Category Archives: savings

3 Hacks to Save on Startup Legal Fees

When it comes to legal hurdles, an attorney can be your biggest asset or your biggest expense. Here’s how to trim your legal costs.

Why You Should Ditch Your ‘Go Big or Go Home’ Mentality

In starting up, paying top dollar for the biggest and best tools, gadgets and the like could cost you even more in the long run. Instead, you should think smarter, not bigger.

How You Manage Money Should Change When You Start a Business

In some ways, managing your business’s money is similar to managing your personal finances: You should practice disciplined spending, pay your bills on time, and regularly balance your books. In …

Understanding Peer-to-Peer Lending for Small Business

Whether you need more cash for your operations or have excess cash you’d like to see earning higher interest rates, peer-to-peer (or P2P) lending may be an attractive option. P2P lending pairs individual …

4 Ways to Stretch Your Startup Budget as a Student Trep

College campuses are rife with money-saving opportunities. Here’s where to look.

Do You Have Enough Savings to Retire?

The U.S. Small Business Administration warns that too many small-business owners today lack sufficient retirement savings. In fact, wage-earning or hourly employees are more likely to be well-prepared for retirement …

How to Operate in All-Out Survival Mode as a Young Entrepreneur

If the holidays weren’t as kind to your startup as you would have liked, here are some tips for helping you withstand leaner times.

Your Business Leaking Money? 5 Holes to Plug

A little checkup on your spending can go a long way. Here’s what to do if you feel like you’re watching your money go down the drain.

Earn an Extra 500k: Why that Tax Refund Might Save Your Retirement

Your 2011 tax refund from Uncle Sam may have recently shown up in the mail or, more likely, directly in your bank account. Time for a vacation or that new gadget? Though it’s tempting to use your refund for lots of different things, look at it this way: That refund could actually be the meal [...]