As the April 15 tax deadline looms closer, small business owners often resolve to improve the way they organize and manage their financial and tax records to make tax preparation less painful. Here are 8 tips you can implement to reduce tax-time stress. Ask your tax preparer. Your tax preparer may already have a systemRead more
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Chris Meissner One of my priorities as 2018 Chair will be to work closely with Bruce Stenslie as the EDC-VC enhances communication and support for the growing network of organizations and programs that support our developing entrepreneurial community. A 2006 poll by MasterCard of small business owners around the world indicated that the primary motivationRead more
Chris Meissner Carmen Ramirez Peter Zierhut Chris Meissner, president and CEO, Meissner Filtration Products was installed as 2018 chair of the Economic Development Collaborative-Ventura County’s board of directors at the organization’s 21st Annual Meeting. He is joined on the executive board by Oxnard Mayor Pro Tem Carmen Ramirez as vice chair and Peter Zierhut ofRead more
The Employment Development Department (EDD) has announced that workers, business owners and self-employed individuals who lost their jobs or had their work hours reduced as a result of the Southern California wildfires, floods and mudslides now have until March 19, 2018 to file for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA). The previous deadline was February 20. DUARead more
Healthy local businesses are essential to a healthy community. Here are some tips on how to help your business be more successful locally, be visible to your local community and help support other local businesses. FIND LOCAL RESOURCES FAST! Successful businesses need to know their community. Make sure you have a business license and haveRead more
As a business owner, negotiating sales terms, purchases and service contracts is part of your day-to-day life. But when it comes to securing retail space, an office lease or industrial workshop, you may not feel as confident in your negotiating skills. Here are some guidelines to help you navigate negotiations: EDUCATE YOURSELF ON THE CURRENTRead more
The business plan process helps you think through all parts of your business, establish a solid foundation and puts you in a position for business growth. The parts of the business plan that you can’t do or are hard for you, are the areas where you need professional help. Here are some tips for creatingRead more
Being prepared is one of the best things you can do for your business. Statistics show that one in four businesses forced to close because of a disaster never reopen, but there are ways to prevent that. In developing a plan for how to stay open during a disaster, you insure a better rebuilding andRead more
There are many steps to becoming an entrepreneur. Before starting a business on your own there are several things you should consider. To begin with you should evaluate your business idea. Here are some tips to get you started. TAKE A SURVEY: DO YOU HAVE THE SKILLS AND PERSONALITY TO SUCCEED? Successful entrepreneurs tend toRead more
As many business owners from California to the Caribbean found out the hard way in 2017, business interruption insurance can be as vital to your business’s survival as fire and other hazard insurance. When a business has to close down, whether the cause is a fire in the building or a wide-spread disaster, cash flowRead more
