The president has released the 2011 federal budget with a significant number of changes in federal tax laws that will impact self employed individuals and small businesses. Here is a highlight of some of the proposed changes.
Make the $250,000 Section 179 capital asset deduction permanent. Section 179 provides that, in place of capitalization [...]
morePosted by: Wray Rives, February 2, 2010
Outright’s CEO and co-founder, Kevin Reeth, was on WGN News today to talk about the “Top 10 Things to Consider When Starting Your Own Business.”
Have an honest conversation with yourself
Figure out your value proposition
Find a paying customer
Build your network and pipeline, not with advertising but with Linkedin, Facebook, and Twitter profiles
Delight every customer
Set up a [...]
Posted by: Paul O'Brien, January 25, 2010
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This year has experienced tremendous demand for cost effective small business solutions because of the growing ranks of unintentional entrepreneurs. Advancements in open platform technology have also given a slew of start-ups the ability to create alternatives to expensive software. We’re excited to share that the VC community has taken notice, offering backing to a [...]
morePosted by: Paul O'Brien, November 16, 2009
A new software package designed for budding entrepreneurs, ‘Start, Run & Grow Your Business’ (SRG) has been released by Palo Alto Software. Containing over 45 software tools to help entrepreneurs and small businesses get up and running, SRG is one of the most comprehensive small business toolkits ever assembled.
Palo Alto Software, develops, publishes, and [...]
Posted by: Paul O'Brien, October 13, 2009
Here’s a quick warning for all small business owners: treat your post box as you would your email box, warily. The State of California sued eight people and six businesses last week for operating mail scams targeting small business owners.
The state seeks to collect $3 million from the defendants, who are accused of mailing [...]
Posted by: Jennifer Escalona, October 12, 2009
Released to Outright last night is a unique bookkeeping feature that automatically imports expenses recorded by phone.
Upon adding "Mobile Expenses" from your home tab on Outright.com, we'll connect with Xpenser, the masters of mobile expense input, to import any expenses you submit through your cell phone. Set up, Xpenser will give you a unique [...]
Posted by: Paul O'Brien, October 6, 2009
I am an academic by training and by my regular employment, teaching anthropology and gender studies and publishing papers for the academic press. But despite what you may have heard, there's not a lot of money in academia, especially for an adjunct like me, so a couple of years ago I took the plunge [...]
morePosted by: Dustin Wax,
Throughout October 2009, which is the 25th Anniversary of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Beth Cherkowsky, eBay seller woadieland will be auctioning 39 fantasy bras. The plan, to have an auction ending each day in October to help raise awareness of Breast Cancer; with 100% of the proceeds going to Susan G Komen For [...]
morePosted by: Paul O'Brien, September 28, 2009
Borrowing from underground blogging and social networking traditions, AlwaysOn launched in 2003 as a leader in the “open media” revolution. The network’s content focuses on the sweet spots in the technology markets; where innovation is disrupting the norm and creating new business.
For six years, AlwaysOn featured an annual 100; their list of the hottest, most [...]
Posted by: Paul O'Brien, July 22, 2009
Yesterday, it was announced that Intuit is buying Paycycle for $170 million. Let me just state for the record that I think this is a smart buy for Intuit. Why? Well, my partner Ben and I actually worked in the payroll group within Intuit, and yet when it came time to run payroll for our [...]
morePosted by: Kevin Reeth, June 3, 2009
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