Category Archives: Small Business
What’s With Banks Unexpectedly Closing Down Small Business Accounts?
Small business owners learn early on to roll with the punches. Your shipment of crab meat didn’t come in today? Sell lobster rolls and call it a house special. Your French fry cook didn’t show up today? Put on your hair net and your apron and get to frying? The cash register doesn’t have… Read More »
HVAC Disputes and Commercial Leases
Most people cannot afford to buy the apartments, houses, and commercial units where they live and work, but renting is not a perfect situation. Everything is fine when all of the appliances and utilities in the rented space are functioning well, but when something malfunctions, the disagreements begin. Tenants do not always have the… Read More »
Can Artificial Intelligence Help Your Small Business Operate More Efficiently
Despite the stereotype that entrepreneurs only care about money, most business owners will tell you that the most rewarding part of operating a small business is the human interactions, the opportunities to connect on a human level with such a wide variety of people. No matter what kind of products or services your company… Read More »
Social Media Influencer Agreements and Breach of Contract Disputes
Cranky old journalists like to make it sound like being a social media influencer is not a real job. Whether the products that influencers provide, namely videos and other content formats that promote brands, are beneficial to society is a matter of opinion, but from a legal standpoint, social media influencers are just like… Read More »
Getting Out of a Business Partnership
Entrepreneurs thrive on the constantly shifting alliances of business entities and partners. Many successful business people have bought and sold ownership interest in multiple companies over the course of their careers; they may have even established some new business entities, alone or with partners, or dissolved some business entities. The breakup of business partnerships… Read More »
How Can Small Ecommerce Businesses Compete With the Big Guys?
The COVID-19 pandemic did not break us entrepreneurs, but it taught us things about ourselves that we didn’t know. Entrepreneurship always requires you to adapt to changing conditions, and local businesses that were able to pivot to ecommerce during the pandemic managed to attract a new clientele while keeping the old one. Of course,… Read More »
Can Third Party Logistics Services Help Your Small Business?
Entrepreneurship blogs will tell you that there are $10 per hour tasks, such as printing shipping labels and sticking them on boxes, $100 per hour tasks, such as making a promotional video for your new product, and $1,000 per hour tasks, such as negotiating a long-term deal with a new client. They will encourage… Read More »
The No Surprises Act, Two Years On
It is rare to hear good news these days about the physical or financial health of the American public, or especially about the cost of healthcare, but a recent report by the Urban Institute offers an optimistic view of the No Surprises Act, which was signed into law in 2021 and went into effect… Read More »
How Is Your Restaurant Coping With Initiative 82?
Initiative 82, which will phase out the tipped minimum wage in Washington, D.C.by raising it gradually over the next several years, aims to help restaurant servers and other employees who derive a significant portion of their income from customer tips. The Washington, D.C. area is one of the most expensive places to live in… Read More »
Subchapter V Can Help Small Businesses Restructure Their Debt
In personal finance, “debt” and “bankruptcy” are dirty words. People often try to avoid filing for personal bankruptcy unless they have no other choice. In business, however, debt is just a normal part of life. Personal financial goals are usually about saving for the future so that there is something left for your descendants… Read More »