Business Advice

Business Advice

Business Advice

Are you thinking about starting your own business? Maybe you want to quit your job and make your side hustle a full-fledged company. Perhaps you're just curious about how much work goes into starting a business.  No matter where you...
Businesses generally know: Doing business in 2022 means dealing with litigious customers, vendors, employees and others. But businesses, especially those less experienced with litigation, do not always understand what that means. Unfortunately litigation cannot be wished away or ignored, often...

Is Your Business Loan-Ready?

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You have a great idea for a business and are ready to put in some hard work. Or maybe you've already started a small business, and now you need funding to reach your company's full potential. Applying for a...
Employers often have dress codes for their employees, especially if those employees are public-facing and interact with customers. However, like any employment policy, a dress code can cause an employer headaches if the employer does not enforce the policy...
A social enterprise is an organization – either for-profit or nonprofit – that is committed to a social mission, while also following the market-driven approach and financial principles needed to run a sustainable business. In other words, if you’re...
The increasing movement to cell phones and away from landline phones presents significant marketing opportunities. It also presents a host of legal challenges.  Per the National Center for Health Statistics, as of June 2020, less than 1% of U.S. households with...
As part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) provided loans to businesses to keep their workforce employed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Backed and run by the Small Business Administration (SBA), the...
You have let an underperforming or even bad acting employee go. Should you oppose their application for unemployment benefits? Of course, it depends on the individual situation, but there are some common considerations, some of them not always obvious to...