Archive for the ‘small business’ Category

A Break From Our Regular Programming to Support #OnlyBurger

Local gourmet food truck Only Burger is aspiring to be a contestant on the Great Food Truck Race, a reality show on Food Network.  Vote Here.

 

Do You Want Text With That?

I’ve been thinking about communication lately.  Many people don’t like to talk on the phone anymore.  As more and more people get smart phones, the number of voice minutes used has stayed the same, while the data usage is skyrocketing. 

 

Are Women Business Owners at a Disadvantage to Men?

Do women business-owners really have less access to capital than men?

 

Penny-Wise, Pound Foolish: When Price Doesn’t Matter

When we bought our house, a partially renovated REO property, I worked closely with our insurance agent to create an insurance policy based on the actual features of the house.   I didn’t choose the cheapest home-owners policy, but the one that would allow us to rebuild what we had in the event of a worst-case [...]

 

Before You Lose Your Friend and Your Money…

If you lend money to a friend, expect to lose the friend and the money. And in North Carolina, if you help a friend buy a house, you could also be committing a class 3 misdemeanor.

 

Health Reform: Part Two is About Taxes

In a previous post, John Vandenhoff briefly talked about the new Healthcare legislation which was signed into law (H.R. 4872 the Healthcare and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Reconciliation Act, P.L. 101-152)) (the “Healthcare Act”) and described a couple of the major individual mandates contained within that Act.