To grow a valuable business – one you can sell – you need to set up your company so that it is no longer reliant on you. This can be easier said than done, especially when, such as a PR consultant or plumber, what you are selling is your expertise. Scaling Knowledge To scale up […]
coaching, entrepreneur, growth, scaling, small business
Taxes for the Self-Employed can be Steep! In addition to regular income tax rates business owners are responsible for an additional “self-employment” tax. Consider that if you are married and earn $200k in 2018, your income puts you in the 24% federal tax bracket. Add self-employment taxes and you’re looking at almost 40% of your […]
Fee-Only Financial Planning, Finance, small businessHave you automated your social media marketing? It’s a work-in-progress still for me as I experiment and learn new things, especially over at the MaximizeYourMoney Financial Coaching site. The social media marketing challenge Honestly, a lot of marketing really isn’t rocket science. Yes, it definitely takes some thought, and oftentimes some creativity, but once messages […]
customers, entrepreneur, marketing, SEO, small business, Start-upVery few startups are overnight successes. In fact the “overnight successes” that you can think of right now probably took years to hit that “overnight” point. It takes time to get a new venture off the ground. And during that initial period of time (which can very realistically be measured in years) there is a […]
Business, customers, entrepreneur, Founder, Fundraising, small business, startups, ventureI love entrepreneurship. It isn’t for everyone, and yes it is risky (though there are some things you can do to minimize startup risk), but there are also a lot of benefits to running your own business. Maybe you realize that a large percentage of American millionaires are small business owners and you want to […]
budgeting, Business, entrepreneur, Finance, Founder, savings, small business, Start-up, venture