Have you ever thought about starting your own business with your mate but didn’t want the hassel of a creating a proven business model or the stresses of marketing?  Buying a franchise may be the answer for you.  For all you franchising couples in Georgia, the Atlanta Franchise & Finance Expo is coming to town.  This is an excellent opportunity to learn about the best franchising opportunities available.  Representatives will be on hand to answer any questions lenders will be available to answer questions about financing.  The expo will be held May 2-3 from 11a-5p at the Cobb Galleria.

Register here for the expo.

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Our friends Brett and Leila, co-founders of the National Copreneur Society (NCS), are ramping up their membership efforts and you’re envited.  NCS is an organization formed in 2006 designed to celebrate and support entrepreneurial copreneurs.

Join them on April 30th, 2009 from 10:00a-11a MDT (11 CST, 12 EST) for their first open-door webinar of the National Copreneur Society. The meeting is open to current copreneurs and those who are interested in becoming copreneurs. Also welcomed are individuals and businesses that provide services to copreneurs.
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I wanted to take a moment to share with you what we’ve been working on the past few months. Bizzyness hasn’t gone anywhere, but it has been a little over a week since our last update, so I wanted to drop a note. For the past few months I’ve been heads down working on a variety of projects but today I want to highlight my baby! Introducing Social Saints!

The story behind Social Saints
In the winter of 2007 I started a very long conversation with God about my purpose and what he would have me to do. After months of prayer and dialogue I received my answer. Simply put God wants me to use my talents to empower others. Since I’ve always considered myself a God Fearing Internet Marketer, I decided to combine those two truths into something more real. The result is an internet marketing consultancy designed to assist faith-based organizations and non-profits in the development of strong, relationship-oriented, online communities.

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You may recall from an earlier discussion question our conversation about the negative effects recessions can have on marriages.  We had a pretty decent discussion about it, but the issue hasn’t solved itself.  Today on Oprah, M. Gary Neuman will discuss the ways in which any couple can recession-proof their marraiges.  I highly recommend every couple, married or unmarried, catch this episode.  We will definitely be watching!  Be sure to stop by after the show and leave your comments.

- Akuba & Justin

Hello all you Bizzy people. We wanted to take a couple of minutes to remind you that it’s tax season. As life partners and business partners there are a few things that you may not know, so we wanted to share some of the things we’ve learned this tax season.

What we want to talk about is Form 1065 . This form is the ‘Partner’s Share of Income, Credits, and Deductions form’ and it is a necessity for partners in a LLC, LLP or general partnerships. Of course there are other forms that you may need depending on how you record your income, and how you make it but we just wanted to give you a little help before you grab up your receipts and income statements and run down to your local H&R Block . They will tell you that you need it so go prepared. If you’ve been in business with a partner before, feel free to pass on this post or comment with any additional information you think our users could use.

If anyone else has any other forms or tax information that you know couples may need, please post them here and happy deduction hunting.

Cheers!

Akuba & Justin