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- Anyone run multiple small businesses?
- I would like to hear some personal stories of starting a new business.
- When to hire someone or stick it out?
- What's your first thought when someone approaches to offer you 100% Free service?
- “If the price is good”. Does that always mean I want cheap?
- Does anyone else NOT use Facebook?
- The hard part...
- Anyone struggling with USPS returning mail from legitimate addresses?
- How do you afford maternity leave as a small business owner? (Texas USA)
- Setting up Biz in Texas as Photographer - Legal protections as LLC / How best to file Taxes
- How much cash to keep in SB checking?
- Multi-market eCommerce Solution
- Advice for answering specialist
- What do you do if you are planning to move in a year but you really want to start a business?
- I need help managing/recording our marketing and advertising contact information. Any program recommendations?
- Soft or Hard Pull for Intuit GoPayment
- I need some t-shirts printed overnight, who can assist with this?
- Are there any softwares/programs/platforms that generate unique conformation numbers for receipts to email out?
- Freelance makeup business questions
- Have any business owners received or were issued business credit cards that they didn't consent to?
- Task/Order Tracking Software for a Production Based Small Company
| Anyone run multiple small businesses? Posted: 13 Jun 2019 01:57 PM PDT I'm thinking about starting two side businesses on the side of my main web development business. I'm getting into photography and I'd love to open up a small lawn care service. I can without a doubt drive business to both niches. The lawn care I'd have to hire some help and would likely have my 19 year old son +1 doing most of the labor. At first I'd expect maybe 15k-20k/year in lawn care revenue and prob 10k in photography services. The photography is more or less and extension of what I already do and I'd likely supplement the first year or two of overhead cost of lawn care with my web design business. Anyone ever tried anything and everything? How'd that work out? Was venturing out taking risk worth it or do you wish you had just put that effort into your main business? [link] [comments]  |
| I would like to hear some personal stories of starting a new business. Posted: 13 Jun 2019 11:47 AM PDT What would you have done differently in your first two years ? What was the best/stupidest decision you made ? How do you approach your clients now compared to your first two years? Have you ever mistreated employees in the beginning and regret how you acted ? What was your biggest struggle? How did you manage a full time job and a side business before you were able to give it 100%? Open conversations Thank you! [link] [comments]  |
| When to hire someone or stick it out? Posted: 13 Jun 2019 09:28 PM PDT Hello everyone. My wife and I run our own business and are looking at expanding. We're looking at purchasing an office or utilizing one of our rental properties as an office. My question is, I'm looking to find a new accountant (which we already have someone in place) and find someone who can make files, take calls and answer emails etc. My question is right now we're both working about 10-12 hours a day. Is it time to hire someone for $15 an hour to make calls etc. which takes me 2-3 hours a day and focus on the real work? Or should I stick it out and keep putting in the hours till I can't anymore. At what point did you guys decide to bring on an assistant or some form of help? I'm okay with working the hours I am now but I know at some point it will be a burn out. Any advice? [link] [comments]  |
| What's your first thought when someone approaches to offer you 100% Free service? Posted: 14 Jun 2019 12:33 AM PDT What is your first thought and reaction when someone approaches to offer you a 100% free tool, service, solution (name it whatever) that can really help your business? Not just 1 time, but long-term. Not like "Hey I plan on starting my business so I'm giving away my services for free, just to build up a portfolio." P.S. Would you be willing to try it? [link] [comments]  |
| “If the price is good”. Does that always mean I want cheap? Posted: 13 Jun 2019 11:47 AM PDT I hear that from customer from time to time and my immediate assumption is they're looking for the cheapest bid. What are your thoughts? [link] [comments]  |
| Does anyone else NOT use Facebook? Posted: 13 Jun 2019 09:19 PM PDT I own a mobile auto detailing business. I started a few months ago and while slow, it's beginning to show growth. A lot of my clients, mostly middle-aged, middle/upper-middle class women, ask what my FB is and I always have to explain to them that I don't use FB. I do use Instagram and regularly post. I decided to try out FB for my business. It's been probably close to a decade since I've had an account and am generally don't like the news about FB that has been coming out lately. I've made two accounts, with two different emails, within the first hour or so of use (uploading logos and photos, adding info, etc.) both accounts were closed or blocked or whatever FB calls it until someone can review the account. It's shit like this that makes me not want to use FB. I understand that it's a great marketing tool and can help generate revenue but if I can't even make an account without it being blocked should I even continue trying to put my business on there? And yes I know Facebook owns Instagram. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 13 Jun 2019 09:06 PM PDT I have to fire someone by myself tomorrow for the first time and I'm feeling really down about it. What are some ways that you've coped with something so hard? Any other pieces of advice? [link] [comments]  |
| Anyone struggling with USPS returning mail from legitimate addresses? Posted: 13 Jun 2019 09:38 AM PDT We recently did a B2B postcard campaign using a prospect list we curated from Google searches. I was disappointed to receive about 20% back from USPS with reasons varying from business closed, forwarding expired, or no address found. Out of curiosity, I did some digging and found that nearly all of them were legitimate addresses. I called many of them to verify their addresses and they all said, "yep! that's us!". I ran a bunch through USPS's own verification website and the addresses were good. I was wondering if anyone else experienced this. We are also getting one-off mail rejects from customers we've had for decades. Just random monthly statements that have gone through dozens and dozens of times. [link] [comments]  |
| How do you afford maternity leave as a small business owner? (Texas USA) Posted: 13 Jun 2019 06:13 AM PDT I see all the time how employers in the US get criticized for providing meager paid vacation, maternity leave, and benefits for their employees. While I think my company does pretty good comparatively speaking in the US for paid time off (15 days + major holidays) and fully paid medical and dental, I am wondering how we can handle maternity leave. We are a very small company of 5 people, soon to be 6. The new hire is a married woman in her early 30's. This led me to wonder how we would handle maternity leave both from an operations standpoint and financially. (This is hypothetical of course, since I have no way of knowing if she is planning on having kids or even wants kids.) As much as I would love to give an employee 3 months of paid maternity leave, I simply cannot afford to pay an employee for 3 months of nothing. We rely on everyone in our company to be billable in order to keep cashflow coming in to cover payroll and expenses. We can swing vacations, but having someone gone for 3 months while still drawing a salary will kill us.
Again, this is hypothetical right now, but I'd like to prepare for the possible situation if it comes up. Sorry this post got so long; thanks for reading this far. [link] [comments]  |
| Setting up Biz in Texas as Photographer - Legal protections as LLC / How best to file Taxes Posted: 13 Jun 2019 05:28 PM PDT I'm setting up a business as a Product/ Real estate photographer and want to establish my business the most cost effective, but protected way possible. I'll be working with local and out of state clients, delivering digital photographs only, as well as charging for my time. I'm thinking of electing to be an LLC and file for tax purposes as a sole proprietor. Does this make sense or are there more cost effective approaches, for example just being a sole proprietor and getting business insurance? I anticipate making 10k the first year, so I may work part time elsewhere to supplement. Next question: When do I charge sales tax, to TX residents? Do I pay franchise tax and how does that work? Does that change if I retain the copyright of the photos? Any advice is appreciated, thank you! [link] [comments]  |
| How much cash to keep in SB checking? Posted: 13 Jun 2019 05:16 PM PDT I have had a small business for a few years, and starting to finally be profitable and grow cash in account. I'm trying to figure out what to move to savings or feel not guilty pulling out. I've read what to keep in my account based on expenses, cash flow, and working capital. Does anybody have more clear to explicit guidance on how much cash to keep in business checking? First time post. Thanks in advance! [link] [comments]  |
| Multi-market eCommerce Solution Posted: 13 Jun 2019 02:25 PM PDT Hi all, I manage B2B sales for a small North American business. We currently use Shopify for both B2B and B2C sales in NA. We're expanding in the very near future to a couple of international markets and Shopify is not going to provide what we need in terms of multiple store-fronts and multi currencies without paying for their Pro version which is more than we'd like to pay. For these international markets we would have inventory in local fulfillment centers. I've been doing some research and it seems like the obvious options are either BigCommerce, TradeGecko, Magento (maybe to expensive?) or Woo Commerce. Another option would be to create additional Shopify stores (their $79/mo) version, however this feels a bit convoluted. TradeGecko was seeming like a solid option with having one platform which can manage multiple B2B stores linked to multiple fulfillment centers, inventory management, invoicing and sales reporting. However we'd require the $199/mo package which is rather pricey. I'd love to hear any advice and opinions? Thanks in advance! [link] [comments]  |
| Advice for answering specialist Posted: 13 Jun 2019 01:44 PM PDT Hello everybody! My family have cleaning company (Texas, USA) and we are trying to find affordable call center. I mean, we already use one, but they are not professional, they already waste couple paid leads. So maybe anyone can PM me for inbound answering specialist with good and affordable plans, please? [link] [comments]  |
| What do you do if you are planning to move in a year but you really want to start a business? Posted: 13 Jun 2019 01:11 PM PDT I'd like to start a local business like lawn care, power washing, car detailing etc but I worry about starting a business and then having to leave it and shut it down when it comes time to move. Would you start a business now in the current city or wait and start one in the city you will be moving to? What would you do in this situation? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 13 Jun 2019 12:53 PM PDT Hey guys, I'm in insurance and would love some help with finding a way to manage/store/record all of the contact info and mailers/email I will be sending as advertisement. We currently use QQ Evolution for our clients/prospects management, but I feel like that is for the next step once they fill out a questionnaire and show interest. I don't want to put thousands of "contact info" in QQ, unless you think that is the way to do it. Any help would be greatly appreciated! PS. This is my father's agency and I'm trying to upgrade EVERYTHING.... eventually.... we're kinda stuck in the early 2000's. Any other advice would be greatly appreciated as well! [link] [comments]  |
| Soft or Hard Pull for Intuit GoPayment Posted: 13 Jun 2019 12:47 PM PDT For those who have signed up recently for any Intuit payment tools, particularly GoPayment, was the credit check a hard pull or a soft pull? Terms say they'll do a credit check. Can't find more details in FAQ and the live chat rep couldn't point to any official policy on it. [link] [comments]  |
| I need some t-shirts printed overnight, who can assist with this? Posted: 13 Jun 2019 03:30 PM PDT Need some 6 shirts total printed and shipped as soon as possible. Who can assist? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 13 Jun 2019 08:11 AM PDT I'm not looking for one with a merchant with credit card transactions. All I'm looking for is a source that can create unique conformation codes so the customer and business know they paid. For example: if the customer paid cash, I want a way to send them an email with a unique conformation number so both parties know the customer paid for the items or service. [link] [comments]  |
| Freelance makeup business questions Posted: 13 Jun 2019 07:30 AM PDT I recently moved to Florida. I have a full time job and I am planning to do freelance makeup for weddings part time this year. I would make from $1,500 to $5,000 total. I discussed this with an accountant recently who suggested an LLC. This way I could pay taxes on the income and write off expenses. He said it would cost me $450 to start the LLC through his office. Does an LLC seem the right path? Does $450 sound accurate or are there cheaper options? I have also heard mention of a DBA. Any advice is appreciated in advance! [link] [comments]  |
| Have any business owners received or were issued business credit cards that they didn't consent to? Posted: 13 Jun 2019 06:41 AM PDT I'm working with a colleague who is collecting stories of this happening. Apparently, it's becoming an issue for small businesses and credit card companies are taking advantage of folks by issuing business cards without the explicit consent of the business. Has anyone encountered this? [link] [comments]  |
| Task/Order Tracking Software for a Production Based Small Company Posted: 13 Jun 2019 05:40 AM PDT Hi there, I work for a small knitting factory and need some help with keeping track of orders. I can say that our setup is pretty basic, orders are sent to us by e-mail, fax or by hand, generally as pdfs, and they're printed out and kept in dossiers. I'm in charge of tracking the orders so I would like to implement a setup that I can use on Windows And iPhone. Any suggestions? I'm thinking of an excel spreadsheet but would love to see if I can get some suggestions or better ideas. [link] [comments]  |
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