Embezzlement. Losing your biggest customer. Unending debt. For a small business owner, lots of things are scarier than zombies (reappearing October 23 when AMC’s popular series The Walking Dead resumes) or goblins knocking on your door on Halloween. If you’re checking under your bed–or desk–for monsters, here are fearsome things that might threaten your small …
It’s the Holidays: Do You Know Where Your Cash Is?
If you run a small business, the holidays seem like they’re already here. Yes, I know, it’s not even Halloween, but studies show that about 40% of shoppers begin their holiday shopping before jack-o-lanterns are even lit. For small businesses, the greatest holiday challenge may not be getting shoppers in their door, or finding enough …
6 Steps to Small Business Health
Do you offer paid sick leave in your small business? If not, you may soon. Throughout the country, there’s a national movement to insure that employees receive at least a few paid sick days every year. This week, President Barack Obama devoted his weekly address to the subject of paid sick leave, pointing out that …
Are you Brad or Angelina in your Small Business?
Oh dear, it’s the end of a beautiful partnership: Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have filed for divorce. If “Brangelina” can break up, what hope is there for you if you have a partner in your small business? While the two stars may go through a nasty divorce, you definitely want to avoid a gruesome …
Want a Perfect Small Business? Think Again.
When Apple released the new operating system for its iPhone earlier this month, some things went wrong. For a few hours, thousands of the first people who downloaded iOS10 had their iPhones “bricked”—or rendered useless. Apple’s stock price dropped. Whoops. Seems like a big mistake, right? Sure, but Apple did something right, something small business …
Facebook Help for Small Business
Has this ever happened to you in your small business? You want to get the word out about a sale or a new product, and you’ve heard Facebook is a good way to reach customers. You create what you think is a good post and then pay to “boost” it. Then, nothing. No sales. No …
How PR Is Done—The Judgment of Paris
It started as a publicity stunt. It created an industry—an industry dominated by small businesses and entrepreneurs. And it revolutionized the wine world, changing forever the quality and cost of the next glass of wine you’ll drink. This year is the 40th anniversary of the “Judgment of Paris” in which the best French wines were …
Trump No Help for Small Business
Where does Donald Trump stand on issues of importance to small businesses? The short answer is “Who knows?” Trump changes his positions quicker than Taylor Swift changes boyfriends. On August 8, Trump unveiled his economic plan in a speech in Detroit. From that speech, and other positions he’s made throughout the campaign, we can try …
How a Small Business Changed the Wine World
It started as a publicity stunt. It created an industry – an industry dominated by small businesses and entrepreneurs. And it revolutionized the wine world, changing forever the quality and cost of the next glass of wine you’ll drink. This year is the 40th anniversary of the “Judgment of Paris” in which the best French …
