Preparing for the start of a new year presents particular challenges this December. How do you make plans when the world is facing something that literally has not happened before? Well, to start with, you have to think about it differently than you did in previous years. Ordinarily I’d ... READ MORE >
Business Strategies
What can you realistically accomplish by the end of the year?
“What can I realistically accomplish by the end of the year? “Now is the time to ask yourself that question. It’s only a couple more months until 2020 is over (thank goodness!). You’ve probably already given up on dreams that 2020 will be the year you make it big on Broadway or write a best-selling ... READ MORE >
COVID-19 – Part V: Small Business Resources.
This is part five in our occasional series about applying for coronavirus-related loans. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) took effect in early May. It states that companies with fewer than 500 employees have to offer paid medical leave after the employee takes 10 unpaid ... READ MORE >
Setting Up Remote Work in the Age of CoronaVirus
Your business has been humming along, working just fine in the office. But now suddenly the coronavirus concerns have hit the country, and you’re faced moving your entire operation online. This is an eventuality your company (along with the rest of the country) probably didn’t plan for, and ... READ MORE >
The Small Business Owner’s Guide to Annual Team Meetings
Life as a small business owner is busy, exciting, unpredictable, and occasionally chaotic. The sometimes-frenetic pace of life leads most small business owners to the same realization: launching a business alone is much simpler than running a business alone. Enter: your team. This group of ... READ MORE >