Government Bodies & Offices

I recently attended the BizTech Small Business event here in San Francisco where local entrepreneurs and tech startup owners met to network, exchange ideas, and ask questions of representatives of the SBA, Wells...

In Utah, gold and silver coins might become acceptable as legal tender. In addition to accepting gold and silver as legal tender, Utah's bill also arranges for a study on whether or not...

Most self employed individuals are required to make estimated tax payments. Understand the basic requirements to make estimated payments and how to do so

It's been a year since the president signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law, and it's time to take stock of what it has meant for small businesses.

Differences in generational expectations further complicate how your business sets the bar for sizing up new employees.

Prudence? Sure. Due diligence? Of course. But in business, if you want to distinguish yourself from the average, you have to trust your judgment – absolutely have to!

Beware of "guaranteed" government grant awards that require your business to pay an up-front fee. This is a sure sign there's a scam artist at work -- and you're the target.

Can monopolistic Internet providers be trusted to continue delivering services at low cost and high speeds to all, without government regulations?

NEVER, EVER let your editors be the last people who handle your proposal. Always, always carefully go over their redlines to ensure that they didn’t change the meaning, or spell out the acronyms...

Poor document stewardship can lead to identity theft and breach of privacy claims.

Odysseas Papadimitriou, the CEO and founder of CardHub.com, believes that adding annual fees to accounts in good standing is wrong, and that such fees should be treated as interest charges.

The IRS announced a new policy that allows taxpayers to get tax liens off their credit reports. But does it go far enough?

It’s not just an inane bumpersticker. It’s a smart business strategy.

Reasonable people can have reasonable differences over the new healthcare law, but it's hard to argue against the positive effect provisions like tax credits will have on small businesses-our nation's chief job creators-and...

Are you aware of your consumer rights? Learn the five ways you can empower yourself during National Consumer Protection Week.

Government agencies and companies like Alibaba.com promote global business as a huge opportunity for small companies. The Entrepreneurship in the Global Marketplace conference at Stanford University tried to show how to actually take...

On the other hand, if you’re game and you can come up with something really clever, you can beat the critics at their own game.

Increasingly, businesses are adopting eco-friendly strategies, both to lower costs and to benefit the environment.