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10 Things You Need to Know About PPP Loan Forgiveness

I just applied for PPP Loan Forgiveness through my bank, and honestly the process was fairly seamless. But it can get really complicated if you are unprepared or unaware of the rules and restrictions.

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October 29, 2020November 16, 2020 Tricia M. TaittCredit & Debt Management, Entrepreneurship

Cash Sources for Small Business: Which is Right for You?

Despite what has been popularized by Shark Tank, asking for O.P.M (other people’s money) isn’t the only way to get cash to grow. Let’s take a look at the types of funding that are available and the pros and cons of using them.

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October 13, 2020October 30, 2020 Tricia M. TaittEntrepreneurship, Personal Finance

Grow or Scale: Which is Right for Your Business?

SCALE is such a sexy word nowadays. But, executing a sustained and impactful scale for your business is a lot more difficult than it seems.

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August 12, 2020August 12, 2020 Tricia M. TaittArt & Money Matters Highlights, Budgeting & Cashflow, Entrepreneurship

Leading Through Uncertainty: Perspectives from Women in Business

In this piece, four women – a business performance coach, a digital marketing maven, an architect and a graphic design firm owner – share their insights on how they have managed through crisis.

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June 23, 2020August 12, 2020 The Art of Money MattersArt & Money Matters Highlights, Entrepreneurship

Know Your Numbers: The Financial Key to Accomplish Your Business Goals

Let’s dive into how knowing your numbers is essential to gauge the current health of your business and figure out what you need to achieve future business goals.

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June 2, 2020July 20, 2020 The Art of Money MattersArt & Money Matters Highlights, Budgeting & Cashflow, Entrepreneurship, Personal Finance

3 Important Cash Flow Lessons from COVID-19 to Help You Move Forward​

Think of this like a checklist for responding to the immediate business crisis of cash flow.

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May 19, 2020July 20, 2020 The Art of Money MattersArt & Money Matters Highlights, Budgeting & Cashflow, Entrepreneurship, Personal Finance, Savings & Investments

I Received My PPP Loan, Now What?

The PPP comes with its own set of instructions to limit how the money can be spent. Here are 5 steps to manage your PPP loan funds wisely.

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May 7, 2020July 20, 2020 The Art of Money MattersBudgeting & Cashflow, Entrepreneurship, Personal Finance, Savings & Investments

Should I Apply for SBA COVID-19 Loans?

Should I Apply for SBA COVID-19 Loans? This is the question that I am hearing most often right now from business owners. The unsatisfying answer is…it depends. Everybody’s case is different. Everybody’s business is different. To make it through this […]

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April 11, 2020July 20, 2020 The Art of Money MattersArt & Money Matters Highlights, Budgeting & Cashflow, Entrepreneurship, Personal Finance

SBA COVID-19 Funding Options Cheat Sheet

Click here for a downloadable version

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April 5, 2020July 20, 2020 The Art of Money MattersCredit & Debt Management, Entrepreneurship, Personal Finance

Power HER Financials: A New Movement for Women Executives

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April 1, 2020July 20, 2020 The Art of Money MattersArt & Money Matters Highlights, Credit & Debt Management, Entrepreneurship, Personal Finance

Money Monday$: What Does Insurance Cover in the Era of COVID-19? [Watch]

Money Monday$: What Does Insurance Cover in the Era of COVID-19? Presenting Money Monday$, a free, weekly call where I answer your questions about managing the financials of your small business.  Part of the National Association of Women Business Owners’ NYC […]

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March 31, 2020July 20, 2020 The Art of Money MattersEntrepreneurship, Personal Finance, Savings & Investments

Government-Provided COVID-19 Resources for Entrepreneurs

Can I receive government aid for my business and if so, how do I apply? As the coronavirus continues to halt business, navigating this new reality is proving to be difficult, especially for entrepreneurs. To help, I’ve created a list […]

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March 30, 2020July 20, 2020 The Art of Money MattersArt & Money Matters Highlights, Budgeting & Cashflow, Entrepreneurship, Personal Finance, Savings & Investments

Money Monday$: Join My Live Q&A

Join me for Money Monday$, a free, weekly call where I answer your questions on how to manage the financials of your small business.  Part of the National Association of Women Business Owners’ NYC Community Connection series, we will focus […]

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March 26, 2020July 20, 2020 The Art of Money MattersArt & Money Matters Highlights, Entrepreneurship, Personal Finance

Five Actions to Start Financially Strong in 2019

Now is the best time to get your financials in order for the new year!   Create a financially strong 2019 by following these five steps: 1. Get Your Books in Order Now is the time to catch up on […]

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January 22, 2019April 24, 2020 Meghan SowersbyBudgeting & Cashflow, Entrepreneurship, Personal Finance, Savings & Investments, Uncategorized

Art Basel reminds Visual Artists that folks still value original works!

Art and Money Matters Mondays The Art Basel Miami has become a popular event for Artists, Creative Professionals and their supporters alike! After seeing all the reviews, photos and comments from the weekend, I was inspired to write a piece […]

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December 8, 2015 The Art of Money MattersArt & Money Matters Highlights, Artists and Creatives, Entrepreneurship

Pay It Forward: Support Small Business

Art & Money Matters Mondays In honor of Small Business Saturday, I worked off leftover Thanksgiving turkey, sweet potato, sweet bread and apple crumb pie at Live Now Fitness (@LiveNowFitness), a boutique wellness and fitness center in Howard County, Maryland led by […]

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November 30, 2015 The Art of Money MattersArtists and Creatives, Entrepreneurship

Calling All New Media Artists: How do you sell something that is impossible to own?

ART & MONEY MATTERS MONDAYS Media art refers to artworks that depend on a technological component to function. Media artists express their thoughts, ideas and images through platforms related to video, audio, print and digital mediums.  Graphic design, filmmaking, and […]

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November 23, 2015 The Art of Money MattersArtists and Creatives, Entrepreneurship

Calling All Writers & Storytellers: If you want to publish a book, manage your coins wisely!

Art & Money Matters Mondays For many writers and storytellers achieving the title of published author , is a dream come true.  The title gives legitimacy, signals success, and elevates you in hierarchy amongst the literary community. But elevating your writer status and elevating […]

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November 16, 2015 The Art of Money MattersArtists and Creatives, Entrepreneurship

The Business of the Arts: Tradition has been broken!

The economy has evolved tremendously from the days of the Great Recession to what we live in today, the “Gig” Economy.  Tradition has been broken.  Many workers in the public and private sectors have traded in traditional employment for non-traditional jobs in non- traditional industries […]

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November 9, 2015 The Art of Money MattersArtists and Creatives, Entrepreneurship

Artists making it happen in the “Gig” Economy

For many people, including myself, how we think about and interact with money has changed due in large part to the 2007/2008 economic recession.  The recession has shifted our views on what it means to have job security and therefore shifted […]

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November 2, 2015 The Art of Money MattersArt & Money Matters Highlights, Artists and Creatives, Entrepreneurship

A Fall Checklist of To Do’s for the Self Employed and Small Business Owners

It’s the 4th quarter of the year and you still have a few months to take care of personal and business money matters that have been following you all year. Here’s a “To Do” list that will help you close out […]

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September 15, 2015 The Art of Money MattersEntrepreneurship, Personal Finance

Art & Matters Mondays: Uncle Sam Will Get His Due!!!

Art & Money Matters Mondays:  Have you heard of IRC Section 6050W of the tax code?  Maybe or maybe not…I mean the only people who probably really read or even understand any part of these ever changing tax laws are […]

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August 31, 2015 The Art of Money MattersArt & Money Matters Highlights, Entrepreneurship

Art & Money Matters Monday’s: Creative Entrepreneurs In Full Effect!

This weekend I attended the Afropunk Festival in NYC.  I hadn’t attended it in years so had no expectations really just figured it was going to be like any other NY summer festival.  But what I experienced is a festival […]

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August 24, 2015 The Art of Money MattersArtists and Creatives, Entrepreneurship

Art & Money Money Matters Monday’s: The top 3 times creatives sing the money blues (Part 3)

It doesn’t take Ned Stark (from HBO’s Game of Thrones) to remind us that we’re more than half way through the year and therefore closer to worrying about tax time.  If you are a registered business, freelancer or independent contractor, […]

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August 10, 2015 The Art of Money MattersArtists and Creatives, Entrepreneurship, Personal Finance

Art & Money Money Matters Monday’s: The top 3 times creatives sing the money blues (Part 2)

So last week we talked about the 3 instances when artists and creatives are most focused on their finances.  We identified the “summer money” blues as the time of year when teaching artists see the most fluctuation or lull in their […]

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August 3, 2015 The Art of Money MattersBudgeting & Cashflow, Entrepreneurship, Personal Finance

Art & Money Money Matters Monday’s: The top 3 times creatives sing the money blues

Lately I’ve been thinking about the times when artists and creatives are most thoughtful, concerned or hyper sensitive with business-related and personal finances.  Besides the monthly, “pay my rent” blues, my initial thought is that there are at least 3 instances in the […]

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July 27, 2015 The Art of Money MattersArtists and Creatives, Entrepreneurship

Is it really about Pricing? Why is it difficult for us to ask for what our Art is worth?

A client asked me to figure out the appropriate price they should charge for their works, product and services in order to make a certain profit by the end of the year. I first asked them how do they think […]

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July 20, 2015 The Art of Money MattersArtists and Creatives, Entrepreneurship

Accounting Software and Apps for Freelancers and Small Business Owners

Art and Money Matters Mondays:  For most of us starting a new business, we started tracking our money by keeping a log of income and expenses, tracking it in an Excel spreadsheet or managing it through a business banking account.  It seemed like […]

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June 16, 2015 The Art of Money MattersBudgeting & Cashflow, Entrepreneurship

Calling All Artists & Creatives…Step into Financial Freedom!

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June 1, 2015 The Art of Money MattersArt & Money Matters Highlights, Entrepreneurship

Artists must also be Entrepreneurs!

“We need to not be afraid of this skill set. We need to embrace our entrepreneurial mindset and understand how transferable our skills can be in our chosen field and through other means of livelihood. Educational institutions need to get […]

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May 26, 2015 The Art of Money MattersArtists and Creatives, Entrepreneurship, Uncategorized

Top 3 things to consider when pricing your work

Fellow artists and creative professionals often ask what they should consider in setting the price for their creative work or service. These are the top 3 things to consider (in reverse order): #3 Research your contemporaries and how they price […]

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May 19, 2015 The Art of Money MattersEntrepreneurship

Honoring National Small Business Week

Every year since 1963, the President of the United States has issued a proclamation announcing National Small Business Week, which recognizes the critical contributions of America’s entrepreneurs and small business owners.  Last week was National Small Business Week and, in […]

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May 11, 2015 The Art of Money MattersEntrepreneurship

The Death of the Artist??? Say it ain’t so

The article written by William Deresiewicz called “The Death of the Artist and the Birth of the Creative Entrepreneur” (link attached below), gives historical context around the evolution of the artist: – the artisan, the maker of “crafts” continuing in […]

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April 21, 2015 The Art of Money MattersArtists and Creatives, Entrepreneurship
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