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Questions
to Pat Bemis at pbemis@cfl.rr.com
© The
Medical-Legal News 2007
The goal
of Ask Pat Bemis is to answer your self-employment and small
business questions. The thrust of the column is to provide
reliable and trustworthy information about starting, operating,
growing and exiting a small business or self-employment venture.
Whether you are a nurse, an attorney or have a retail business,
the small general business concepts apply. Essentially, you want
to sell your service or product at a profit. Short term you want
to keep the product and administrative costs low and your
profit high as you grow your business. Long term your goal is to
exit your business according to your personal exit plan (selling,
turning over to family or employees, or closing the business).
I am Pat
Bemis, president of the National Nurses in Business Association. I
speak nationally on business issues and am a presenter of business
topics for the Florida Small Business Development Center Network,
Brevard
Community College
, and
University
of
Central Florida
. I also currently serve as a national resource on a toll-free
help line and online at www.nnba.net. My published works include
books on self-employment, business plans, contracts, and others
business topics in various media including books and CD-ROMs.
Feel free
to ask any question. For example: How do I decide if I should be
an LLC or a corporation? How do I file my business records so I
can find them again quickly and easily? Do I need to hire a
graphic designer to make my logo? Should I hire a marketer? What
insurance do I need for a home office? What is a virtual
assistant? Should I use direct mail to advertise my business?
Here are
some business and self employment topics to get you started:
Accounting
Action
plan
Advertising
Archiving
records
Bookkeeping
Business
lingo
Business
plan
Contracts
Endorsements
Entrepreneurial
barriers
Insurance
IRS
rules for independent contractors
Legal
structure
Business
names and logos
Online
resources
Press
releases
Publicity
Resources
in your community
Speaking
for publicity
Testimonials
Web
sites
Questions
should be submitted by email to pbemis@cfl.rr.com. Please include
your full name, contact information, and your type of business.
All questions must be received before the 15th of the preceding
month to be considered for publication. If the question is not
published, I will make every attempt to respond to each question.
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