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The Chase Ink Business Cash® Card is a popular small business credit card that earns up to 5% cash back on select category purchases, has a healthy sign-up bonus, and doesn’t charge an annual fee. It’s basically the cash back, no-annual-fee version of Chase Ink Business Preferred®, which has a points-based rewards system and comes with a $95 annual fee.
Many food truck operators are first-time food entrepreneurs looking to start successful small businesses doing what they love: preparing tasty food for hungry folks. But turning your dream of meeting the masses where they eat into a bona fide mobile eatery is no walk in the park. The best food truck operators create and iterate
You love shopping at your local farmers’ market like the good millennial you are. There’s nothing wrong with supporting local growers and craftspeople who make your home region special. Then again, maybe you’re on the wrong side of your weekly farmers’ market transaction. Who’s to say you’re not cut out to sell at your local
Some call it the gig economy. Others call it the peer economy. Others, the collaborative economy, or “collaborative consumption.” Still others, the sharing economy. Tomayto, tomahto. More important than what it’s called is what it is. As Fast Company contributor Rachael Botsman pointed out in a now-classic article on the topic, the sharing economy has
Equity crowdfunding offers a win-win proposition for investors and founders alike. Some equity crowdfunding portals are better than others, however, many with different deal structures and investment minimums. Here are several quality equity crowdfunding sites and investment platforms to consider.
Maybe your personal budget isn’t as generous as you’d like it to be. Perhaps you’re getting tired of your nine-to-five grind. Or maybe you just want to earn some extra spending money. There are plenty of side hustles for folks in your shoes, from legitimate ways to make money from home, to part-time and seasonal jobs that put cash in your
Last year, my wife and I moved back to the major city we’d left four years before. In the intervening years, we’d lived in three separate dwellings in two smaller communities, moving an average of once per year. During the second half of our time away, I left the restaurant management job I’d cultivated for the previous
Early-stage businesses face myriad challenges. Startup competitions, sometimes known as pitch competitions or business plan competitions, address several: attracting startup capital, building investor and advisor networks, raising visibility in the marketplace, iterating business models and plans, and uncovering new ways to cut business costs. Directly or indirectly, these benefits all accrue to startup competitors’ bottom lines.
I have many fond memories of my high school business class. This is mostly because the teacher was knowledgeable and engaging – and pretty much a walking caricature of a high school business teacher, right down to the bow tie. But the curriculum was useful too, a mix of commonsense personal budgeting strategies and basic lessons in macro- and
Franchising can mitigate many of the problems that bedevil less experienced entrepreneurs, especially those who value external support and don’t want to sink or swim based on an unproven business concept. Learn if franchising a business the right approach for you here.
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) was a seminal piece of legislation that established minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment laws in the U.S. Learn about the act’s origins, the protections it grants, changes since its inception, and why it still matters today.
Etsy has long been the sales platform of choice for independent artisans. But while selling on Etsy remains lucrative for many, it has its drawbacks. Fortunately, independent craftspeople have dozens of alternative e-commerce platforms to choose from. Which is the right fit for you?
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