small business

I have a problem (high quality, admittedly), where my PPP is approved and I have the documents to sign, but my next payroll is on the 1st. (We do 1st and 15). If I receive funding before the 27th of April, 8 weeks will not include my June 15th payroll, and that will be 30k I had used to...

In 2020 I lost my job due to the pandemic, and started a small llc in a last ditch effort to keep living independently. I employed myself for 2 years with freelance graphic work and web design. Trouble is I did zero accounting or record keeping, just basically worked and paid myself and made it...

Good evening, dear entrepreneurs, I am faced with a few doubts before opening my L.L.C. Once it is established, can it sell to everyone worldwide? Does anyone know how the laws and taxes of other countries apply when they make purchases from another location? How can I pay myself as a...

D/b NGO & NPO? Can we count cooporative societies in NGO?

Hey, I am currently on a student exchange programme in the USA. I am returning to my home country in Europe in two months. However, I would like to start an e-commerce business (selling on Amazon). I was wondering if I am eligible to register a business bank account here in the US, and...

Hi everyone, I'm looking for an investor with an already established e-commerce business, a turnover of 70k in 2 months, the shop is already started with many customers, we just need more capital

I was wondering if anyone knows how to navigate starting a 501(c)3 charity? What are the things I want to consider before doing it? The goal is to start a vocational training program for CDL's in Texas that is free of charge. What parameters exist that a commoner is going to miss?

Ive worked so hard these past few years to get my business off the ground. Investing so much time and money into my passion. I got a comment from a family member saying they feel bad if they got my product else where cause we’re family and I thanked them for supporting me. Their reply was well...

I'm having a hard time remembering the elevator pitch "formula". I think it's something like I solve this problem in this way for this market? I help [x] by [y] for [z]? Anyone know what I'm talking about? I'm having a hard time searching for it because, obviously, I can't remember enough...

I couldn't decide on a fancy title for this post, so here's what I settled on. After spending over 8 months digging deep into software developer salaries, I've got some eye-opening stuff to share. Ever wondered how foreigners and online platforms take advantage of small American businesses with...

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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...

I own a small storage facility company (2 locations) and I recently hired an assistant manager to oversee employees, deal with tenant complaints/concerns/questions, set up and run auctions, and fill in as needed at the front desk. She signed a 90 day probation period form stating that we had the...

I've been using istockphoto, but they are probably one of the most expensive. Any recommendations? Edit: As /@rsanchez353 pointed out, there was a pretty good post about it. User /@gmangoyan recommended this awesome feature of Google Images I didn't know about: Google with the Advanced Search...

Hey folks, As a small business (22 people prior to being acquired), we kicked off a big content marketing effort. Since then our content team has managed to grow our blog to 1 million monthly unique sessions. I put together a guide on it here...

About 18 months ago I purchased a local coffee brand from people I knew in my local business community through networking. The business was 3 years old at the time. I believed I could repackage the product with better design (design is my “day job” as a full-time entrepreneur specializing in...

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 was looking at 401(k)s for my business. I really don’t need it, but more trying to get my personal finances in order, so looking around for the future. We are three people and I’ll probably be the only one using it. I saw Human Interest as an option in Gusto. They have a deal where the $499...