Self-Employment Basics


Recent Self-Employment Basics Articles

Don't Put Your Assets on the Line

By Howard Greenstein |  Feb 2, 2011

Starting a business? Protect what you have by thinking through your legal form first.  Read more


How to Boost Confidence and Success

By Marla Tabaka |  Jan 17, 2011

Are you willing to take the emotional risks associated with taking your business to the top or do you do only what is necessary to survive? Find out why you ...  Read more


10 Marketing Musts

By Marla Tabaka |  Jan 10, 2011

Are you are spending enough time and money marketing your business? If not,you are ignoring a critical success component. Customize these ideas to work for y...  Read more


Got Attitude?

By Marla Tabaka |  Jan 3, 2011

Business people with a positive attitude usually exude success and attract other success-minded people. Take this 20-question quiz to find out if your attitu...  Read more


Surprised Employer Fires Sex Blogger

By Courtney Rubin |  May 4, 2010

A St. Louis blogger thought she went to great lengths to keep her office life and her personal life separate -- but then it all went wrong. A cautionary tale...  Read more


Virtual Work: Up Close and Personal

Feb 23, 2010

Inc. reporter Tamara Schweitzer travels to Utah for an inside look at her dad's virtual lifestyle as an entrepreneur.   Watch video


8 Work-From-Home Rules

By Leigh Buchanan |  Feb 10, 2010

Editor-at-large Leigh Buchanan, who has been working from home for the past four years, shares her advice with entrepreneurs (as well as her newly-virtual co...  Read more


The Tradeoffs of Returning to a Home Office

By Inc. staff |  Jul 1, 2009

An independent consultant wonders if she should trade in her office space for a virtual home office  Read more


Six Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting a Business

By Leigh Buchanan |  Jul 1, 2009

Do you have what it takes to become a successful entrepreneur? Here are six things to consider  Read more


How to Buy a URL

By Inc. staff |  Dec 1, 2008

Here are 5 tips on finding and obtaining the rights to a good domain name.  Read more


eBay 101

By Barbara Weltman |  Aug 29, 2007

Many entrepreneurs are making big money on eBay these days. Inc. Expert Barbara Weltman highlights everything you need to get started.   Watch video


Summer Tax Tips

By Barbara Weltman |  Jul 16, 2007

Use the slow summer months to consider how you might best decrease your tax burden. Inc. Expert Barbara Weltman offers five tips to help you get started. ...  Watch video


Trading Places: Are You Ready for Self-Employment?

By John Case |  Nov 1, 2002

Thinking of chucking the security of a job to become a soloist? Make sure you understand the forces that keep most people trapped in cubicles and dreaming of...  Read more


You Think You Can File an Accurate Tax Return, Do You?

Nov 19, 1999

When it comes to paying taxes, independent professionals should consider if they can tackle the project themselves.  Read more


CEO Compensation: The ABCs of Paying Yourself

By Karen E. Carney |  Sep 1, 1995

Advice from experts and CEOs that adds up to primer for execs to figure out their annual salaries.  Read more


How to Make $10 Million from Home in 4 Easy Steps

By Max Chafkin

Plenty of Fish founder Markus Frind runs a company that makes $10 million a year—from home. Here's how.  View slideshow


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