But Don’t Take Any Wooden Ones…
Yesterday ( June 15th) was the quarterly tax deadline. Joyce Rosenberg wrote a great article highlighting the need of self-employed and small business owners to set aide 30-4% of their income quarterly for tax payments. Below is an excerpt. ESTIMATED TAXES Because employees have their taxes withheld from their paychecks, most don’t need to worry [...]
The problem with Obama’s plan for small business is that the definition is wrong. Most businesses are small businesses according to the Small Business Administration. The term “microbusiness” has yet to catch on, but the truth is that there are a lot of self employed sole proprietors who need help keeping their businesses afloat. From [...]
Canopy Financial has an iPhone app where you find out local health care costs and manage health saving accounts. Canopy mobile will let you know what are your out of pocket expenses and give information on deductibles. This is great information to have so that people can decide on the most cost efficient use of [...]
Kasasa works with community banks and credit unions to create free checking ans saving accounts for consumers. Kasasa does all the marketing and creative. Kasasa is a product of BancVue/FirstROI. Kasasa Tunes free stuff from iTunes. The guys from Kasasa had a great presentation even if it was a little corny. Helping the smaller local [...]
Daily Candy has teamed up American Express Open for a contest to help local small business owners in New York City. clipped from www.dailycandy.com Need some help with your clientele? You’re in luck. DailyCandy is partnering with American Express OPEN to offer the American Express OPEN Challenge, with a chance to win a DailyCandy New [...]
Consider taking a course this fall to help you in your business. clipped from www.dallasnews.com An entrepreneur mystified by accounting or putting a marketing plan together can get help. Colleges and universities offer a variety of courses aimed at small business owners, and many cost little or nothing. Some courses are on campus, while others [...]
Tornadoes, power outages and other natural disasters can wreak havoc on your business. Protect your most important assets-your people and your data. Make sure to have insurance on your business, and consider increasing deductible on insurance policy when you purchase new and expensive equipment to cover expense in case of loss. clipped from www.pe.com A [...]
Need to convert expenses from one currency to another: Use Oanda. It’s been mad busy over in the Keeping Nickels colony with me being me both the queen bee and the worker bee. I want to thank my clients, editors and partners in my projects for being patient as I continue to juggle and make [...]
Marci Alboher has a great post on her Shifting Careers blog which gives 5 tips on time management. Tame the Email Beast. [Have you read Bit Literacy?] Eliminate unnecessary meetings. [Sometimes a meeting isn't necessary when there is nothing but a recap or review] Put up boundaries. [Get off the IM/Facebook/Google Chat when you have [...]
Did the Kiwis create a Quickbooks killer? I got an email yesterday about Xero.com which was developed by a group of guys from New Zealand.
June 16, 2010
Nichelle Stephens
