Questions for Business Owners

While it’s important for every adult to have an estate plan, those who own businesses need to go even further, integrating personal estate planning with a succession plan that details how a business will move forward. Get started by asking...

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Plan Outcomes vs Business As Usual

  Set it and forget it is not a best practice for retirement plan sponsors. If it’s been a while since you have given the plan some real attention, chances are strong that much has changed. Your employees–and their lives–have...

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Top Challenges for Business Leaders?

Challenge. Change. Conflict. Disruption. Dissatisfaction. With these words playing out in the news every day, no wonder surveys are finding business owners more worried than ever about attracting and retaining talented employees. In fact, fear of failing to do so...

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New York Cannabis Business?

Entrepreneurs in New York City can now get help from Cannabis NYC, a program of the NYC Department of Small Business Services. Led by Brooklyn native, corporate leader and nationally known cannabis advisor, Dasheeda Dawson, Cannabis NYC is ready to...

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Lucrative Business? Cybercrime!

  Cybercriminals consider attacks against retirement accounts a lucrative business. That’s why they don’t blink at putting in extra time and effort to invade our hard earned retirement savings. Experts remind plan sponsors to keep cybersecurity—and the guidance from the...

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Contractor Business? Succession Plan!

  Most contracting companies employ about 20 workers—maybe even fewer. Among the challenges all owners must ultimately figure out is the question of what to do with the company when it’s time to retire. Experts offer suggestions—including making employee stock...

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Small Businesses: Feeling Opportunistic?

  Forecasters point out that small construction firms have good reason to be opportunistic in steering their businesses forward. In fact, many small businesses had strong growth in 2021, despite unprecedented challenges. Looking toward normalcy, investments in technology and efficiency...

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Out On Your Own? Business Shower!

  Professionals across the country continue recalibrating how they want to spend their time and talent, live a balanced life—and earn a living. Financial gurus, tech consultants and health and fitness experts are examples of those hanging up their own...

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Growing Into An $8 Million Business?

  Yes, it’s possible for construction start-ups to do it. Here’s how the founder and owner of Ballmann Earthworks achieved his goals, following a path he began carving out when he wrote a fifth grade paper about what he wanted...

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Running The Business: Data Please

  Construction industry experts observe that running the business smoothly might not always require amassing more and more data (and tech tools). Instead, leaders are encouraged to make the most of readily available data. Here’s encouragement to look at data...

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