5 Frightening Causes of Small Business Failure
This time of year, ghosts and ghouls aren’t the only things that should be sending chills down your spine. As an entrepreneur, you need to be aware of how very real and serious the potential...
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The Power of Deep Work: How to Accomplish More in Less Time
The world is full of distractions. Your phone is pinging with notifications, the new episode of your favorite TV show has just been released, and your partner is asking where you’ve put the hoover. How...
4 Ways to Increase Profits for Your Small Business by Reducing Office Expenses
Determining the best way to maximize profits can be a daunting task for any small business owner. Depending on your company’s needs, you may need to decide if increasing profits or decreasing expenses is a...
5 Mistakes to Avoid When Filing Your Taxes
The process of filing taxes may be intimidating and difficult, and if you're not cautious, you might make a mistake that costs you. Every year, it's the little things that cause taxpayers to pay more...
4 Ways to Recapture Lost Revenue
Lost revenue. It’s a reality for all businesses. Even if your company had a banner year, you inevitably experienced some type of financial loss. However, you can reduce those losses by putting revenue recapture strategies...
Start Lean, Stay Lean: 4 Ways to Shape Up Your Operation
As a startup founder, you have a lot of dreams to accomplish on a limited budget. One way to make sure you accomplish your goals is by focusing on efficiency right away. You can start...
4 Major Obstacles Every Entrepreneur Must Overcome
With very few exceptions, the road to successful entrepreneurship has never been without its obstacles. Even during the best of times, blazing new ground in the business world has always been risky. After all, if...
6 Finance Books to Help You Make Better Business Decisions
Just when you thought that successful business owners don’t have the time to curl up in bed to read a book, you’d be surprised to know that average entrepreneurs read at least one book a...
Why the Supply Chain Disruption Is Actually Good for Small Business
When the economy is strong, and the sales are rolling in, there is little incentive for entrepreneurs to come up with any new innovations. It is only when something dramatic like a pandemic hits, and...
5 Ways E-Commerce Entrepreneurs Can Make More Data-Driven Decisions
E-commerce thrived in 2021, but if you want your brand to really take off, you need to focus on the data. Data-driven decision-making is the key to success in the modern world of e-commerce. If...
The 3-Hour Rule: How to Win at the Big and Little Tasks
This is an excerpt from “Tranquility by Tuesday: 9 Ways to Calm the Chaos and Make Time for What Matters” by Laura Vanderkam. Copyright 2022 by Portfolio and reprinted with permission. The productivity trap Turning...
Cybersecurity: Why It’s Important for Small Businesses
Technological advances today have made individuals and businesses more interconnected than ever. But the same networks that keep people connected also abound with cyber threats. Cybersecurity is a must because companies now rely on these...
To Keep Your Talent, You’ve Got to Grow Your Talent
Regardless of the economic climate, hanging onto top talent is always a balancing act. Add in the Great Resignation (aka the Big Quit), and you have a recipe for extra high turnover rates. The good...
Time Management: The One Habit All Successful Entrepreneurs Learn to Master
Every person’s got their own “secret to success.” You know, the habit they swear by. Entrepreneurs have them, too. And more than likely, they’re all different tidbits of advice. Eat right, take a day off,...
How to Leverage Your Full-Time Job to Fund Your Entrepreneurial Dreams
When I accepted a position at a software development company after college, I was clear with them from the start. During the interview, they asked about my passion and my goals. I shared that I...
How to Build a Scalable E-Commerce Architecture
Today, flexibility and the ability to adjust to ever-changing market conditions are critical for any e-commerce business that aims to grow while remaining effective and competitive. From the technological perspective, success depends on whether you...
Co-Warehousing Saves Money, Improves Efficiency
Businesses are booming everywhere thanks to the rise in e-commerce shopping. However, the more consumers shop, the higher the demand for products and fast delivery. Because of this, companies are constantly exploring ways to increase...
Lessons I Learned Starting a Social, Emotional and Mental Wellness Company
Mental health and wellness has taken center stage in national conversations as we attempt to recover, heal and restore our lives amid an ongoing global pandemic. But long before “mental health” was something people openly...
4 Skills to Master for Business Success
Do you have a dream of creating and launching your own company? Well, you’re not alone. However, not all start-ups will become long-lasting business ventures. To beat the odds, you’ll need to have more than...
How to Hire a Virtual Assistant to Improve Productivity
In January 2020, just before the pandemic sent most of us home, the Wall Street Journal reported about “The Vanishing Executive Assistant.” “More than 1.6 million secretarial and administrative-assistant jobs have vanished since 2000, according...