The Payroll Blog

In this season 3 Friday Fails episode of Back of the Napkin, Licia Accardo and Tony Spatara, owners of Cafe L'Appetito in Chicago, share a valuable lesson about staying true to who you are and what you know best. Listen to the episode.

An astounding one-third of all employees who quit work recently plan to start a small business. If you’re one of them, are you ready for the challenge of small business ownership?

In this season 3 episode of Back of the Napkin, sibling second generation small business owners Licia Accardo and Tony Spatara of Café L’Appetito talk about honoring and evolving the family legacy to achieve greater success in the Chicago restaurant scene. Listen to the episode.

In this episode of the SurePayroll Mainstream Minute, Holly Wade, Executive Director of the National Federation of Independent Business, suggests tax season may be more complicated for some small business owners due to COVID-19 relief programs, and offers tips on how to get started early.

Regardless of how established, unique, or successful a business, there’s always a chance an unexpected external event could ice operations. Defining a contingency plan for a variety of emergency scenarios is a critical task for business owners.  

In this season 3 Friday Fails episode of Back of the Napkin, Mika Altidor and Victor Munoz, owners of Victor & Mika’s Bakery, chew on the joy of eating your mistakes. Plus, the partners in love and business dish on how they learned to slow down and still achieve their business objectives. Listen to the episode.

Regardless of age, income, or financial goals, it’s critical every small business owner (and employee) has a clearly defined plan to maximize retirement and tax savings.

A long-time “check sweetener” in food service, cross-selling and upselling offers small business owners across all industries a chance to build or deepen the customer relationship and increase the bottom line.

In this season 3 episode of Back of the Napkin, Mika Altidor and Victor Munoz, owners of Victor & Mika’s Bakery,  discuss owning and operating the first and only vegan establishment in Polk County, FL, and how they balance being partners in business and life. Plus, they explain why 98% of their customers aren’t even vegan. Listen to the episode.

In this episode of SurePayroll’s Mainstreet Minute, Holly Wade, Executive Director of the National Federation of Independent Business, discusses the PPP loan forgiveness program. Listen to the Back of the Napkin episode featuring this Mainstreet Minute segment.

Cash-strapped consumers may not always have spare change to donate to the social causes they believe in, but the trend to align spend with businesses they morally support is on the rise. Corporate social responsibility-even for small businesses-is simply becoming part of the cost of doing business.

In this Back of the Napkin Friday Fail, Jeff Arce and Web Eby, owners of CrossFit Arlington Heights, compare a “safe fail” in strength training to the obstacles faced by small business owners. Plus, they describe how gym members rallied on behalf of the entire training community during the state-mandated COVID-19 closure that hit just a few months after they assumed ownership. Listen to the episode.