Between industry news and personal experience.

Learn about all of the transition options available to independent business owners, along with the impact of each, with this handy chart.

Many people we talk to are wondering how they can build wealth in a post-pandemic world. To help you think through how to best position yourself for success, we would like to offer these five ideas for the rest of the year.

The Small Business Administration (SBA) announced a streamlined forgiveness process for PPP loans of $150,000 or less. SBA will open a Direct Forgiveness Portal for qualifying borrowers on August 4, 2021.

Many businesses have had to adapt and make changes to their business models due to the pandemic, and in this blog post, we cover which changes we think will last into the future - specifically within the LBM and hardware industries.

With the economy gaining momentum as more states and localities lift COVID restrictions, many industries and their customers are seeing rapid increases in the prices for goods and services. In times of volatile prices, it is important for any business owner to sit down with their insurance broker and review their coverage.

There has been a lot of discussion in the news and among financial professionals about whether inflation is a real threat to our economy, or if the current price increases are just a short-term consequence of the economy restarting after more than a year of on-again, off-again lockdowns due to the pandemic. Therefore, we would like to provide you with a summary of how Stratus analyzes the price increase information we are hearing.