If you are running a business, contracts are an essential tool to understand the duties involved from each party. Contracts are needed to level expectations, state the deliverables, and specify each of the parties’ responsibilities. It is also a means to control your costs as the business owner. But whether you are using contracts for your service business, for your suppliers or advertisers, the key question remains: Do you update your contracts?
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YouTube Star Cited for Running a Home Business
Are you earning money from home? You may run afoul from local zoning rules. Learn from the experiences of this YouTube vlogger from Atlanta who was cited for running a home business.
Startup Best Practices from 15 Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs
What are the most important things to remember when starting a business? Get startup tips and advice from 15 successful Silicon Valley entrepreneurs.
3 Things to Avoid to Succeed Online
Success in online business is a result of several contributing factors. However, there are 3 things that may hinder your online success, and these are wrong people, wrong habits and ratcheting up expenses.
Before Starting a Business, Save as Much Money as You Can
All too often, many small and home-based businesses start without any money saved. Worse, some don’t even have any money at all. Instead, they are putting all their hopes that the business that they are about to start will bring them money.
GroupOn: Small Business Lessons on Coupon Advertising (Part 2)
Just because the marketing campaign brought additional traffic and customers to your business doesn’t mean that it increases your profitability. Some campaigns can even hurt you! Read about the experience of cafe owner Josie Burke of Posies Cafe.
GroupOn: Small Business Lessons on Coupon Advertising
Just because the marketing campaign brought additional traffic and customers to your business doesn’t mean that it increases your profitability. Some campaigns can even hurt you! Read about the experience of cafe owner Josie Burke of Posies Cafe.
The Importance of Reading and Understanding Contracts
One of the common mistakes of small business entrepreneurs is entering into contracts and agreements without thoroughly understanding the terms of the agreement. Learn how a small business owner learned this lesson the hard way
50 Mistakes to Avoid When Starting a Business
Starting a business is not easy. If you are going to survive and be a long-term success in business, then you need to be aware of the most common mistakes and pitfalls that can ruin your best-laid plans. Here are 50 common mistakes to avoid when starting a business.
Coping with the Rise and Fall of Self Employment Income
As a freelancer or a self-employed business owner, one of the realities you will face is the fluctuation of income. Unlike employees with a fixed salary, it is hard to predict exactly how much you will earn from month to month. There are times when income is good and the money keeps pouring in, and times when income slows down to a trickle.