Yet Another Update Surprise – or not! – the government has made yet another change in Under the most recent update (March 2, 2025), the Treasury Department has announced that it will “not enforce any…
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Copyright and AI
Can you copyright that blog post or article you created with AI? What about the graphics you used AI to generate? The U.S. Copyright Office has just released a report with their opinion on the…
Hiring Minors and Student Interns
Hiring students who are minors to work for you during the summer can be the perfect solution if you need extra help for the season. While it can be hard to find adults to fill…
Self-Employment and Microbusiness Statistics
Are you thinking about freelancing or some other type of full-time or part-time self-employment? Do you dream of owning a microbusiness that employees a few people in addition to yourself? Or do you have a…
How To Fix Small Business Cash Flow Problems
How do you fix cash flow problems in a small business? Solving cash flow problems is a dilemma that many small business owners and self-employed face. Even when the rest of the economy seems OK,…
Timeless Startup Tips
I’ve been my own boss for more than 40 years. During those 40 years, I’ve written books for startups, built a small business content website that reached millions of people a year before another company…
Save Money on Printing Costs
I got a promotional email recently, and above the sender’s signature were the words, “Save a tree, please don’t print.” My immediate reaction was who prints email? With printing costs so high, why would anyone…
Best Wrist Rest Solution
Over the years, I’ve made a number of purchases trying to find the best wrist rest to use with my desktop computer mouse. I’ve tried working without a wrist rest, too. But even though my…
Hiring Older Workers: Advantages, Myths and Strategies
Are you having trouble finding good employees for your small business? If so, hiring older workers could be the way to fill your job openings with experienced, loyal employees. Right now, many industries are experiencing…
Costly Advertising Error
There’s a missing ingredient in the food ad above – an advertising error that cost a lot of money. Can you spot it? It’s one that might have been caused by haste. Productivity and speed…