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Opening a business bank account can save you time and reduce your personal legal liability as a small business owner. These step-by-step guidelines will show you how to open a business bank account.

It’s easy to find bad news in the world, even if you don’t go looking for it: hunger, refugees, and catastrophic climate events are just a few. Taken individually or all together, it’s enough to cause feelings of helplessness. So finding an organization that does something to address all these crises and more — while operating at a profit — is a welcome treat. That company is WUNDERgrubs, and they’re changing the world, one mealworm at a time.

While corporate cards are a big business these days, they remain a relative oddity in the greater credit card scene. Not as ubiquitous as personal or small business credit cards, corporate cards aren’t exactly easy to understand. For one, getting a corporate card isn’t as easy as filling out an online application. And properly managing a corporate card program isn’t something you can just set up and forget.

Though the residential construction market is booming, it isn’t without its challenges. As a result of the pandemic, building supplies, from windows to lumber, have increased significantly in price and have been in short supply. Despite these issues, Ambria Properties, a residential construction company based out of Greenville, South Carolina, continues to prosper. But this isn’t the first obstacle that Ambria Properties has faced.  

Switching to a business bank account can help you build a professional reputation and establish credibility, limit your personal liability if your business plans don’t work out the way you want them to, and make it easier to manage your business finances and file your taxes. Let’s dig in further to see what other benefits there are to having a business account, and whether there are any drawbacks.

When you take all levels of government into account, there is an overwhelming number of grant programs available to small businesses. As grants tend to be specialized, the trick is usually finding ones that fit the nature of your business.

It’s pretty common for entrepreneurs to use a personal bank account to manage a new business. But as you grow, is it still a good idea to use that personal account? And how do you know when it’s better to open up a business checking account? Read on for a detailed explanation of when it’s okay to use a personal bank account and why you should eventually upgrade to a business checking account.

Brittany Washington started her business My Beautiful Fluff out of an industry need for plus-sized representation. Like many entrepreneurs, she saw an opening in the market and thought, “If I can’t find it, I’ll create it.” From t-shirts, My Beautiful Fluff expanded into both print-on-demand and manufactured products and has continued to find new ways to grow and reach its audience.

A professional employment organization (PEO) can help a small business offload some of the burden of HR and payroll responsibilities. To determine which ones are the best PEO companies, we considered price, available features, and the types of small businesses they’re best suited for.