Operating a restaurant can be a great joy, people come to your establishment for good food and relaxation at the end of a long day, and you get to see the satisfaction on their faces after they enjoy a delicious meal in a comfortable setting you created. Any restaurant owner knows that the day-to-day operations [...]

The start of a new year can be both exciting and nerve-racking. It doesn’t necessarily matter how your business did the year before, there is always some level of uncertainty as to what the future will hold. The stock market seems to be heading in the right direction, and talks of a recession have calmed [...]

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 [...]