by Dennis Beaver | business, financial, investment
May 14, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver If you’re thinking about becoming an entrepreneur, you may be wondering whether you’d be more successful starting a business or buying an established business. “‘Start your own business, open your own shop’ has always been part of the...
by Dennis Beaver | asset protection, investment, retirement
November 10, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver In 2008-2009, when the stock market crashed, so many people who were either close to or in retirement not only lost their shirt, but also their self-confidence, trust in their own decisions, respect from...
by Dennis Beaver | contracts, invention, investment
February 22, 2014 • By Dennis Beaver Late-night TV is packed with commercials for companies that promise to help inventors patent and market their idea or product. Having seen those ads for the past 15 years he has been a patent attorney in Bakersfield, Jim Duncan...
by Dennis Beaver | contracts, ethics, investment
December 3, 2005 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver At no time in recent memory has the real estate market in the San Joaquin Valley been as hot as it is now. New and re-sale homes, as well as lots suitable for construction bring prices that could hardly have...
by Dennis Beaver | business, investment, lawyers
June 14, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver (If You Love to Cook, Don’t Open A Restaurant!) It is the American dream – successfully running your own business. But are you able to? Do you know the major errors which virtually assure failure? Friends of this column know...
by Dennis Beaver | employment, investment
March 22, 2014 • By Dennis Beaver Note: This is the second installment of Dennis Beaver’s March 8 column. “Your readers, Dennis, who want this to be the year they go into business for themselves, must have a very good answer to this question: If I fail, what...