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April 4, 2019
Plotting A Map For Food Business Financing (PODCAST)
Today we are speaking of Tera Johnson, the founder and director for the Food Finance Institute. A serial entrepreneur herself, Tera’s mission is to create the next generation of environmentally and economically regenerative food and farming businesses. She founded teraswhey(r) and is the host of the Edible-Alpha podcast and, as you’ll hear, has first-hand experience…
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September 27, 2018
Cleaning Out The Tax Files
I wish I had taken a picture of the 33-lb garbage bag filled with old receipts and invoices. I’m not even joking that it was 33-lbs. I know for a fact it was because I paid, by the pound, to have it all shredded.
Read more » June 28, 2018
US Supreme Court Rules That States May Be Able To Collect Sales Tax On e-Commerce
Last week the US Supreme Court ruled that states may be able to collect sales tax from out-of-state vendors on orders shipped to that state. If you have an e-commerce store or sell through an e-commerce platform like Amazon Marketplace or Etsy, this may have a huge impact on you.
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June 21, 2018
Food For Thought If You Want To Open Up A Restaurant
I came across some really interesting data the other day about how much, on average, local restaurants make each day they’re open. Womply published their State Of Local Restaurants Report and in it found that restaurants make, on average, $1700 a day.
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April 23, 2018
Community Sourced Capital Closing Their Doors
Raising capital is tough for food businesses so in the past I’ve been excited to share resources such as Community Sourced Capital as a way for food entrepreneurs to get the money they need to run their companies. So it was incredibly sad to receive an email from Community Sourced Capital saying that they are…
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April 9, 2018
5 Things Food Entrepreneurs Don’t Need To Worry About (PODCAST)
Food entrepreneurs have a lot on their plate which adds up to a lot of worry a lot of the time. Rather than add to that already overfull plate, let’s take a look today at some things that you maybe don’t need to be as worried about as you are.
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