You may believe that running a successful business only requires hard work, a great idea and determination, but there is more to it than that. Many businesses that have the potential to succeed don’t, due to a few simple, but easily avoidable missteps.  Nothing tells a potential client that you are an amateur, like communicating [...]

The American Security Council Foundation reports that there are over 891,000 emergency medical service (EMS) personnel, 800,000 police officers, and 1.13 million firefighters in the United States. When you consider that there are over 28 million small businesses in the United States, a considerable portion of those are owned by current or past first responders. [...]

Having no or a low personal credit score can certainly make it difficult to obtain financing. Most mainstream business lenders prefer to provide funding to borrowers with established credit over 680, but these days alternative business capital is abound making it easier for business owners with credit scores down to 550 or even 500 to [...]

According to a recent Small Business Administration (SBA) report, veteran-owned firms represent about 9.1% of all U.S. firms. When you consider that there are over 28 million small businesses in the United States, the number of veteran-owned businesses is staggering. Veterans of the armed services are highly-trained professionals who are conditioned to operate under stressful [...]

Non-profits are tax exempt entities organized under the Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3) as “public charities”. These organizations are created to provide a “public benefit” and generally help improve the communities which they are a part of. Because non-profits are tax exempt and structured differently from organizations that can be taxed, it can be difficult [...]