For many home-based business, one challenge is to keep up with the myriad legal requirements. Here are tips on making sure that your business meets all the legal requirements of your area: 1. Know the rules affecting your business Before you start your home-based business, find out what government regulations specifically apply to your type of business. You may not be aware … [Read more...] about 8 Tips on How to Keep Your Home Business Legal
How to Start a Business
Five Old-school Rules You Can Break When Starting Up A Business
Talk to any small business coach who specializes in starting up online businesses about what is needed to start up, and you'll hear the same recommendation list of things you need to do. Business plan —check. Website—check. Become incorporated, clarify your niche, and test your market —check, check, check. For generations, new entrepreneurs starting up businesses have … [Read more...] about Five Old-school Rules You Can Break When Starting Up A Business
Advice for First Time Business Owners
For first-time business owners, starting a business can be fun, exciting, yet downright scary. You may have a great idea. But well, the reality is that there is a huge divide that exists between a great idea and a successful business. Transforming your idea into a profitable business takes time, strategizing, and yes, lots of hard work. Here are some important advice and … [Read more...] about Advice for First Time Business Owners
Planning to Start a Business After Retirement
QUESTION ON Starting a Business After Retirement In February of this year I fell in love with painting. Started taking lessons at a facility that 3 women rented. One taught dance, one piano and the other, of course, taught painting. The facility was less than desirable and on a second floor with a steep flight of stairs. I have been looking for something to do after my … [Read more...] about Planning to Start a Business After Retirement
Why You Really Do Need a Business Plan Before You Launch Your Startup Dream
A successful entrepreneur does not wing it: An entrepreneur who wants to win has an attack plan -- a strategy that puts him into a position to succeed. If you don't know where you are going, then how will you know when you get there? Few things in the business world have a positive result without a general plan. Besides being an absolute requirement to obtain outside financing … [Read more...] about Why You Really Do Need a Business Plan Before You Launch Your Startup Dream