As a new small business owner, you need to give some thought to protecting yourself. Your first step is to talk to your insurance agent or broker about your options. At some point, depending upon ... |
As a new business owner, you'll need to purchase insurance coverage appropriate to your business. First, you need to identify what your business insurance needs will be. The best way to do that is by ... |
Patents, trademarks, and copyrights are collectively known as intellectual property and generally refer to the rights associated with intangible knowledge or concepts. Intellectual property may be a ... |
Some anonymous statistician working for your Uncle Sam recently divined that a new small business is started every 10 seconds. And, what's more, few live to their first birthday. Why do some ... |
Success is measured differently depending on which stage of maturation your business is in. The three basic stages on the road to success are: |
A startup business, in its infancy, concentrates on: |
The first stage in a business's life was infancy. The next stage is a state of survival, and it could take anywhere from a month or five years to reach this ... |
Okay, you're past the "ma and pa" stage (the first two stages in a business's life are infancy and survival). This ... |
Wherever you are on the road to success, you can dodge the unhappy consequences of some of the more common mistakes that cause the early demise of new ventures by continually watching out for ... |
Some of the most common pitfalls in business can be avoided if you pay attention to some simple security precautions. Get in the habit of: |
