Anyone who works out of a home office knows that it can be a lonely place. At home, the trivial interactions that break up most people’s workdays—chats around the copy machine, birthday cake in the break room—are in short supply.
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May 12, 2011
Can you or can’t you take the home office deduction? This is one of the most vexing questions faced by home-based business owners.
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May 12, 2011
Few people in the business world look down on home-based companies these days. But if a potential client balks because of your firm’s lack of size or real estate, use your smallness (and your homeyness) to your advantage.
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May 12, 2011
One reason the home office workday stretches into an exhaustive 12 hours rather than merely a weary 10 is because we’re so easily distracted.
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May 12, 2011
The economy is tight. Customers are tight-fisted. Many micro-business owners are eyeing that monthly check for the lease of their commercial office and thinking of a thousand better uses for the money.
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May 12, 2011
Not having the proper home office insurance — or under insuring your home-based business — can put you at a big risk.
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May 12, 2011
What’s the fastest way to double the size of your home-based business? Hire your first employee. But while you’ll now have additional help, you can also double your headaches if you don’t hire the right person for your home office.
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May 12, 2011
The National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE) signs letter in support of Senate Amendment 299, the Small Business Regulatory Freedom Act of 2011.
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May 03, 2011
The way you handle billing could be costing you money. An independent study funded by Intuit in 2008 found that America’s small businesses wait for $33 billion in overdue payments each year.
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May 02, 2011
A photography studio. A financial education firm. A computer repair company. Each of these micro-businesses—plus 14 more—were awarded an NASE Growth Grant in 2010.
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May 02, 2011