If you’re setting down the path of starting your own septic pumping business, there is already a lot on your mind. Dealing...
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5 Reasons Why a Financial Adviser is Key to Business Success
Guidance from a seasoned financial adviser can be invaluable to anyone embarking on a new journey — whether that’s saving for retirement,...
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How to Shift Your Business Focus From Revenue to Profit
Entry 288452We've been running our family plumbing business for about seven years. During that time, our definition of “success” has shifted dramatically.At...
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Ponder Social Security Early and Often Throughout Your Career
Whether your retirement age is just around the corner or decades over the horizon, it’s never too soon for pumpers to start...
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Is Your Pumping Business Ready for a Full-Time Mechanic?
There are several essentials in your wastewater business — skilled workers, appropriate licenses, a sharp front office staff. And then there’s your...
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9 Things You Can Do Right Now to Cut Company Costs
The best get-rich-quick schemes drop the last of those three words. If you want to add to your bottom line, don’t go...
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Are You Paying Employees the Right Wages?
Your business is growing and it’s clear you’ll need to hire another employee or two by next spring.
Have the wages you’re offering...
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Are Slow or Reluctant Payers Putting Your Business in Jeopardy?
Maintaining cash reserves and cash flow are challenging for many contractors, particularly those working in the commercial arena, where payment is typically...
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Shop Around for the Best Credit Card Processing Deal
When Sean Dolan switched careers a few years ago and bought Sanitary Pumpers in Eagle River, Alaska, he made one change right...
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Learning the Alphabet Soup of Retirement Plans
The website www.manta.com conducted a survey of 1,960 small-business owners in 2017, and 34 percent of those surveyed said they don’t have...
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Give Your Business Some Credit
Entrepreneurs often use personal assets as startup capital and rely on their personal credit scores to secure startup loans. Once their businesses...
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Take These Steps When the IRS Comes Calling With a Tax Lien
It’s right up there on the list of questions no business owner wants to have to deal with: What happens if my...
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The Customer Won’t Pay. What’s Your Next Move?
Extending credit and utilizing an invoicing system is a necessary prerequisite to growth in the commercial arena and, in some cases, the...
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No Such Thing as a Routine Service Call
Name and title or job description: Jay Carroll, owner
Business name and location: Stool Bus, Pie Town, New Mexico
Age: 60
Years in the industry:...

















