Space to Grow.

• Some good advice here for anyone thinking of structuring there business as a partnership.  When money and time are tight, a partnership always sounds like a good idea.  Many times, especially if time and money are your reasons, it’s a terrible idea. 
• Pinterest is growing like crazy, which means you should probably be giving it a look.  While it’s a great way to express your creative talents, Pinterest is also an awesome platform for driving traffic to your business.
• Time to file 1099’s, thanks to the IRS rule changes of the last couple years, anyone you paid $600 or more to has to get one. 
• Nice overview on how advertising and working with Patch can be a great way to ensure your ad dollars are hitting your “extremely local” geographic market.  Patch can be a pretty effective advertising vehicle to geo-target with.  We have several Iowa locations.
• Everybody loves on Apple and their success.  Here is more of it, but I wonder how much ink like this they were getting 10 or 15 years ago – at least from the business perspective. 
• Need some inspiration on how to sell?  The Girl Scouts have developed quite the business development strategy over the years.
• S Corp or LLC?  It’s a big question when you are in Start-Up land.  Take the time to pick it right as you get out of the gate as switching can be a nightmare.

 Quote of the week is courtesy of Jimmy Carter – “Go out on a limb, that’s where the fruit is.”