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Monthly Archives: June 2009

Protect Yourself: Insurance for the Small Business

There are a number of crazy things that can happen to you and your business.  We could play the “what if” game for hours but the bottom line is that you need to be properly insured to make certain that no one sues your pants off and to protect yourself from a catastrophic event.  This…

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Protecting Yourself: The Retirement Plan

This week, we are discussing how to better safeguard your personal finances.  Yesterday, we discussed the importance of creating an emergency savings plan.  Today, we’ll uncover retirement options for the small business owner. Stacy Willoughby, Financial Advisor for Waddell & Reed says “It’s easy when you are working for a large company to contribute to…

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Protecting Yourself: The Emergency Savings Plan

Small business owners are so very passionate about their work. They put all of their energy into their operations. However, I get a little scared when I see these hard-working people not safeguarding their personal needs and assets. Even though you don’t have the benefits offered to you by an employer, you should have a…

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Insider to Insider: Christy Weber, Junebug Weddings

I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Christy Weber since the launch of Junebug Weddings.  (I feel so fortunate to have been a top 10 vendor since their 2006 Seattle launch.)  She is co-owner and executive editor of the website.  You’re probably familiar with her oh-so-fabulous What Junebug Loves blog.  The site has taken the nation…

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Protecting your Passion: Trademarks

On Tuesday we learned that Trademarks are any word, name, symbol, or device used in commerce to identify and distinguish the goods of one manufacturer or seller from goods manufactured or sold by others. Service marks are used to distinguish services, rather than products. So, for purposes of the wedding industry, if you are looking…

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