If you’re like most Americans, you’re probably making up a list of new year’s resolutions: lose weight, exercise more, stop smoking, be nicer to your in-laws. While those resolutions may be long forgotten by February, I’ve got a list of resolutions you’ll want to keep to help you succeed in your small business in 2017. …
Last-Minute Gifts for Entrepreneurs
Stumped as to what to get your favorite small business owner or startup guru for the holidays? No worries. There’s still time to buy the perfect gift for the entrepreneur on your gift list, and many of these can be purchased from the comfort of your chair. Domain. Every business needs its own domain name. …
If Santa Ran Your Start-up
No one ever thinks about Santa as an experienced business owner, but he’s been running a successful enterprise for centuries. So before the holiday crunch, I sat down with Santa over a cup of hot chocolate and asked for his small business start-up advice. I also asked for a red Tesla. I’ll see if Santa …
6 Sure-Fire Tips to Increase Sales by 12/31
Yes, Virginia, there is a small business Santa Claus. “Santa” comes in the form of customers with money burning a hole in their pockets. They have funds they want to, or need to, spend before midnight December 31. These customers are ripe for the picking, so hurry and make those all-important, highly lucrative, sales calls …
Report Warns of Small Biz Loan Dangers
If you run a small business, you’re likely seeing a flood of offers for easy-to-get loans–through direct mail, popup adds, even TV ads promising fast money to pay your bills or buy new equipment You’re not alone. Alternative small business lending has exploded in the last few years as a new industry emerged, referred to …
Small Business Take Your Parents to Work Day
You’ve probably heard of “Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day” — a day when kids get a chance to see what their parents do all day. Well, there’s a new twist on the concept — one a number of small businesses are embracing to help the parents of their employees finally figure out what it …
8 Things Scarier than Zombies for Small Business
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 …
