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Top Five Tips for Paying Yourself

The Small Business Blog

Salary and bonuses are taxed differently to dividends. If possible, get some advice from your accountant regarding the level of pay you plan on taking from the business. Research the going rate for CEOs in your industry. Learn about how your company structure affects pay. Don’t pay yourself too much or you will harm the company.

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Small Business world News Round-up - 2009/10/27

The Small Business Blog

Here’s how to tell if your salary is sound. Do you earn what you should? Some entrepreneurs chronically pay themselves too little; others, way too much. Kelly the Intern: Angel investors and Green guidance : PROFIT’s crack researcher explains how to get notices by angel investors and where companies can get money for going green.

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Reducing Overheads Can Save A Business | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

Back in time I build my factory in China at nearly zero cost – steal building, low salaries and no debt, in depressed market this is the way to survive and succeed. It was always uncontrolled growth without thinking that there is a million in company overhead every month. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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New Small Business Startup Idea: Virtual Import/Export Assistant.

The Small Business Blog

The average salary in her country is $200-$300/month. Richard Said on April 26th, 2010 at 12:05 pm Doing online jobs is so much popular in developing countries. I have an assistant (a smart one) who started few months ago and earned averagely $850/month. She mainly helps me with writing and search engine optimization.

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How to Break Up with Your Business Partner

Success

For others, it might be putting the health of the business first. He insisted he didn’t want to change anything, although he did agree that, moving forward, I would draw a higher salary for my administrative duties and we wouldn’t share the management of our clients as we had in the past; any new clients would be solely under my management.

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7 Magical Ways to Use Curiosity as a Personal Development Tool

Brilliantly Better

An entrepreneur and paramedic she retired from a Multi-Million dollar business and give up a 6-figure salary to have more Time and Freedom! Makenzie Kelly is a Time Rescue â„¢ Expert and Avidly Curious about Time! She blogs about Ultimate Lifestyle Design at the Freedom Venture Project â„¢ Blog. Tagged as: curiosity , questions Liked it?

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What Is Rich and Happy

Brilliantly Better

Billionaires, statistically speaking, are no happier than millionaires, and millionaires no happier than whatever you call people earning 6-figure salaries. We also know that money has almost zero correlation to happiness once you remove somebody from abject poverty. I have stared doing such activities in ly life too.

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