Archive for July 7th, 2010
CPAs Help Entrepreneurs Succeed
According to Suite101, the services of Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) often extend beyond helping clients file their tax returns. They are often found behind the front lines helping start-up business owners realize their dreams no matter what they may be. Borrowing on his own experience in opening his office in the mid 1990s, Adonu “Don” [...]
Mary Ogwang used to live in in a one room house made of metal in Uganda. Her husband, a police officer, only brought home $2 a day. Then Mary heard about BeadforLife. That was where she found the opportunity to make enough money to start her own business making clothing. From there she’s been able [...]
One Cool Inventor, One Cool Innovator
IndyStar.com reports that Andrew Shelton was just 21 years old, a junior at Wabash College, when he had an idea for a new product: a backpack cooler that keeps drinks cold and easy to carry. He got the idea after lugging an oversized cooler to the Indianapolis 500 with a friend, with drinks spilling everywhere. [...]
Shannon Wiggins had a long list of things she’d never do. She never wanted to get married, have kids or own animals. So you might be surprised to find that she lives on a farm with a husband and five children. Besides running a farm she also sells various goat milk soaps reports Peninsula Daily [...]
How Much Should You Pay Yourself?
Jay Goltz at The New York Times has his answer to this question. Actually, there is a simple answer. I think business owners should pay themselves whatever is left — whatever is left, that is, after everyone and everything else has been paid and after money for growth and paying down debt has been factored [...]
Funding The Micro Entrepreneur
When things get unstable in the workforce the unemployed tend to look towards self-employment as an alternative. However, the switch isn’t for the faint of heart. You have to feel a certain dedication to what you want to do before you can succeed with it. Alexia Parks for The Huffington Post recently touched on the [...]
Has the novelty of poking, status updates and photo tagging worn off for teens and their notoriously short attention spans? Mashable reports that a survey conducted by online gaming site Roiworld found that teenagers are showing signs of “Facebook Fatigue.” Teens still spend an impressive 80 percent of their internet time on social networking sites, [...]
Small Bizs Added 18,000 New Jobs
Marketwatch reports that small business employment grew by 0.09 percent in June, equating to a 1.10 percent annual growth rate, according to the latest Intuit Inc.Small Business Employment Index. This translates to approximately 18,000 new jobs in June and a revised estimate of 330,000 total new jobs since October 2009. The monthly report is based [...]
