SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Serves the needs of proprietorships, family-owned and closely-held business entities prevalent among the Chamber’s membership. Monitors the needs of small businesses, sponsors workshops/presentations on topics of interest to small business owners. Contact: Parviz “Peter” Alasty

Setting up your sales team: -- The Adviser explains how to create a sales department.

The best structure for your business -- Depending on your company's situation, C Corporation or LLC might best for you (12/8/1999

Home-based business deduction -- Our adviser tells you which expenses are fully deductible and which are not.

How do I set prices in a service oriented business?

Focus on what you do best No free money for start-ups

Cash flow shortage a common business problem

Where to go in Indianapolis to find small-business ideas

Small business: family health insurance -- For the entrepreneur who is supporting a wife and children, getting health insurance coverage for the family can be difficult.

Small business: how to be certified a woman-owned business enterprise -- How to have your business certified as a woman-owned business enterprise, Be sure a woman's really in charge -- Setting up a husband-and-wife business as a woman-owned enterprise can carry some advantages, but be prepared -- someone will check to make sure the wife is really calling the shots.

If profits prove elusive, here are the questions to ask -- To find out why your business isn't making money, you need to face some serious questions about how you're running it.

Take a good look at your business before moving

Adviser says do a cash-flow analysis before moving the business

How to start a home-based business and get a tax ID number

Depreciation rules and taxes for home-based businesses

Rules for home-office deduction Home-office tax breaks for renters

Investing in an S corporation -- Taking out a loan to buy shares in an S corporation that employs you.

Slow receivables are a symptom of a deeper business ailment

Don't rely on grants to start your business, the Adviser says

Adviser explains the ins and outs of depreciation

Basics of conducting your own market survey

learning what the competitor charges BizMiner

latest available nationwide data for your industry

the Bureau's county business patterns

Small Biz Adviser: Optimal advertising

University of Wisconsin Green Bay Small Business Development Center.

Compensation confusion Big businesses notice the little guy

Typically, the biggest reason small businesses start with the S instead of the C corporation is to bypass some of the expense associated with Social Security and Medicare. In the S corporation, the Internal Revenue Service gives leeway for you to withdraw a greater-than-usual level of dividends as a source of personal income

LLCs and state taxes Florida is one of the best, only collects an unemployment compensation tax of $189 in the LLC's first year. If no actions associated with workers' compensation are incurred in future years, the annual tax is dramatically reduced Limited Liability Reporter

Advanced tax planning for a home-based business

Taking tax advantage of business losses - Small-business expert Stephen Windhaus explains the tax breaks available to a sole proprietor whose company made no money.

Making your home-based business pay off at tax time

Adjusting to self-employment - for the first time