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The Hiring Tips Your Inland Empire Business Needs
It seems like everywhere SMBs and retailers are short-staffed (and hiring). At the same time, with high inflation plaguing the country, other businesses are in the middle of layoffs.It seems as if these two realities would meet together, and establish an economic...
All About the SSBCI for Inland Empire Business Owners
Fill in the blank: It takes a village to ______.While you’re probably thinking of child-rearing right now, I’d like to suggest that it applies to your Inland Empire small business as well. And particularly during inflationary times. The 2020 world made it painfully...
Inland Empire SMBs: Note These Changing Business Tax Deductions
This year has been a rollercoaster for Inland Empire business owners like you. Heck, the last few years have been. After all of the junk in 2020 and 2021, “inflation” and “supply chain shortages” have been the recent flavor of our wild ride together. Though that said,...
Ursula Garrett’s C Corp Pros and Cons
Before I dive into discussing the pros and cons of a C corp, I briefly want to touch on some other things relevant to you as a Inland Empire small business owner.Recession. The threat of it hangs in the air like a midwest thunderstorm. And as you anticipate it,...
Changing Your Inland Empire Business Structure – A Savings Opportunity?
Prepare, prepare, prepare. As a recession is bearing down on us all, figuring out how to prepare for economic downturns is something you should be concerned with in your Inland Empire business. I know I am.Now, while you and I can’t prepare for every eventuality, we...
Vendor Negotiation Tips for Inland Empire Business Owners
Is your hustle muscle feeling strong right now? I hope so because if your business is going to make it moving forward, it’s going to have to be – at least for somebody on your business team. This inflationary environment virtually demands it (as does a likely...
A Cutting Expenses How-to for Inland Empire Businesses
As a small business owner, you’re battling on a lot of different fronts right now. You’re doing your best to keep employees happy, raise prices without driving away customers, pivot to alternative supply options as your current ones dry up, adjust for changing...
The Art of Raising Prices for Inland Empire Small Businesses
The unfortunate reality of things right now is that businesses across the board might need to raise their prices. Inflation’s increasingly pervasive effects, as well as continued supply shortages, demand that pricing models change – or at least be...
Raises and Inflation: Inland Empire Business Owners, Listen Up
Everywhere I turn there’s a Inland Empire business with a “Now Hiring” sign in the window. Are you seeing this too? Staffing is an issue in every industry across the country. Part of that? Making money isn’t the only reason people want a job. 2020 certainly...