For women entrepreneurs seeking capital to fund and grow their startups, small business grants offer an advantage over traditional business loans. Unlike loans, which must be paid back with interest, grants are essentially a gift of free money – albeit one you’ll have to work for. The competition for small business grants is high, and…
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Category: Entrepreneurs
At the Lakeside Park, we take pride in helping New England’s entrepreneurs and startups succeed and grow. Our short-term leases and furnished executive suites in Wakefield MA are ideal for solopreneurs just starting out, and our customizable office space near Boston ensures your business will always have a place to expand and grow.
We also understand the importance of continuing education for entrepreneurs. Whether you’re simply thinking about starting your own business, or you’ve already made the commitment to entrepreneurship, these articles are designed to aid in your success, and offer insight along this exciting, and sometimes challenging, career path.
Is Office Space Rent Tax Deductible?
The short answer is yes, as long as the office was regularly and exclusively used for work purposes, you can deduct it as a business expense. Whether you rent commercial office space, work from home or a co-working space, rent is likely to be one of the biggest tax deductions you can take as a…
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Benefits of Being a Small Business
Every business starts small, but some choose to stay small – and there’s no shame in that. Of course, building a company from the ground up and establishing a national brand with offices across the country is quite a feat, but it’s not for everyone. In fact, depending on what your personal and professional goals…
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Inexpensive Office Space for Boston Startups
It can be challenging to maintain your professional and productivity when you’re working from your kitchen table – or worse, the basement or your kid’s playroom. But not every startup is financially ready to to sign a commercial lease. These inexpensive alternatives will get you our of your house and into a professional office for…
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7 Career Goals to Help You Succeed in the New Year
The start of a new year means a fresh start, new beginnings and maybe even time for change. It’s also a time when many of us set goals and intentions for the year ahead. Unfortunately, only about 10% of the population actually achieves their New Year’s resolutions. That’s because we tend to set goals that…
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Back-to-School for Small Business Owners
While summer draws to a close, and many are prepping for back to school, your own continuing education is probably the last thing on your mind. Like most entrepreneurs, you’re so busy pouring yourself into building your business, it often feels like there’s no time – let alone money – to invest in your own…
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Funding & Financing Options for Boston’s Small Businesses
Are you a small business owner in Boston looking to expand, update, buy new, hire or improve, but lack the funds to take the next step in your company’s growth? Maybe you’ve got a winning idea for a new business, but, like most entrepreneurs or startups, you don’t have the capital to really get it…
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How to Establish a Good Business Credit Score
Securing capital to start a company, or grow a budding business, can be one of the biggest challenges for entrepreneurs, particularly if your personal credit is less than stellar. Unfortunately, traditional banks and credit unions have tough credit requirements for small business owners, and poor credit scores can make it difficult for entrepreneurs to qualify….
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Small Business: How to Recover & Come Back Even Stronger
If ever there was a time for small business to believe in Freidrich Nietzsche’s philosophy that “what does not kill us, makes us stronger” – it is now. Still in the throes of the Covid-19 pandemic, and struggling to dig out of what some have called the Great Repression, many entrepreneurs and small business owners…
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Is Now (During COVID-19) a Good Time to Start a Business?
With the Coronavirus Pandemic upending most aspects of daily life, now may not seem like the best time to start a new business, but for enterprising entrepreneurs the timing is actually perfect. In fact, some of the greatest American companies were born during a crisis. The Great Depression gave us Disney, World War II saw…
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