By Susan Solovic, THE Small Business Expert Editor’s note: This is a sponsored post by UnitedHealthcare; however, all thoughts and opinions are my own. One of the things that has come to light in recent years is how little consumers really understand about health insurance. If you go buy a new car, before you leave […]
By Jessica Stoddard Zyk Every fleet manager faces the daily challenge of monitoring their drivers while they’re on the road. Understanding how your employees behave in the field is the key to keeping your small business’s expenses low and your revenue high. If you rely on driver reports and anecdotal evidence instead of hard, irrefutable […]
It’s that time again when most businesses start to create their budgets for the coming year. To do this, you need to estimate where you think various costs are heading. Here are some projections to help you. Wages. How much of a raise can you expect to give your staff? Obviously this depends on how […]
One of Steve Martin’s best jokes on Saturday Night Live went something like this: “How can you be a millionaire and never pay taxes? First, get a million dollars…” Every small business owner sets out hoping to make good money, but it doesn’t always go that way—especially in the beginning. So the question becomes: How […]