If you are an entrepreneur with a small food or beverage company looking to take it to the next level, this article should be of particular interest to you. Your natural inclination may be to seek venture capital or private equity to fund your growth, but that might not be the best path for you to take.

I'm always amazed that so many people spend most of their life at work and totally neglect their personal affairs. Many business people I coach want to get their professional lives in order, and often admit that their personal affairs are in chaos.

As a small business owner you need to be concerned about hazards and the risk assessment requirements, within your workplace. This is now a legal requirement.

Most every state, as well as the U.S. federal government, have police seizures laws that empower a law enforcement agency to seize property that was either used in the commission of a crime, or was purchased with money that was received through the commission of a crime.