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Succession Plans

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Sick Leave and Personal Days

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Partnership Agreement

Partnership agreements are written documents that explicitly detail the relationship between the business partners and their individual obligations and co...  Read more

Better Business Bureaus (BBBs)

Better Business Bureaus (BBBs) are private non-profit organizations that collect and report information to help consumers make informed decisions when dea...  Read more

Alien Employees

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Charitable Giving

Many small business owners engage in charitable giving, either as private individuals or in their corporate capacity. This charitable giving can take many...  Read more

Discretionary Income

Discretionary income is a widely used but imprecise definition of that portion of personal income not spent on actual or perceived necessities. Thus discr...  Read more

Leasing Property

A lease is a contract between an owner and a user of property. In business lease agreements, the owner (lessor) receives financial compensation and in exc...  Read more

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is a term that refers to several different methods of resolving disputes outside traditional legal and administrative...  Read more

National Business Incubation Association (NBIA)

The National Business Incubation Association (NBIA), founded in 1985, is a nonprofit organization comprised of business incubator developers and managers,...  Read more

Initial Public Offerings

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Smoke Free Environment

The term smoke free environment is sometimes used indiscriminately to discuss both 100 percent smoke free areas as well as segregated and ventilated areas...  Read more

Business Incubators

As the phrase itself implies, business incubators are programs intended to help small businesses get off the ground. They almost always provide both servi...  Read more

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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Certified Lenders

Certified lenders are banking institutions that qualify for inclusion in a streamlined lending program maintained by the Small Business Administration. Ce...  Read more