Monday, September 14, 2020

Biden Okay In Person Voting for Delaware

Biden Okay In Person Voting for Delaware



IncSmart Delaware (Small Business and Startups) - Joe Biden walked into the polling booth Monday to cast his vote in the Primary Election.  Biden proved to Delaware residents that it is safe to vote in person.   Joe and his wife Jill both voted in person at the New Castle Board of Elections.  If you do not want to vote in person, order your Absentee Ballot.   #incsmart

Sunday, September 13, 2020

California Wildfires

California Wildfires

IncSmart California  (Small Business and Startups) - Lightening starts most fires in California.  The plague of fires in both Northern California and Southern California are unsettling residents.  Causes do vary as some fires are started by terrorists, but most are from lightening strikes from thunderstorms.  California Governor Newsome, Nancy Pelosi's son in law, issues a statement that said there were over 10, 850 lightening strikes in just days as the monsoon season begins.  And this number is below average.  

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The Cost of Minnesota Terrorism

The Cost of Minnesota Terrorism

IncSmart Minnesota (Small Business and Startups) - The Demolition costs are skyrocketing in St. Paul and Minnesota.  The fees are causing delays in rebuilding the Twin Cities from the terrorism to the cities happening in May.  The price tag for demolition is often times higher than what the property is worth.  Attorney General Keith Ellison, still addressing claims of domestic valance has still not looked into price gauging.  At the same time his son is on the Minneapolis City Council and supports the domestic terrorism.  #incsmart

New York Exodus

New York Exodus



IncSmart New York (Small Business and Startups) - New York City neighborhoods see real estate prices dropping, with the exodus of residents to the suburbs.  The tide of violence in the city is taking it's toll.  There has been a surge in violent crime.  When the mayor stopped bail and released prisoners from Riker's Island, the city started spiraling out of control.  

Pennsylvania Real Estate

Pennsylvania Real Estate



IncSmart Pennsylvania (Small Business Startups) - New York City is in a crisis.  People are moving to Florida, but many are moving to Northeast Pennsylvania.  This cornier of Pennsylvania has never seen an increase of residents like it seeing today.  It is a sellers market.  

Sunday, July 26, 2020

The Rot in the District of Columbia

The Rot in the District of Columbia

IncSmart District of Columbia (Small Business and Startups) - The Rot in the District of Columbia.  Who get's the America tax dollars.   The salary for the life of a US President, is $450,000 a year.  The salary for the life of a Senator or House Member, is $174,000 a year.  The salary of the life of the Speaker of the House, is $223,500 a year.  The salary for the life of a Majority or Minority Leader,  $194,400 a year.   #incsmart

Saturday, July 18, 2020

Catfish Sales Mississippi

Catfish Sales Mississippi



IncSmart Mississippi (Small Business and Startups) - Catfish sales to Mississippi restaurants is way down.   The prices have stayed relatively stable but the consumption is down because of the Wuhan Virus.  The price of catfish is running about $1 per pound.  Over $200 million dollars is generated by Mississippi from these farms.  Mississippi also leads the country in catfish production and numbers 4000 pounds of catfish per acre of ponds.  

Sunday, July 12, 2020

Tax Breaks for Louisiana

Tax Breaks for Louisiana



IncSmart Louisiana (Small Business and Startups) - Tax breaks for Louisiana.  As Louisiana lawmakers worry about the huge loss of tax revenue, they hare hoping the breaks to small business will spur more companies to stay open and hire.  With the new closures of business taking effect, this will help the ones struggling the most.  The more business that close, the more tax revenue disappears.  

Saturday, July 11, 2020

Florida Business Violates Visa Program

Florida Business Violates Visa Program

IncSmart Florida (Small Business and Startups) - Florida business pays $65,000 for violating the American Visa program.  The fines are imposed by the United States Department of Labor.  The fine include backpay for employees, and a civil penalty from the Labor Department.   

Saturday, February 15, 2020

Catskills New York Real Estate

Catskills New York Real Estate

IncSmart New York (Small Business and Startups) - Catskills Mountains New York real estate is 100 miles away from New York City.  This is an area around Catskills Park west of the Hudson River.  With the national economy under the Trump administration, counties up and down the Hudson have become sellers markets.  With most people priced out of the New York City housing market, the Catskills can be an affordable alternative.  

Costco Opens Plant in Nebraska

Costco Opens Plant in Nebraska



IncSmart Nebraska (Small Business and Startups) - Costco opens new plant in Freemont Nebraska, located near the Iowa border.   91 million rotisserie chickens were sold last year at Costco, and the new poultry plant will help them stay in charge of there own chicken products by controlling each stage of production from farm to store.    This $450 million dollars plant will accomplish that.  The choice of Nebraska for the plant was economics.  Nebraska has an abundance for grain water and water.  With unemployment at it's lowest with the Trump administration, Costco's only worry is labor.  The 400,000 square foot plant will hire over 1000 employees.  

Sunday, September 29, 2019

Mac Pro Built in Texas

Mac Pro Built in Texas



IncSmart Texas (Small Business and Startups) - Mac Pro to be built in Texas after President Trump offers some tariff exemptions for key components.  The Mac Pro is Apples most powerful computer with the price starting at $6000.  Austin Chamber of Commerce says there are now 62,000 people working in manufacture in the Austin metro area.  Austin is becoming the new Silicon Valley, and Apple will employ over 15,000 people  

Saturday, August 17, 2019

New Maryland Virtual Office

New Maryland Virtual Office



IncSmart Maryland (Small Business and Startups) - We have a new Maryland Virtual Office for our customers.  The Townson Executive Workspace is located at 210 West Pennsylvania Ave, Suite 100.  Use our new Townson location as your business office for your professional business address.  Continue your telecommuting or working from a home office with your new virtual address.  The promo offer is only $70 a month.  Towson is an hour and half drive from the District of Columbia and 30 minutes from Baltimore.

Monday, July 29, 2019

North Dakota Scholarship Program

North Dakota Scholarship Program

IncSmart North Dakota (Small Business and Startups) - A North Dakota Scholarship Program has been created by North Dakota business that are having difficulty hiring and training employees for these high demand positions with technical skills.  These skills require an education beyond High School but not requiring a four year degree.  The legislature has approved the funds but are looking at for matching funds from local employers who need the positions filled.  Business can donate funds to the scholarship or the repayment program.  Business can also pick which colleges, programs and educators.  

Sunday, July 28, 2019

Colorado Agritourism

Colorado Agritourism

IncSmart Colorado (Small Business and Startups) - Colorado Agritourism is now offered by Colorado State University as an online class.  The 12 credit certificate is currently a graduate studies program, and is the first of it's kind in the country.  The classed provide farmers and ranchers with the planning skills they need to add the tourism niche to there on business services.  Agritourism not only helps the farmers and ranchers, but it a boost for the local community as well.  

Thursday, July 25, 2019

Oregon Business Tax

Oregon Business Tax

IncSmart Oregon (Small Business and Startups) - The new Oregon Business Tax hike, called the Student Success Act, will go into effect January 2020.   A business that makes $750,000 in 2020 will be required to register for the new tax.  Companies that post $1 million dollars in transactions will have to pay $250 fee.  The new tax was passed along party lines with the Republicans voting against the increase.  The new tax followed angry debates in Salem.  

Sunday, June 30, 2019

Delaware Beach Cities Boom

Delaware Beach Cities Boom

IncSmart Delaware (Small Business and Startups) - Delaware beach cities are getting a hotel boom.  Twelve new hotels are on the books for Delaware beach cities, creating a building boom in the southern part of the state.  This redevelopment is particularly noticeable in Sussex County and Rehoboth.  2018 occupancy rates are about 80%, according to the Southern Delaware Tourism Association.  Much of the Delaware market is from New York City and Philadelphia.  

Thursday, June 6, 2019

Uber Helicopter Rides in New York

Uber Helicopter Rides in New York

IncSmart New York (Small Business and Startups) - Uber will be offering helicopter rides in New York City.  Uber Technologies Inc is going to start testing service in New York City starting on July 9th.  Customer will be able to book flights starting July 7th on the new app called Uber Copter.  The rides can be booked up to five days in advance and each ride will hold 5 customers.  

Sunday, June 2, 2019

Alaska Commercial Seaweed

Alaska Commercial Seaweed

IncSmart Alaska (Small Business and Startups) - Alaska commercial seaweed industry has a bumper crop.  Five years ago, there were no seaweed farmers in Alaska.  Today are 16 producing operations in the state.  Seaweed is a $6 billion business worldwide, with Korea, Japan and China taking the lead.  Seaweed is used for food, fertilizer, animal feed, and many other products including pharmaceuticals.  Alaska grown seaweed harvest will be over 200,000 pounds this year.   Alaska will have a $100 million dollar industry within the next decade

Thursday, May 30, 2019

Oklahoma Opioid Lawsuit

Oklahoma Opioid Lawsuit

IncSmart Oklahoma (Small Business and Startups) - Oklahoma opioid lawsuit is the first state to be watched nationally for ongoing health crises.  The Attorney General filed suit in June of 2017 accusing Johnson and Johnson of intentionally creating the drug crisis.   The Attorney General said they aggressively marketed to doctors knowing there was an addiction problem.  If the case is settled out of court, it will set a precedence for the county at large in the state suites that are filed or are pending,  In a previous law suit against OxyContin, the state was awarded several hundred million dollars that the state will use for addiction research.