I don’t do my own accounting for my business – I hire a professional firm to do that for me. I have a lawyer who deals with any contracts or legal issues that I encounter. For marketing, I go to a company that specializes in that. For business advice and software consulting, I hire myself. [...]
When working with small companies, and in particular, when it is an individual doing the work, there is often a significant amount of work that is done informally. An email is sent, responded to, some phone calls exchanged, and the work begins. The terms may or may not be clear to everyone involved, the expectations [...]
What is the most interesting connection made through your network that resulted in a contract or a sale? We all know the benefit of networking, but I was wondering just how remote a connection other people have found to have landed them a job.
I was reading a question on Answers OnStartup from someone who was not happy with his founders agreement, and wanted to know his options for renegotiating. The agreement made was as follows: I early on pushed for getting an operating contract agreed to by all three because I intuitively believed “make things explicit” would prevent [...]
Elie Kochman is the author of Advice for Small Business Owners and the founder of Optimal Upgrade Consulting. Using his experience working in the corporate world along with his exposure to the world of small businesses, he writes these articles to assist others avoiding common pitfalls of growing a business. His experience in the corporate world, building his own business, and working directly with other growing businesses has given him some perspective on the trials and pains of running a business.
