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Maurreen Skowran commented on Amy Senk's blog post 'Advertising, Ugh'

Amy, I think it's typical for new businesses to take three years to make a profit. Maybe you could get someone else to sell ads for you. Have you thought about talking to a SCORE office or something similar? (SCORE stands for Service Corps of Retire…

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April 29, 2009

Maurreen Skowran commented on Amy Senk's blog post 'More TCB'

Amy, Is the $800 taxes involved with your Web site, or taxes you'd have had anyway? I can't figure how you'd be taxed before making any money. I think all I needed to get a business bank account was to file a "fictitious name statement" with the co…

April 28, 2009

Maurreen Skowran commented on Amy Senk's blog post 'Overwhelmed and Tired'

Amy, Take a breather. This is not a sprint. I think I read somewhere that it usually takes new businesses about three years to turn a profit. Here's a list of several sites operating in the black: http://tinyurl.com/ccxdqk

April 24, 2009

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I think self-employed people often must pay higher rates for medical and other insurance -- not just because of lack of an employer subsidy but also because of lack of a volume discount.

This topic was a big concern at the Google group for Journalism That Matters.

I'm slowly looking into ways the situation might be improved.

If you're interested in the potential… Continue

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At 11:07am on March 12, 2009, Amy Senk said…: Maurreen, I'm new to blogging and the group thing here on ning and am not really sure what you mean when you suggest moving our discussion. I'm all for it, but not sure what to do. Love your input, could you be more specific? Thanks!