Pass-through business entities, garden pond professionals operating as partnerships, limited liability companies (LLCs), S corporations and sole proprietorships have long been extremely popular. In fact, one form of pass-through business entity, the S corporation, is currently the most used businessMore…
Aquascape Inc. is excited to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Pondemonium, one of the water feature industry’s premiere business training and networking events. Distributors, contractors and retailers are invited to register and attend the event held August 22 to 26More…
Your Pond Farm has released their 2018 show Dates. The dates will be Tuesday, August 28th, and Wednesday, August 29th. The show will be taking place at Bear Creek Mountain Resort in Lehigh, Pennsylvania. Retailers use the show as partMore…
BioSafe Systems is pleased to welcome Mike Mallon as Technical Sales Manager to the Retail Division. Mike will be working directly with distributors, as well as independent garden centers and other retailers throughout the United States. He will be providingMore…
Many of us who own a regular (or pond) business have dreamed of selling it one day and living the dream of retirement. Most of us have very little idea how to make this dream come true. Usually this onlyMore…
All trades, including pond-building, have one thing in common: 90 percent or more of all owners used to be a tech working for someone else. One day in the field, a little light bulb goes off and says, “Gee, theMore…
Kevin Dougherty headlines Pondliner Wholesale’s 2018 Water Garden Expo, which will be held between Feb. 20-23 at the Heart of Oklahoma Exposition Center in Shawnee, Oklahoma. For the last 31 years, Kevin Dougherty has been speaking to the construction industry.More…
As the co-owner of a busy water features company, I know how hard it is to keep track of potential work while keeping in touch with current customers. As recently as last winter, my husband would come home from workingMore…
POND Trade was invited to the Mountain Top Marketing Mastermind seminar, and I took them up on it. After all, a trip to Colorado in April? Sure, I can do that. The seminar was run by the nice folks atMore…
Since 2010, small-business owners have seen a significant uptick in reasonable compensation challenges, as the IRS has increasingly trained its tax examiners to examine payroll tax issues — among them, reasonable compensation. After all, the payment of a salary inMore…
