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Are you interested in environmental responsibility and stewardship? Think you've got the skills to turn this into a career? Becoming a "green consultant" might be the ideal home-based business opportunity you've been looking for.
According to Rieva Lesonsky, CEO of GrowBiz Media, green consultants who help businesses assess their environmental footprint and develop sustainable strategies are poised to be the next hot industry, growing 9.4 percent per year to $30 billion in 2016.
The environmental industry is, of course, thick with regulatory standards and laws. This creates an obvious opportunity as businesses look to outside experts to help them with compliance. However, it also means you'll need not only an entrepreneurial passion, but the willingness to fine tune your skills, know the industry well, and find and grow a profitable niche - largely on your own. To learn more, click here.
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Tax Strategies for a Mobile Office
If Starbucks is your headquarters and you spend much or most of your time out and about, you may be part of a growing group of business owners who work on a mobile basis. A laptop, tablet, and Smartphone enable you to set up an office just about anywhere. Certainly, not having to pay office rent cuts your overhead substantially. Being mobile also gives you more flexibility in scheduling and running your business. But you still have costs for working on a mobile basis. Here are the tax rules you need to know.
Home office deductionEven if you don't spend all your time working from home, you may still qualify to treat a portion of your residence as a home office. This entitles you to deduct costs related to the home office, including rent (if you are a tenant), real estate taxes, mortgage interest, and depreciation (if you own your home), utilities, insurance, etc. |
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Member Spotlight - Please join us in welcoming our Featured Member: All Florida Construction Inspection Services
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Your Featured Member Benefit - Constant Contact Email Marketing by Constant Contact® is the easy, effective, and highly affordable way to get your message out to your customers, clients, or members. You'll create high-impact, professional-looking emails-quickly and with no technical expertise. And, most importantly, you'll build strong connections with your audience that lead to referrals, repeat business and loyalty. With Email Marketing by Constant Contact, you can: - Choose from more than 400 easily customized email templates-or create your own from scratch.
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Interested in developing or enhancing a Veterans hiring initiative for your company but don't know where to begin?
This Toolkit can help. It is designed to assist and educate employers who have made the
proactive decision to include transitioning Service Members, Veterans and wounded warriors
in their recruitment and hiring initiatives.
The U.S. Department of Labor recognizes that employers can sometimes find it difficult to navigate the plethora of Veterans hiring resources available to them. So, this Toolkit was developed to simplify the process and put valuable resources at your fingertips. It serves to pinpoint helpful tools and outline some important steps to take when designing a Veterans hiring initiative that works for your particular business.
Recognizing that each employer is unique, this guide allows you to select from promising practices and other resources that employers are using to successfully welcome talented and skilled Veterans into their companies. Whether you are looking to create a plan from scratch or retool existing efforts, we encourage you to reference this guide and design an initiative that works for you.
- Step 1 Design a Strategy for Your Veterans Hiring Program
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