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Required Employee Benefits

As an employer and small business owner, you undoubtedly understand the importance offering your employees benefits. For many employees, salary is not the only factor in their decision to accept…

Sales Volume Required to Break Even

The break even point for a product or a business is the point where sales revenue equals your fixed plus total variable costs. If you are below the break even…

Ransomware: Protect Your Business Against The Growing Threat

Ransomware is a particularly destructive type of malware that encrypts a computer’s files, effectively holding them hostage until the user pays a ransom (often hundreds or thousands of dollars) to…

Naming Your Business

Your business name is usually a customer’s first introduction to you. Make a positive impression by picking a name that attracts attention and trust. It can be a hair-pulling process…

Effective Employee Communications

Today, more so than any other time, businesses focus heavily on engaging customers, the media, investors, community members, and analysts — or some combination of them. But with so much…

Buying an Existing Business

The joy of owning a business is the dream of many would-be entrepreneurs. If you are one of them, you have two main choices: start a company from scratch or…

Saving to Start a Business

Most new businesses get started out of personal savings. The amount of money you will need to start yours depends on the initial outlay of funds you’ll need to get…