According to The Kaufman Index of Start-up activity in 2016, more people in the United States are opening startup businesses today than they have in the past 20 years (here’s the link to bore yourself with the details). Sounds great, but statistically speaking more than half of those businesses fail within a year. So why even try if the odds are stacked against you, right? I never in my wildest dreams thought that I would be my own boss; mainly because of fear. Not fear of fa

It’s typical for the small business owner to have several advisers, attorneys, CPAs, insurance agents, etc. from the time they start up to the time they retire; but many don’t visit with a financial planner until they are nearing retirement. Why is that? Traditionally, financial planning revolved around retirement planning and wealth management, so many business owners wait a decade or two to visit with a financial planner as they prepare for retirement and have created wealt