the future when it comes to budgets, growth forecasts and the like.  But have you taken the time to develop a plan in the event that a natural disaster or other emergency strikes? Threats to your business can come in many forms, [...]

Posted by Gregg Schoenberg on Wednesday, March 7th, 2012
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Is This The Right Time To Find A New Home For Your Business?

As a result of the recent economic crisis and real estate crash, prices for corporate real estate in many markets now looks more attractive than they have in several years. Add in historically low interest rates, and it is easy to see why many small-business owners may have an eye on the corporate real estate [...]

Posted by Gregg Schoenberg on Monday, March 5th, 2012
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101: Investing In Your Company vs. Investing In The Stock Market

Once you have achieved a certain level of success as an entrepreneur you may find yourself weighing whether to put more money into your own business, or to invest in others businesses through the stock market.  While we are not here to offer specific investment advice, we would suggest considering the following factors when faced [...]

Posted by Gregg Schoenberg on Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
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Forming a Company Is Just the First Step To Owning It

So you and a friend one day start collaborating on different business ideas. You both shake hands and come to the conclusion that you have a great business idea and you want to go into business and own it 50 – 50. You believe it will all fall into place as you expect regarding who [...]

Posted by Michael Bell on Monday, February 20th, 2012
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