Small Business Resource

Ellen St. George Godfrey coaches entrepreneurs who are decision makers in their small businesses. Her focus in on the “behind the business” skills of running an effective and responsive business and she uses a measurement system in her process. Eli’s clients benefit from her psychology background as they set goals, clarify business vision, eliminate negative habits, improve interpersonal communication skills, and develop personalized accountability systems. How is Eli different from other coaches? She does short term coaching ….

Writen by David BurgessOwners and managers of small businesses frequently fail to adequately address legal issues. This failure may stem from being busy with other matters, unaware of or insensitive to legal concerns, or reluctant to spend the money to hire an attorney. Unfortunately, such businesses may end up incurring substantial expenses or liabilities that could have been avoided with good legal planning.Following are ten key legal mistakes frequently made by small businesses:1. Failure to Prepare Corporate Minutes.

Writen by Lance WinslowI ran a franchise company for many years, a car wash franchise, and we use to get the most ridiculous franchise buyers who thought they wanted a franchise. It seems we had to deal with these Kookoo birds because they have consumer rights and the Federal Trade Commission, which looks over franchising goes out of their way to let these consumers get away with these tall tales.We had a potential franchise buyer wish to buy a franchise in Peachtree, GA.

When does a virtual office set-up make sense … and for whom? For example …. using virtual office packages from Packet8 or iTeleCenter. Small businesses and home offices appear to be the best candidates (improved cost effectiveness, “big time” presence and reach, and efficiencies gained) … true or false? Short answer … true.As for when it makes sense … and for whom?I would say a virtual office set-up makes sense when you need to be mobile and can actually add more value by doing so, i.e.

Writen by Bill KnightMany sole traders and small business owners in the UK are oblivious to the insider dealings of HMRC, formerly known as the Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise.Many seem to think that because their businesses are very small, the “Tax Man” will not notice them. How wrong they are. HMRC have the most state-of-the-art technology at their disposal and are very much aware of the activities of individual traders.

Writen by Alicia HarperThe homepage of your website is your potential customer’s first glimpse into your business. It is extremely important that, that first glimpse is the right one. Let’s imagine you are the owner of a top notch hunter/jumper facility in your area. Would you want your viewer’s to think you were some kind of backyard breeder? I doubt it. You would want your viewers to know about your large cross country course, your grand prix jumper course and state of the art facilities.

Writen by Roy DeBruleThe story is told of a tiger chasing some goats to catch one for dinner. During the chase the tiger is injured and as she is dying, gives birth to a tiger cub. The goats had never seen a baby tiger before, so they stopped running to watch and decided to make the motherless cub a member of the goat herd.As the cub grew, he couldn’t quite get the hang of being a goat.