It’s holiday season! Most of you probably won’t be celebrating all of the upcoming holidays, but collectively, your customers will, and they’re all opportunities to push out more sales. Now is the time to get organized. Here are nine things that you have to do now to be more memorable this holiday season. 1. Prepare your calendar Make sure that each … Read More
DFW Business Advice: Starting A Small Business Next Year?
As the end of 2017 approaches, aspiring entrepreneurs will reassess their situations and consider taking the plunge. It doesn’t happen overnight. Rather, it is a process. Here are some things to consider before taking that first step. Conduct thorough market research Before making any investments, conduct market research to determine if there really is an opportunity to turn the idea … Read More
DFW CPAs Share Tips For New Businesses
Whether it’s ensuring your customers are happy or it’s perfecting your products and services, you’ll need to keep pushing on with a new business. With that said, there’s one area that’s often overlooked by small business owners: accounting. Even if you aren’t a financial expert, it’s absolutely necessary that you have some basic accounting knowledge so you can keep your … Read More
Small Business Coach: Summer Reading List
The right words of advice can get you closer to a goal. They can also inspire you to be a better leader. Josh Linkner is the author of the best-selling “The Road to Reinvention,” which urges businesses to go beyond the status quo for success, as well as a relatively new book, “Hacking Innovation,” which explores how insights from computer hackers can … Read More
Small Business Consulting: Finding the Why
Surely you had an inspiration when you decided to start your business. Was it to provide a service or product better, faster or cheaper than what was currently available? Was it to fill a gap in the marketplace? Perhaps you were inspired to run a business that people enjoyed working for? Or maybe to have one that had environmentally and … Read More
CPA Business Consultant Asks: Are you a Leader or a Manager?
Does a Small Business Need Leadership or Management? The answer is both. Have you ever heard the expression “Too many generals and not enough soldiers?” Well it can work both ways. Too many soldiers without a strong general will surely find themselves fighting the wrong battles. Businesses with too many leaders fail from their inability to manage. Likewise companies with … Read More
Grow Your Business and Fall in Love with It Again
Can you remember back when you first started your business? You were so excited about your business and the success it would achieve. Remember? And you got butterflies in your stomach when you were working out business plans? But then something changed. Maybe it didn’t go the way you planned. That’s okay. Hope is not lost. Here are some ideas … Read More
Saving Your Small Business Money
Sometimes it’s very challenging to grow a business while also saving your small business money. The more business you’re able to get, the more resources you mostly likely need to satisfy your clients. But in order to increase profits, you have to learn how to grow revenue while keeping your expenses low. Addiction to Spending In case you haven’t noticed, we … Read More
6 Self-Employed Tax Tips
Early in a new year is often the time when would-be entrepreneurs think about going into business for themselves. Self-employment can be a terrific opportunity to be your own boss and do something you love to do. Being your own business also brings with it a special set of tax advantages as well as tax pitfalls that you need to … Read More
Five Key Tax Tips for New Businesses
If you start a business, one key to success is to know about your federal tax obligations. You may need to know not only about income taxes but also about payroll taxes. Here are five key tax tips for new businesses that can help get off to a good start: Business Structure. As you start out, you’ll need to … Read More
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