Business Tips
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September 10, 2024 at 2:00pm
Despite progress in gender equality among most sectors of society, women-owned businesses still face unique challenges in the marketplace. One way to try and overcome these obstacles is through customer-facing business certifications. These independent, third-party evaluations can play a big role in boosting your credibility with potential lenders and customers alike. -
September 10, 2024 at 12:00pm
Here are seven key insights to guide your journey to becoming the next unicorn. -
September 10, 2024 at 9:00am
For chef Tolu Erogbogbo, being a billionaire is about mindset — not just money. -
Navigating the New Exemption Laws: Essential Tips for Small Businesses
July 31
These changes affect executive, administrative, and professional employees. Here’s what you need to know to stay compliant and ensure your business is prepared. To determine if you or your employees qualify for this, please refer to the DOL website: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/overtime/rulemaking. -
July 19, 2024 at 8:00am
Boost your clients’ financial performance! Learn a 5-step coaching framework & powerful questions for SBDC advisors to excel in financial coaching.
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July 2, 2024 at 8:00am
Can’t make it to the gym? House Call Personal Training brings personalized fitness to your home. Transform your health with expert guidance and tailored workouts.
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June 28, 2024 at 2:00pm
The Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship provides a hands-on, engaging program designed to bring entrepreneurial and economic concepts alive for students. The lessons related to the Pennsylvania Core Curriculum of English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies incorporate the basic economic and entrepreneurial concepts for the students. These are the future leaders of […]
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June 24, 2024 at 8:00am
Kourney Post started Bakety Bake in 2018, just after having her 4th baby as a way to earn extra income and be creative. It began as a home-based bakery, where she sold custom decorated sugar cookies. After baking and decorating thousands of sugar cookies, she found the market was really lacking a meringue powder for […]
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June 20, 2024 at 8:00am
DEVILS LAKE – Helping address the pressing issue of a shortage in child care providers, Margy Prozinski has created an invaluable asset for the community of Devils Lake and surrounding area with her business, Joyful Beginnings Child Care & Preschool. Margy loves watching children learn and grow. She’s had a passion for working with children […]
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HR Minute for February 2024
February 9
Although it is being challenged in both Congress and the courts, I still recommend small businesses review and prepare for compliance with DOL expectations https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/flsa/misclassification. Note that the sub-directory title “misclassification” is a strong clue to the continued focus for regulatory oversight. -
Texas Comptroller Changes ‘No Tax Due’ Reporting for 2024
January 9
The term “franchise tax” may be confusing for business owners, especially if their business is not a franchise. Franchise Tax is a privilege tax imposed on each taxable entity and a “franchise” is the right granted to an entity to market their goods or services. -
Cybersecurity: Two Factor or Multifactor Authentication, A Necessary Step
October 30
Some of this is because cracking passwords isn’t all that difficult in most cases. To avoid providing access to your bank or credit card accounts, or to other sources of sensitive information, the companies are striving to ensure that only authorized individuals are accessing those accounts or information. In short, it is just a way of making sure that the owner of the login is the one accessing the account or information. -
Cybersecurity: Passwords Matter
September 21
Another responsibility is security. This responsibility is a big one and encompasses a lot more than some realize. Physical security is something that everyone is familiar with and probably comfortable with. It involves everything from door locks to alarm systems. It is generally easy to implement and not hard to remember to do. It used to be enough. -
Do These Three Steps Before Establishing Your Business Brand Identity
August 9
There are countless things to consider when starting a business. Which structure should I pick? Where do I find suppliers? How do I secure financing? Those are all very important, and often daunting, questions to answer while planning out your business concept and operations. -
Hitting Your Target Market
July 6
For example, it is fairly obvious that an infant and children’s clothing boutique will target parents and grandparents with infants and children that are within a certain age range. For the business to succeed there must be enough parents and grandparents to generate sufficient demand for such clothing and an evaluation of the competitions strength and the number of competitors. -
Promote Your Business with the Go Texan Program
June 1
The Go Texan program is a Texas Department of Agriculture initiative dedicated to identifying and supporting Texas-based businesses and connecting them with customers across the Lone Star State and around the world. The Go Texan program is dedicated to showcasing the diversity and quality of Texas – based businesses. Their efforts support business growth opportunities through developing new sales, establishing partnership relationships and encouraging customers to seek out the iconic Go Texan mark when making purchases. -
But they only worked for me for a week...
April 3
While the length of time the employee has worked may have an impact on an employer’s financial liability for an unemployment claim, it does not completely absolve the employer from the responsibility to respond to the claim. -
Keep Your Business Safe
October 13
All you wanted to do was open a small business on Main Street, or one that operates from home, selling your goods or services. -
Cash Flow Problems?
August 24
Inadequate cash flow is the number one problem for some businesses. Cash flow can be described as how cash moves or “flows” from the time the business pays for the expense of cost of goods or service (cash out) until the time it is collected by the business from the customer (cash in). -
Marketing and Advertising
August 18
When it comes to marketing and advertising your business, it is easy to fall back on colloquial phrases as justification for not being willing to try different techniques or channels. -
Using e-Commerce In a Post Pandemic Market
August 2
If the pandemic taught us all anything, it is that there is more than one way to serve customers. -
Curbside
July 7
As the COVID numbers continue to decrease, and Governor Abbott recalled the mask mandate, it seems businesses are getting back to normal. But what does “normal” really look like after all the challenges the small business community has faced over the past 18 months. -
Employee Service
June 15
I really enjoy reading the posts on Facebook of a high school principal. I know several educators and am “friends” with them on Facebook. However, not one of them is more active on Facebook and Twitter than he is. In fact, it would be fair to say that he is more active than my own school-age children are. -
The Business Factory-San Angelo’s Small Business Incubator
June 10
Business incubation started in 1959 in New York when an old Massey-Ferguson farm implement plant closed. -
Covid-19 & The Winter Storm
March 26
2021 has been a rough start for Texas’s small businesses. Covid-19 and the winter storm affectionately referred to as “Sno-vid” has packed quite a punch for west Texas and the Concho Valley. -
Small Business Assistance Continues with the New Administration
March 18
It is no secret that over the past year businesses have suffered in many ways due to the many tolls COVID-19 has taken on the economy. Our communities and businesses are starting to mend; however many small businesses are still struggling financially. -
Hitting Your Target Market
March 3
For any new business it is imperative that they understand their target market and that they know who their target market is. For some business and industries, this is easily determined. For others, it is more difficult. -
Top Things To Know About the Paycheck Protection Program
March 1
The COVID-19 pandemic took our economy on a roller-coaster ride in 2020, and in 2021 we are still feeling the pains and strains from that ride. The introduction of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) in March of 2020 was a lifeline to many small businesses who were struggling due to the pandemic. In late December, Congress tossed another lifeline to small business again with more flexibility in use and some clarifications in hopes to get small businesses back on their feet. Here are a few things you need to know about the PPP. -
Collaboration versus Competition
February 3
If there is one thing the pandemic has forced businesses to do is to think outside the traditional business box. Under the circumstances, getting a leg up on the competition has become more irrelevant and surviving has become the top priority. -
Economic Aid Act
January 22
Newly Issued Pandemic Relief Bill Provides Additional Financial Resources to Small Businesses