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Finding The Money To Start Your Small Business

January 13, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

The following is an excerpt from my book: Become Your Own Boss in 12 months or Less! A Month-by-Month Guide to Start a Business that Works!  If you are ready to take the leap into entrepreneurship, you must get really focused on your finances. It will be a real test to get back to only […]

Filed Under: Cash Flow & Finance, Starting A Small Business Tagged With: Be Your Own Boss, business funding, entrepreneurship, Finances, money-saving tips

How to Handle Your Small Business Taxes

February 16, 2017 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wednesday on Twitter from 8-9 pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with Barbara Weltman.  Barbara Weltman, an attorney and author of J.K. Lasser’s Small Business Taxes 2017, publishes Idea of the Day® […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @BarbaraWeltman, Finances, SmallBizChat

How much should you tell your employees about business finances?

February 14, 2017 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Guest Post Money is the blood supply of every business. It courses through each department bringing life and growth, and without it, businesses die. Traditional advice has kept the realities of how well—or badly—a company is doing behind the closed doors of the management office. Yet keeping employees completely in the dark about company finances […]

Filed Under: Guest Articles, Your Small Business Tagged With: Finances, Team, team communication

SmallBizLady’s 5-Step Plan for Stress-Free Finances in 2016

December 28, 2015 By Melinda Emerson 4 Comments

My business took off to heights I never imagined the moment I put a system around my finances – both in business and in my personal life. Before I had this system, money told me what to do….  Pay this bill! You’ll be late with this payment! Make sure you have enough for your SEP […]

Filed Under: Cash Flow & Finance Tagged With: accounting, Finances

Cash Vs. Accrual Accounting

June 7, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 1 Comment

Three Reasons Small Businesses Need to Know Both While it makes sense for most small business owners to avoid the day-to-day details of accounting, there are two concepts about the structure of their accounting records that every business owner should understand. In fact, you may have already heard the terms cash-basis and accrual-basis from your […]

Filed Under: Become Your Own Boss Tips, Cash Flow & Finance Tagged With: Accrual, Featured Post, Finances, Ken Kaufman, melinda emerson

How to Set Your Price to Achieve Your Profit Goals #SmallBizChat QA with Nicole Fende

July 14, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 15 Comments

Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wednesday on Twitter from 8-9pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with Nicole Fende @BizFinanceForum Nicole is President and Chief Numbers Whisperer of Small Business Finance Forum. Nicole is a credentialed actuary with […]

Filed Under: SmallBizChat Tagged With: Finances, money, pricing, SmallBizChat

Managing Your Personal Credit and Your Business Credit – #SmallBizChat QA

October 13, 2011 By Melinda Emerson 1 Comment

Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wed on Twitter from 8-9pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with Iris Carter @idCarter. Her company, Corporate Fast Track, helps small business owners separate their personal credit from their business credit. Iris […]

Filed Under: Cash Flow & Finance, SmallBizChat Tagged With: credit, Finances, financial planning, money, SmallBizChat

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