small business

I'm in the process of hiring someone to redesign our website and during the contract phase found a provision that they will include a link to their designers page saying "Designed by X". A quick check of 10 companies in our field shows that 9 don't have that and the 1 that does is the worst of...

I’ve already filed my taxes and they were accepted, but I was sent a letter saying I owe my state’s (Wisconsin) department $1300 for not filing a WT-7. Was I supposed to fill this out? I wasn’t prompted to when I filed my taxes? Edit: It’s legitimate because it’s on the official website, and I...

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...

So I run a small pool business and this year I’m trying to blast social media with content! I talked to this one kid who goes to my school and he’s got a drone for videos and a camera. I ask him if could come out to my jobs and get me some content. He is down for it, but he wants $70 a project...

Anyone else get that shitty non committal email they just sent? Like seriously its the worst joke ever. At least wells fargo had the balls to tell me to go somewhere else!!!

Ill probably go local but if the margins are good then I won’t. Quality is very important to me I want all sorts of types. Sweat wicking type of shirts are really what I want to focus on.

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...

I've posted on here a few times but about 3 years ago I inherited my mom's mobile home and r.v park and several rental houses. She did things almost exactly the way my grandma did before her back in the 50s and she had a property manager/maintenance man who has been here 20 years and is not very...

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...

Hi, my friend owns a store, and I occasionally help her make her business grow. I've taken the initiative to add her store to Google/Apple Maps, and I'm wondering how I can increase traffic and make the store more appealing. Our store changes its inventory on a weekly basis. I'm linking both...

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...

ASKING PRICE: $358,800 • $5,000 in inventory • $50,000 in equipment • $28,800 franchise fee • $250,000 in store renovations Royalties: • Revenues $24,999 or below: 0% royalty • Revenues between $25,000 – $29,999: 2% royalty • Revenues between $30,000 – $39,999: 4% royalty • Revenues between...

I am working with some friends on starting a business that helps other small business owners figure out what of software (e.g. accounting, HR, data analytics) to buy and then helps them install it and operate it. Think Gartner but without all the fancy conferences and "white papers". It seems...

This stuff happens infrequently but drives me insane because I don’t know how to rebuttal. I’ve owned a service based business for 7 years now. The payment structure is based on hourly labor. I estimate a range of how long a job will take ex. 10-14 hours. After so many years of doing it I’m...

I will open an LLC for Home Healthcare Agency to provide shift nursing service. I am debating to have just me as the sole owner or list my dad as my partners. My dad can help me with administration work from time to time. I also heard that for a two person LLC is better than just a single...

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

I am looking to establish business credit and would like to know what companies report to Dun & Bradstreet. Do business credit cards ? or big box stores?

This is not directly EIDL/PPP related but I wanted to at least provide some useful information for folks. I've seen some bizarre ratios for Rev/COGS which leads me to believe that people don't fully understand how to calculate it. I also was not sure intending for this to be tax based...

hello family! backstory: my pops opened up a small local store right before covid (i know right) he's done manual labor a long time and wanted to try something different and useful; it actually is located right where a lot of immigrant laborers he'd hire (and pay well) come to stand around in...