Martin Luther King Day has become a day of service for many communities and individuals.  It made me think: what are businesses doing to give back? One strong Triangle trend is social entrepreneurship and its related focus on the triple bottom line.  

Small business owners in the Triangle are invited to attend a free corporate legal clinic on Friday, October 28, 2011, sponsored by the Durham County Bar Association, North Carolina Lawyers for Entrepreneurs Assistance Project (NC LEAP) and the Small Business Center at Durham Technical Community College.

Guest post by Annemarie Cleary What a week we just had in Virginia!  An earthquake, a hurricane with flooding, and swamp fire smoke all in one week.  If last week didn’t convince you to review, or prepare for the first time, a Business Continuity Plan (BCP), then the approaching ten-year anniversary of 9/11 should spur [...]

A recent blog at The Entrepreneurial Mind discussed  when extreme bootstrapped startups need to spend money on their first big-ticket items: office space and employees.  While I appreciate a controlled burn rate and spending as much as anyone,  entrepreneurs who are most likely to succeed establish relationships with their business attorney, CPA, banker, and commercial [...]

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (i.e., the Health Care Reform Law or the Health Insurance Reform Law) was passed March 23, 2010. It included a number of tax credits to small employers to defray the costs of providing additional insurance coverage. The Internal Revenue Service issued rules Monday regarding these tax credits. The [...]

One of my favorite sites, Women Entrepreneur, gives some specific examples of how your business attorney can save your bacon through annual legal checkups: http://www.womenentrepreneur.com/2009/12/your-biz-needs-an-annual-legal-physical.html