A thank-you gesture to a restaurant chef has turned into a business venture that brings in money all winter for Bill Warner and Judy Hageman of Snug Haven Farm in Belleville, Wisconsin. Two years ago, Frontera, the famous Chicago restaurant, bought a large quantity of spinach from Bill and Judy when a heat wave threatened […]
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For 14 years, Steve Pincus grew organic vegetables on 21 acres he rented on the edge of Madison, Wisconsin. A few years ago, an adjacent piece of land sold for $40,000 an acre, for use as an industrial park. With land selling at such steep prices for development, Steve and his wife Beth Kazmar realized
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There are six basic ways to organize a business. First, there are the business organizations that are relatively simple to start but also come with unlimited personal liability such as the sole proprietorship or the general partnership. Other business entities take more effort and money to get started but can limit the investor’s liability to
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