You know your credit score matters. Your score helps determine how easy it is for you to get financing – as well as the kind of interest rate a lender will offer you. That’s a big deal when it comes to something like buying a car or a house. The difference between a 4% interest rate…
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Financial Planning Tips for New Business Owners
With a financial plan, you can organize your money in a way that reduces stress and builds success. In your personal finances, it acts as the financial roadmap to your long-term financial goals. As an entrepreneur, your plan is there to direct your business growth for long-term viability. Financial planning becomes much more complex if…
The Dangers of Centralized Social Media
But for all the good we’ve achieved, the web has evolved into an engine of inequity and division; swayed by powerful forces who use it for their own agendas. -Tim Berners-Lee Social media has become a huge part of our lives. We turn to it to form groups, foster relationships, and keep in touch with long-distance…
5 Ways to Organize Your Finances Before Divorce
If a divorce is looming in your future, you’ll find you have a lot of things to take care of, but your finances should be front and center. Here are 5 ways to get your finances in order before a divorce. 1. Sit down with a Fee-Only Financial Planner, preferably a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst…
Self-Sovereign Identity: Own, Manage, and Control Your Identity
You buy a bottle of wine at the grocery store and the cashier asks to see your ID. Your ID has your birth date, which lets the cashier confirm that you’re over 21. But they also see your driver’s license number, address, and whatever other personal details that document contains. Many of us don’t want…
17 Tax Savings Tips for Small Business Owners
Small business owners know how stressful it is when tax season comes around. This year, don’t wait until the last minute. Start now to get your business records organized in time to prepare your tax return. The tips below can help you get more organized, save on tax preparation costs, and potentially lower your overall…
10 Ways to Help Kids Deal With Divorce
Divorce is an earth-shattering experience for any couple to go through. In some ways, though, it’s worse for their kids because they were not a part of the decision for the breakup. Parents often try to stay together for the sake of the kids even when the marriage clearly isn’t working. Finally, they admit that…