Provisions Currently in Effect Small Business Tax Credits The small business tax credit helps small businesses afford the cost of health care coverage for their employees and is specifically targeted for those businesses with low- and moderate-income workers. The credit is designed to encourage small employers to offer health insurance coverage for...
I’m a child of the 90’s (though my wife may argue I am still a child). As such, Seinfeld’s show about nothing left a profound impact on my life, and thankfully TBS continues to keep it on the air for me. I use its lessons on life often as a...
You’re on a raft in the middle of a fierce ocean. It’s solid, but it’s small, perfectly suited to skim calm waters, but of dubious integrity when faced with the rough and tumble waves of a serious storm. Unfortunately, that storm is coming. Like winter, it always comes. You can...
WASHINGTON – November 24 is Small Business Saturday, a day set aside to support the small businesses that play a vital role in creating jobs and economic opportunities all across the country. Karen G. Mills, Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), released the following statement today encouraging people to support their communities...
We all know that customers don’t pay for nothing, they pay for something. At the core of every purchase, customers aren't just spending cash and coin for your small business' product or service. They are really spending for value. The Value Gap Value is basically the the difference between what a customer...
As we approach the Fourth of July, I thought it might be nice to write a bit about some of the resources we have here in Iowa to help veteran entrepreneurs. To those of you who are vets and reading this post, thank you for your service to our country...
I work a great deal with economic developers in the Midwest and around the country to foster entrepreneurship support systems. Economic developers have spent the better part of the last decade trying to understand the entrepreneurial startup and to analyze how these companies affect our economy. We tend to think that...
Recently, there's been a lot of discussion about cyber security. Even as you read this, the Black Hat "hacking" Conference is in full force, McAfee just released a notice about a huge cyber espionage attack (codenamed "Operation ShadyRAT," and of course we can't forget Murdoch's phone hacking...
I think I can, I think I can, I think I can…” You might recognize this little motivational one-liner from the children’s tale, The Little Engine That Could. In case you forgot (or if you have kids, a quick recap) the Little Engine That Could is about a youthful train engine that...
A few months ago, I joined an online service called Help a Reporter Out (HARO). Help a Reporter Out was created to link reporters across the US with experts in a wide variety of fields. As a small business owner, you can join the HARO network for free...
