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The slow descent of the small business

I was reading a WSJ OpEd piece that hit home for me.  Robert Wilmers of M&T Bank had the stats that I suspected but pulled them together.   According to the Bureau of Labor Statics, since 2009 the pace of small business start-ups has fallen to the lowest...

Promoting yourself or the business

I have run into a number of situations where an individual should be promoting themselves, yet seem to be promoting the company wrapper they currently have about their shoulders.   I know a realtor form a networking group, when I was a member of the group he...

G-mail and business

A hundred years ago,  when I started this business, I met with an entrepreneur who told me in no uncertain terms to lose the Hotmail e-mail address. If I wanted to be treated as a professional I should present myself as a professional.  Like I said, it was a hundred...
Republican individual taxes proposal

Republican individual taxes proposal

According to Kiplinger the Republicans are starting to position themselves for the “goring of the bulls” tax plan that I was informed would occur for 2017.   Kiplinger is attempting to present this as a positive, but if the details that were shared with me...
Republican business taxes proposal

Republican business taxes proposal

According to Kiplinger the Republicans are starting to position themselves for the “goring of the bulls” tax plan that I was informed would occur for 2017.   The plan that Kiplinger lays out would have C-Corporations pay tax at a flat 20% rate, down from the 35%...
Start-up mistakes

Start-up mistakes

I was having a chat with a banker who was rolling his eyes when we were talking about some start-ups that were looking for loans and lines of credit. Now he is an aggressive banker who is always looking for new clients and enjoys assisting clients get those loans and...

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