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Hello All I have a business in State of Virginia and planning on hiring only one employee. Where would I need to submit these documents once my employee fills it out the following forms : 1. I-9 Employment Eligibility Form 2. W-4 Federal Tax...

I've seen posts over the last few days related to converting visitors to customers. This got me thinking about my own efforts and below is my capture of the key points to converting that I'm going to work on (as a bit of fun, I've massaged in using "CONVERTED" as the acronym. My question; I...

Hi, I’m feeling a bit disappointed today because my startup wasn’t chosen for a $5k grant from one of the startup funds at my university. Any advice? After interviewing last week and answering a series of questions related to my startup, I was confident that we’d get chosen. My co-founder and...

Hello everyone! I’m a new business owner and was curious if you guys had tips or directions on services that are ESSENTIAL for small businesses selling on eBay and sites like that included own website? All in all I have: MULLVAD VPN PROTON MAIL (ALIAS EMAIL FOR MOST SITES) BUSINESS PHONE...

I recently opened a business doing mobile RV maintenance and repair. I just returned from a call where a young woman and her infant child were living in their RV and the AC stopped working. The problem turned out to be their converter and the part alone costs $455. She doesn’t have the money for...

I have 3-4 YOE in the service industry but different field(Pest control) I am really looking into making a switch to being my own boss. Currently work as a Software Engineer and I’m tired of stressing over layoffs that seem to happen at random. Current credit score is fair. What do I need to...

I own a reselling business and have owned it in one form or another since 1999. Since about 2015, I grew the business to six employees, a big warehouse and tens of thousands of customers. We were top of the game for awhile, I was even on TV! Due to the rising costs of everything, as well as...

Do I really need a D U N S number? Or am I missing something on starting my business credit?

I hope this is allowed but this has been my experience consigning for the first time. Basically, I’ve been hand listing all of his cards on eBay (it’s a fairly nice collection) but from the start he has overvalued everything to laughable amounts. When I started selling some and he questioned why...

We have a mostly successful B&M store and I know I'm leaving money on the table by not being online yet. I'm not resistant at all - I am just experiencing paralysis I think. We have thousands of products. Photography I know is essential, but so incredibly expensive. I know I don't need to put...

The AICPA and over 50 state CPA societies have written to the Treasury secretary and the director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) asking that enforcement of beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements be suspended until one year after court cases have been...

Hi, I recently started a YouTube channel called "local business owners story" and I wonder if anybody wants to collab with me. The better it is if you're doing well with the business. If you're not a business owner, can you recommend someone who does? This is the link to my channel. Still very...

A landlord offered me a nice deal on a 5 year commercial lease and wouldn’t budge on the length. I was hoping on 10-20 because I would have had to make substantial improvements to the building. They told me not to worry, and that they would renew, but couldn’t tell me for how much it would be...

I'm tired of health insurance premiums costing so much, the large deductibles, and the denial of care. I hate that in order to reasonably afford healthcare I need to have a job, and then have one that actually cares enough to give me good insurance. Realistically, Universal Healthcare probably...

Six months ago, I temporarily moved to the United States to find investments and launch a startup that had previously been operating in my home country. Our mobile application, has been working for a year and a half. While we had a modest user base, turnover, and traction, we had no clients or...

My spouse and I have separate solo 401k plans (let’s call them Plan A and Plan B), which we opened a few years ago when we undertook self-employed activities. This year, we opened an LLC as QJV and are looking to consolidate those solo 401k plans into one (let’s call it Plan C). Furthermore...

I’m a UK company, importing to the USA. A large retail a tore chain have asked me to provide a W-2 as part of the set up process. Any idea what this looks like / how I get hold of one? Everything I read online seems to refer to a W-2 as for employees (tax and wage statement), so not...

Any tips? Is there someone that I can work with? Thank you 🙏🏼

Please note that before reading, I am highly new in the business owning world. All the way from how to create appropriate contracts to even taxes. I'm new at everything. Very recently, I bought into a friend's company. It is very small. Our target revenue goal this year is $750k. I bought 5%...