Caron Beesley

As cases of COVID in the U.S continue to rise, the demand for professional cleaning services is experiencing a dichotomy. While demand for commercial janitorial services has spiked residential cleaning services have seen revenues fall by 35% compared to the same period in 2019 and 45% since the beginning of the year.
If you operate a home cleaning business, it’s likely you’re feeling the pinch. With millions of us now working from home, concerns about infection risk have caused many Americans...

Year-end is always an important time for tax planning, that is especially true this year. The COVID-19 pandemic has created historic disruption and challenges for small business owners. While government legislation, such as the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, has provided a much-needed financial lifeline for small businesses, many of its tax provisions end or require action by December 31, 2020.
Business owners need to act fast. To help you navigate this complex la...

by Dr. Chris Pierson, founder and CEO of BlackCloak
Today’s visionary executives know that having a strong personal brand can also have a big impact on the perception of their company brand.
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, and Bill Gates are household names. So strong is their personal brand that it’s inseparable from their companies. Bezos is Amazon, Branson is Virgin, Musk is Tesla, and so on. Credibility, trust, customer loyalty, talent acquisition, and stock prices flow from their...

On October 14 and October 15, 2020, top cybersecurity experts will be coming together for the ICIT Fall Briefing 2020. This unique cybersecurity event will be a virtual hands-on collaboration project designed to teach government cybersecurity professionals how to crowdsource solutions for their next cyber crisis.
Featuring a number of collaborative workshops and keynote presentations from the cybersecurity industry’s leading experts, the Fall Briefing will function to teach government cyberwa...

With calls to defund police departments, technology may help agencies do more with less.
Building on existing investments, newer technologies such as next-generation license plate recognition (LPR) provide departments with real-time intelligence that can help them finesse their suspect engagement policies, speed case resolution and improve efficiencies.
The basic technology around LPR is nothing new ‒ cameras and scanners positioned on squad cars, intersections and light poles became mainstre...

One of the major considerations faced by business owners is whether to register their business.
This was a key finding of the BizFilings Small Business 2020 Survey, which surveyed nearly 600 current and future small business owners across various industries to gain insight into their motivations for starting a business and the challenges they face beyond day-to-day operations.
Our survey reveals both practical and forward-thinking reasons behind the decisions to register a business. Most owne...

The federal government is looking toward hybrid data centers as an ideal solution for balancing agility with security, while meeting IT consolidation goals. But those data centers bring with them their own set of challenges that need to be solved.
As hybrid environments become more popular, federal IT teams are faced with managing and securing their on-premises and cloud infrastructures, while minimizing costs – and there’s no single tool or approach that can solve all these problems.
With th...

Starting your own business is not without its difficulties. But the risks and challenges are often worth the rewards that come with small business ownership — freedom to be your own boss, opening the door to new opportunities, and more.
To better understand some of the challenges with starting a business, BizFilings surveyed nearly 600 current and future small business owners across various industries
In this article, we look at their top five fears and challenges and offer some ways in which...

“Normal” life may have been disrupted around the globe, but that doesn’t mean now is not a good time to start a new business. The COVID-19 pandemic has created a massive economic crisis, but it has also generated new demand and opportunities for small businesses. To better understand the motivations for starting a business, BizFilings surveyed nearly 600 current and future small business owners across various industries. The freedom to be your own boss was identified as the top motivator (48%...

As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, protecting your startup or small businesses means having a plan.
To keep your company healthy during the coronavirus outbreak and positioned well for success when it’s over, take advantage of these seven contingency and business planning tips.
1. Put health and safety first
If you’re a solopreneur or sole proprietor, prioritize your health first. Limit your travel and maximize home office communication and collaboration tools.
If you have employees, keep them...

A limited liability company (LLC) is a popular business entity choice for business owners. (A business entity is also known as a business structure.) While an LLC is low on state-required recordkeeping formalities, when forming an LLC, business owners should take time to make sure they have a good LLC operating agreement— as this is the key LLC document that controls how the entity is structured and operates. It also controls the relationship among the members in multi-member LLCs.
In this ar...

When selecting a business name, it’s important to decide upon a name that’s easy to remember, descriptive of the business, and attention drawing.
But what if you find out that another business in a different state has the same or similar name? Should you restart the process of finding a name?
This article explores your options in this scenario.
Can I use a business name if it exists in another state?
All may not be lost. You can often use the same business name in your own state or another st...