Tag: Business Tips

Do You Need Business Advice?

One organization that every entrepreneur should know about is SCORE, a partner of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). Since 1964 SCORE has been known as the “Counselors of America’s Small Business Owners.” SCORE is a non-profit association with a national network of 12,400 volunteers. The volunteers are successful entrepreneurs and executives who want to give back [...]

Posted by Carleigh Lowe on Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
Posted in INC Knowledge
Tags: Business Tips, SCORE, Small Business, U.S. Small Business Administration

Simple Steps to Good Business Credit

Establishing good credit for your business may be one of the most important issues facing any new entrepreneur. There are some similarities to building personal credit and some very crucial differences. Hopefully, we can offer some general tips to make the process less burdensome and better understood. Don’t Procrastinate – Incorporate! – As a sole [...]

Posted by David Zeigler on Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Posted in INC Knowledge
Tags: Business Tips, Entrepreneur, INC Knowledge

Tax Tips From the IRS

Starting a business can sometimes be an overwhelming process, especially when it comes to your federal tax responsibilities, but this is something you really want to get right from the start. Below are the top tips the IRS wants you to know if you plan on opening a new business this year. First, you must [...]

Posted by Carleigh Lowe on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Posted in INC Knowledge
Tags: Business Tips, IRS, Taxes

Three Tips on Creating a Name for Your Company

The Wall Street Journal has a great article with three helpful tips for naming your company. For many this is a hard task on the path of entrepreneurship but it is important to spend the time in the beginning brainstorming, so you get it right. Below is an excerpt from the article: Three Best Ways [...]

Posted by Carleigh Lowe on Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
Posted in Articles of Interest
Tags: Articles of Interest, Business Tips, Company Name

Our Top Ten Phrases to Inspire a Collaborative Conversation

Running a business large or small requires keen communication and decision-making skills. Sometimes we know just what to say, how to say it and what must be done. In other cases, it is in your best interest to gather information and ideas from others. Below, we suggest our top ten diplomatic phrases to inspire a [...]

Posted by Christina Cornelius on Monday, September 21st, 2009
Posted in Top Ten Lists
Tags: Business Tips, Top Ten List

Seth Godin’s Tips on Hiring

I was recently reading the blog of best-selling author, Seth Godin. In a recent article he offers some interesting advice on hiring, below is an excerpt: Two ways to hire (and a wrong way) The wrong way first: interview someone for an hour. If you like them, have them interview three or four other people [...]

Posted by Carleigh Lowe on Monday, September 14th, 2009
Posted in Articles of Interest
Tags: Articles of Interest, Business Tips

Three Step Self-Defeating Media Relations Strategy

For two decades I’ve urged my media training workshop clients to be candid with the press. In fact, the fifth of my Five Commandments of Interviews is: “Thou shalt not lie, evade nor speculate.”  (Only five commandments?  Yes, I haven’t the temerity to come up with ten.) While I teach this candor lesson to all [...]

Posted by George Merlis on Friday, September 11th, 2009
Posted in 101
Tags: Business Tips, Media Training

If You Are In Business – Please Identify Yourself

Some of the most common questions that we encounter incorporating our clients are regarding the definition of and necessity for an Employer Identification Number (EIN). What is it? Do I need it? How do I get one? An EIN or Employer Identification Number is a unique number that is assigned to a business by the [...]

Posted by David Zeigler on Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
Posted in 101
Tags: Business Tips, EIN Number

Finding Value In a Business When Cash Flow Is Negative

Can a company have a negative cash flow and still have goodwill value? The answer, maybe surprisingly, is YES! There are three elements that create Going-Concern or Goodwill Value. Not all three need to be present to create the value. They are: Assets in place and ready to use as a going-concern (capital, labor and [...]

Posted by Jerry Barney on Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
Posted in 101
Tags: Business Tips, business valuations

TED Talk: Daniel Pink on the Science of Motivation

Check out this just released TED Talk from best-selling author Daniel Pink. In this lecture he states his case regarding the science of human motivation and how business managers could be incentivizing differently to promote better results.

Posted by Carleigh Lowe on Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
Posted in Videos of Interest
Tags: Business Tips, TED Talks, Videos of Interest



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