The articles below were written several years ago. Although some of the information in the articles is dated, they still contain valuable suggestions and concepts.
Rich Dad's Prophecy
Rich Dad thinks the biggest stock market crash ever is still to come. Read an excerpt from the book that tells why - and what to do about it. Click here >>
The Art of Profitability
Learn which business model can help your company succeed today and grow tomorrow. Click here to read an excerpt from The Art of Profitability.
What to Do When the Money Stops Flowing
Right now, buyers are looking for your product or service. Are you making it easy for them to find you? To understand what you're selling? To buy from you? Or, are you fighting their buying process with your selling process? Read more in this excerpt from Rivers of Revenue
Book Excerpt: Nice Girls Don't Get Rich
Without your awareness, behaviors learned as a girl are preventing you from becoming a woman who is financially independent and free to follow her dreams. Click here to read "Women and Wealth," from chapter one of Nice Girls Don't Get Rich.
Are Rising Gas Prices Hurting Your Business?
Fuel prices affect both individual consumers and businesses, but small businesses often get hit hardest. Read about how some small businesses are reacting to rising gas prices and get tips for dealing with the problem in your own business.
Rising Prices at the Pump
Small business owners have been struggling with record high gas prices in recent years. Find out how small businesses can cope with the added expense that seems to be here to stay. Details >>
7 Tax Tips for the Self-Employed
Don't overlook these business deductions for 2008.
Transaction Handling
No matter how attractive the price or persuasive the advertising, if people are not comfortable with the way you handle their transactions, or the payment options you offer, they'll go elsewhere. Read more >>
The Lazy Person's Guide to Investing
In this straightforward and easy-to-follow guide, nationally known columnist and stock market commentator Dr. Paul Farrell shows you exactly how to build wealth with your personal portfolio or 401(k)-even if you hate numbers and finance. Read an excerpt here >>
Avoiding a Retirement Crisis
Are you worried about your retirement nest egg? Here are ways to achieve retirement security.
Countdown to Crisis
The beginning of the greatest depression in American history is now just a few short years away according to Dan Arnold, author of The Great Bust Ahead. Read an excerpt from his book and discuss it here.
New Economic Disaster Loans
Due to the extent of economic injury nationwide, SBA has introduced two additional Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) programs to help small businesses across the country. Details >>
Why IBM Profits Rose 20% While World Markets Fell 20%
What can be learned from those that survive and thrive during a time of economic crises? Find out here >>
Economic Report: Gas Pains
The sharp rise in gasoline prices to record levels in most parts of the country has brought with it a number of concerns for the longevity of the economic recovery. Find out why and what kind of impact it could have on the economy.
Finding The Right VC For Your Company
Where do do you find the right venture capital to invest in your company? Here's what a VC from Oregon has to say.
Profile of a Venture Capitalist
If there is a prototypical background designed for a venture capitalist, Win Churchill of SCP Private Equity possesses an idealistic one. From Fordham to Oxford as a Rhoades Scholar and back to Yale for law school, Churchill's initial path landed him a 16 year career with a Philadelphia law firm. Read more >>
IRS Extends Tip Compliance Agreement Program
The Internal Revenue Service announced that it is indefinitely extending its Tip Rate Determination and Education Program, a voluntary compliance tool that has helped nearly double the reporting of tip income. Read more >>
Tips for Last-Minute Filers
The Internal Revenue Service has some tips for those hurrying to finish their tax forms: double-check your return for accuracy, use the free IRS resources if you need tax help, consider electronic options for filing and paying, and don't miss the filing deadline. Read more >>
Tips for Accurate Schedule K-1 Filing
The Internal Revenue Service has provided tips to businesses, individuals and tax professionals to avoid errors on Schedules K-1. The Schedule K-1 is used to report income from partnerships, S corporations and some trusts. Read more >>
New E-Service Revolutionizes Transcript Delivery
Tax practitioners can now request transcripts of their client’s tax records and receive them within minutes instead of days or weeks using a new online tool delivered through the IRS Business Systems Modernization program. Details >>
Hybrids
Read about the 2006 hybrid tax credit.
Tax Credits Offer Incentives to Go Green
More on 2006 Hybrid tax credits.
QuickBooks 2009 Saves Time, Provides Better Insights
Features of the 2009 edition of QuickBook are described here.
QuickBooks - Accounting Software Made Easy
If you haven't looked at QuickBooks in a few years, it's time to look at it now. Easy setup and many other features make QuickBooks the right accounting software for most small businesses. Here's why you need to consider upgrading now >>
Study Shows Small Business Lending on the Rise
Lending by the most important institutional supplier of credit to small firms--commercial banks--increased in 2002-2003, according to a report released by the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Read more >>
Beware of SBA Loan Scams
The SBA has issued a warning to small business owners that they should use caution if they are contacted by private firms claiming they can help them get money through SBA programs. Find out what you need to know here.
Lower Marginal Tax Rates Increase Entrepreneurship
Reducing marginal income tax rates on entrepreneurs increases entrepreneurial entry, decreases exit from entrepreneurship, and lengthens the duration of entrepreneurial ventures, according to a new study. Read more >>
Push to Create Rural Jobs
A new Bush Administration effort to stimulate rural business development and jobs by providing greater access to venture capital investment funds was recently announced. The SBA, on behalf of USDA, will enable venture capital companies to offer access to capital to rural enterprises under a newly created business and jobs initiative. Read more >>
Two Million New US Jobs in 2004
Far from being a jobless recovery, the U.S. economy will generate over 2 million new jobs during 2004, according to predictions made by economist Mitchell J. Held at a recent Long Island Capital Alliance meeting. Read why employers around the country will be hiring again.
Economic Report: How to Create Jobs
Although the economic recovery is two years old, for many it seems as though the country is still mired in a recession. This is because the unemployed are having an extremely difficult time finding new jobs. Read more >>
Book Excerpt: The Faber Report
David Faber's book explains not just how to pick the stocks you want to invest in but how to avoid joining the "penguins" lining up for big losses. The Faber Report combines practical, down-to-earth investment advice with wild accounts of investor fraud, company misdeeds, corruption, and greed. Read an excerpt here >>
Economic Report
How strong is the economic recovery? What's leading it? What are the high spots? And where is there still weakness?
Get the latest details >>
Economic Recovery on the Horizon
An economic report by Dr. Irwin Kellner, Weller Professor of Economics, Hofstra University and Chief Economist, North Fork Bank and CBS MarketWatch. Details >>
Internet Sales Tax
States across the nation are seeking ways to reclaim sales tax revenues lost to Internet sales. Unfortunately, laws requiring businesses to collect sales tax on all internet sales could put undue strains on many small businesses. So what's the answer? Here's what you had to say >>
Excerpt: Rich Dad's Success Stories
Thousands of readers have gone on to greater wealth by applying the Rich Dad philosophy. Read an excerpt from the latest in the series, Rich Dad's Success Stories.
The "New" New Economy
In the late 90s, economists coined the phrase "the New Economy" to describe how the economy was changed by computers to boost productivity and, in the end, employees' standard of living. Now, it looks like "the New Economy" never quite panned out. Read more >>
Financial Intelligence: A New Way of Learning
"We all learn differently. The trick is to find the way you learn best. When you do that, you’ll discover your own personal genius." So says Robert Kiyosaki in Rich Dad Poor Dad for Teens. Read more in this excerpt from Chapter 1 >>
Get Ready for "Son of Stimulus" Plan
From John Wasik, author of the new book, The Audacity of Help: Obama's Economic Plan and the Remaking of America, read an excerpt about how the stimulus plan patches up the economy and deals with the long-term problems created by falling property values.
IRS May Owe Small Corporations
If you are a small corporation and have paid alternative minimum taxes in recent years, you may have paid the government many thousands of dollars more in taxes than was necessary. Here's why.