Startup 365, Washington’s Small Business Training & Education Center, is all about giving entrepreneurs and business owners a competitive advantage. Starting a business is hard, but running one can be even harder. There are so many things you have to know, from the endless paperwork and repor...
If you live in Washington, you have access to 552,884 small businesses in a wide array of industries. If you happen to own one of them, getting Washington small business insurance should be a priority. This is particularly important if your company is among the 140,342 small firms here wi...
TheWashington Small Business Development Center(SBDC) is a network of expert business advisors working in communities across the state to help small business owners start, grow and rebuild their businesses through no-cost, confidential, one-on-one consulting and advising. ...
Considering both frameworks, we surveyed 82 Latino-owned businesses and conducted three focus groups in Washington State. We learnt that most (1) want a financially stable business, (2) are interested in talking with a business advisor, (3) lack a business plan, (4) use English and Spanish...
Washington State offers businesses several avenues to secure financing, especially for properties that need to be cleaned up before they are repurposed.
(ii) disruption in the labor market and weakened demand for human capital resulting from technological advances, loss of large corporate customers and government contractor requirements, (iii) the impact of laws and regulations (including federal, state and international tax...
Health insurance premiums you pay as an employer are fully deductible as a business expense under both federal and Washington, D.C. state law. The same is true of health sharing costs, and all other compensation costs: all of them are fully deductible to the employer as a business expense....
Business Licenses: These provide legal permission for a company to operate within a city, state, or county. Permits: These regulate specific activities, ensuring they meet safety, health, or environmental standards. For example, a restaurant in Washington DC will need a basic business license from...
Inslee could have requested the state’s insurance commissioner order insurers to pay out small business loss of income claims based on the effect of the shutdown. He hasn’t. Inslee could have ordered massive furloughs of state employees to protect against $1-$2 billion weekly losses of tax...
(IoT)and automation in various industrial sectors such as IT and telecommunications, consumer automotive, electronics, and manufacturing, the use ofsemiconductor materialsinside devices is increasing. The increasing use of high-end data processing and solid-state hard disk driv...