This is a guest post from Will Cotter (see short bio at the end) – thanks Will! It is every entrepreneur’s dream to grow their business. Growth means that the public trusts the service or product you are providing and that what you offer is a highly sought-out solution to an existing problem. That said, expansion […]

You’re probably familiar with the statistics on small business failure rates – based on a recent study, about 50% of small businesses (with employees) will fail within the first 5 years. It’s an interesting data point, but I think it’s also misleading. I think the problematic word is failure – it’s not that most of […]

Start-ups are hard. You’re creating a business out of ideas, hopes and dreams and you literally have to solve for everything because all you have on day 1 is a blank page. But one area where start-up businesses have a huge advantage over ‘seasoned’ businesses that are up and running is the ability to prioritize […]

It’s that time of year, the frequency of Tax software ads and commercials reach levels of political ads prior to an election (w/o all the mud).  There’s no question it is tax season!  This is also the time of year we are most likely to think about the potential of being audited by the IRS. […]

Next year will mark the 75th anniversary of what’s become a holiday classic. It’s a Wonderful Life is the story of George Bailey, a middle-aged man who in spite of working tirelessly in his family business experiences a calamity of events right before Christmas, that causes him to wish he would have never been born. […]

It must be the time of the year, but I’ve seen two turtles attempting to cross busy streets just in the last week. One of them was a young turtle who looked to be wandering in circles (but still in the road) but the other one was a full grown box turtle that was plowing […]