by Deborah Sweeney | Featured Contributor Few small business owners willingly break the law, but making sure everything you do is completely legal can be tough. You may know what permits and licenses you need, but there are less-obvious ways you could be breaking the law – like in your email marketing. Commercial email is […]
by Deborah Sweeney | Featured Contributor Finding a lawyer can be pretty intimidating for anyone that runs a small business. Before I bought my company MyCorporation, I actually worked as an attorney specializing in intellectual property law, so I know what it feels like to be on both sides of the desk. Because of my […]
by Deborah Sweeney | Featured Contributor Most websites collect information on their visitors to help target markets, track trends, and create effective advertising. It’s still up to the business to protect any information it stores, and to be open and honest with what it does with that information. If you’re running a small business, this […]
by Deborah Sweeney | Featured Contributor Over the last four years, Pinterest has transformed itself from start-up oddity into a social media powerhouse that is valued at $3.8 Billion. As the site grew, many began to wonder if it would redefine social marketing like Facebook and Twitter had. So far, it seems it has – […]
You’d be hard-pressed to meet an entrepreneurially-minded woman who doesn’t consider Etsy to be an incredible haven for business. 79% of all Etsy may be women, according to reports. And, because so many owners see their Etsy shop (whether full-time or side hustle) as a legitimate business, one of the most common questions they have […]
by Deborah Sweeney | Featured Contributor No matter how big or small the company is, there is nothing more frightening for a business than being audited. Auditors are the small business bogeymen, and everyone has a story about a friend of a friend who was hit with an audit and wound up paying out the […]
by Deborah Sweeney | Featured Contributor Money is the lifeblood of business. It doesn’t matter how passionate you are or how good your idea is, if you don’t have any money, your business is dead in the water. Now, I understand that talking candidly about money can be considered a bit taboo. Income and budgets […]
by Deborah Sweeney | Featured Contributor Expansion into a new city is simultaneously exciting and trying for any small business owner. You’ll naturally be excited to try your hand at a different market and grow your business, but expanding requires a heavy investment of both time and money with no guarantee that your business will […]
by Deborah Sweeney, CEO of MyCorporation.com Most people tend to feel a bit lethargic around December. The year is drawing to a close, and holiday plans take us away from the worries of business. The owners of start-ups often approach the end of the year as the end of the first chapter of their […]
by: Deborah Sweeney, CEO of MyCorporation.com A business partnership is a very unique sort of relationship. Not only do business partners have to work through the usual disagreements and disputes that all people in relationships go through, but they have to do so while running a new company. Their livelihoods are tied up in this […]
