Budgeting and Expenses: Making Sure Your Money Stays Your Money

There is a trap out there, that it is all too easy for even the most motivated, self starting individual to fall in to without a little pre-planning. The most successful business in the world, be it a...

Fall Behind and Fall Down: Paying Promptly Promises Prosperity

I’m sure most of us have been in the situation I’m about to describe. You’re low on money and it’s about time for all your bills to come due. You’ve got just enough to scrape by and get...

Crisis Management: When Things Go Very Wrong

Crisis management is a topic that has come up in several forms on my blog before. We've talked about using great customer service to avert disaster, how to properly deal with debtors, building rainy-day funds, and even creating...

What Do You Want From Your Business?

I've spoken at length about "how" to start a business. That is, after all, the primary focus of this blog. But one thing I haven't really spoken about is "why." Not why you want to start your own...

Winter Is Coming

Looking at the current weather report, perhaps I should have titled this article "Winter Is Here", but it just doesn't have the same ring to it (nor does it reference Game of Thrones, which is where I shamelessly...