Category: Success Tips

Selling Home-Baked Goodies? Make Sure You Do Your Homework.

Do enjoy cooking or baking? Perhaps the apple pie recipe your Grandmother handed down gets rave reviews every time you make it? Maybe your friends have suggested you consider selling your tasty delights and the idea intrigues you. Before long you start envisioning yourself as the next Mrs. Fields. But before you get too involved, it’s not as easy as whipping together some flour, sugar, butter and eggs. If you don’t do your homework, you may end up in hot water.

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Is Your Small Business Prepared For a Natural Disaster?

Major snow storms have paralyzed parts of the country so far this year. Thousands of people have been left without power. Many small businesses had to close for several days. Yet despite the prevalence of natural disasters recently, research from Alibaba.com shows 74% of American small businesses do not have a disaster preparedness plan, and 84% do not have any natural disaster insurance. More than one third don’t know how quickly they can get back on their feet after a natural disaster.

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