Small Business Articles

No matter how profitable your company, how many employees you have, or your legal status, your business is – for all practical...

My husband and I decided to use a professional tax accountant to do our year-end tax filing for our service company. We...

What are some of the characteristics of a truly exemplary employee? Surely high on the list would be just showing up —...

If your business isn’t using cellphones, it’s probably time to rethink that. Whether you view them as a technological blessing or a...

“There is nothing more secure than land and a building.” Commercial real estate expert Dale Willerton says that is the bottom line...

Running a small business is, at its heart, an act of juggling. There are several balls that you have to keep in...

One of the foundations of effective management is clarity in communication — and that includes clarity in explaining the expectations you’ve set...

A new year means a new, clean slate. Take some time now to shed the accounting and financial garbage you don’t need...

Hopefully, your experience as a small-business owner has included at least a couple days when you have felt triumphant. Of course, not...

Service-based businesses thrive on delivering top-notch results to customers. Delivering bad news requires quite a different skill set.“Often, news is bad only...

One of the most difficult challenges that small-business owners face today is finding, recruiting and retaining new talent, yet few have a...

As business owners, we love to discuss ways to improve our employees’ attitudes. Throw a party. Tell inspiring stories at the company...

It’s that time of year again! The holidays, when small-business owners face myriad challenges – a slowdown and a bit of quiet,...

In service-based industries, it’s difficult to know where to draw the line with discounts, and when to simply let the business go....