Posted in Small Businesses

Have you heard about asset protection, but don't know where to start? This Q&A will help. If you're a small business owner, protecting your business assets is a smart financial move. We ask Vince Leone, director business advisory at Wilckens Roche Lawyers for his overview of how asset protection works, and why you really need it. Q. What is asset protection? A. The truth is most small business owners don't understand asset protection and can often make decis...

Sick of multiple logs ins? Is keeping track of your personal finance too time consuming? Find out about the finance apps and online money tools that actually work. Mark Attard spoke with My Prosperity CIO Steve Jackel about exactly how to use technology to help track (and grow) your wealth this financial year. Download the transcript below.     P.S. Read our review of Australia's 3 best finance apps and online tools. ...

Brett Nelson from Forbes has made a modest stab at assembling the most important questions in business. After 14 years at Forbes studying companies young and old, with various business models and in a host of industries, he says, "if you dig deep enough, nearly every strategy, tactic and in-the-trenches decision stems from the answers to these questions." Ben has listed 23 questions and we have picked our top 5 below.  1. How committed am I? 2. Is my product/servi...

Taking out a low doc home loan can help self employed borrowers get ahead if you avoid these common pitfalls. Now, the real truth about low doc loans is that they provide self employed borrowers with flexibility.
Just because you are self employed shouldn't mean you can't have the business and home of your dreams. Right? Put simply, low doc loans are a financial solution when you either don't have the financial documents required by banks to take out a full doc loan, ...

Does your business need a technology makeover? Today more than ever, small business owners need to be agile, collaborative and efficient. And, the best finance apps for small business help you do everything from setting and following budgets, tracking your business expenses, paying and receiving invoices, monitoring sales and managing your accounting. The bonus is, you ditch the reams of paperwork and manual finance processes, leaving more time to focus on running your business...