Oregon’s unemployment rate is now up to 7.3%.

The Portland City Council voted yesterday to remove the exemptions of real estate agents from the city’s business license. There is also talk about removing a similar exemption from insurance agents.
Also changed was requiring new businesses to pay a $100 registration fee.
I haven’t read the text of the new provisions so I’m not sure what [...]

How cheating on your taxes can impact business sale price Portland Business Broker Thoughts
Yet another reason why you should be honest. Small understatements in revenue can have tremendous impacts on future valuations of your company.
Office in Home Depreciation PDX CPA: Tax & Accounting Advice for Portland Small Businesses
The potential pitfalls of depreciating your [...]

Incorporation Break Even Point?

Brian Germer discusses the “breakeven point” for small businesses incorporating as an S-corporation.

PDX Coffee–Review of Juniper Java

Ben drinks some coffee and tells you about it. I like the idea and hope he can keep [...]

playing with ZoHo CRM #
@ahockley I’ve never used highrise. the only other crm i’ve used is sugar. So far, zoho appears to meet my needs #

I wish I was shorting some banks now #
@jabancroft No, but Intel is a little big for me #
Sorry about all of the tweets. I forgot that the twitter plugin was activated while moving old posts around #
@dswiese thanks. I’m still struggling to make the site pretty and to move the archives over [...]

Sharing some interesting posts for other Portland area bloggers.

SW Wash. & Portland Marketing Podcast Blog Archive Creating a Sales Prospecting Plan

Michael Thompson interviews Jeff Schneider from Sandler Training and gives “us a boat load of practical tips covering goal setting, networking, strategic partnerships, referrals and lots more.”

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