Today is a special day in the US where all around many are celebrating July 4th as Independence Day. What I want to do is encourage you as a small business owner to celebrate your independence. What I mean by this is that you should celebrate the fact that you have chosen to start your own small business separately from Corporate America or any other type of entity.
In choosing to celebrate your independence, there are a few things that I want you to keep in mind:

Don’t be afraid to operate like the big Fortune 500 companies.
Make a plan and stick …read more

What Calvin Coolidge Really Said:
Calvin Coolidge, the only U.S. president born on July 4, is famously quoted as saying, “The business of America is business.  Here is what President Coolidge really said, in a speech called “The Press Under a Free Government” in 1925:
“After all, the chief business of the American people is business. Of course the accumulation of wealth cannot be justified as the chief end of existence.“
In the last paragraph of the speech Coolidge said:
We make no concealment of the fact that we want wealth, but there are many other things that we want very much more. …read more