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Streamlining Operations For Small Businesses

Streamlining operations for small businesses can make a significant difference in profitability and sustainability.In today’s competitive business environment, efficiency is more than just a buzzword; it’s a necessity for survival. In this blog, we’ll delve into practical tips for optimizing various aspects of your business operations, so you can do more with less. Why Streamlining […]

The Difference Between Leaders and Managers

Let’s explore the difference between leaders and managers in the business realm. The business world has a nuanced language of its own, where terms like ‘leader’ and ‘manager’ often mingle yet possess distinctive implications. While the roles can often overlap, each comes with its set of responsibilities, focus areas, and approaches to people and projects. […]

Is Remote Work Putting Your Data at Risk?

As more and more businesses allow employees to work remotely, they must do everything they can to keep their data safe. Our never-ending pandemic is taking its toll on businesses. The top concern, by far, is staff retention. In an effort to boost morale, many businesses are now allowing employees to work remotely on a […]

The 3 Big Economic Indicators You Should Track

The Role of Global Economics in Your Small Business Did you know your small business can feel the impact of the global economy before larger businesses are affected? Small businesses, because of their size and more streamlined decision-making process, have certain advantages over their larger counterparts. Yes, even small business leaders should pay close attention […]

Is Your Technology Failing You?

Are you looking at your business’s new technology and wondering why you’re not getting enough bang for your buck? Well, the problem might not be the technology. Many business leaders want fancy apps to impress clients, increase efficiencies, lower COGS, and improve profits. This strategy makes sense and sounds easy. But human nature makes it […]

Are You an Effective Leader?

3 Tips to help you become a better leader… The words “Leader” and “Leadership” get thrown around quite a bit in today’s world. How can you know if you’re a good leader? Three qualities effective leaders should have are Vision, Passion and Empathy. Let’s look at what makes these characteristics important to effective leadership.  Vision […]

Managing Financial Duties

How to Implement Proper Financial Controls in Your Small Business.   Do you reconcile your books? Do you automatically download your bank transactions into your accounting software? What happens after that? Do you perform a manual reconciliation? If yes, congratulations because you are limiting your financial exposure. If not, you should be!   Simply downloading bank statements is NOT reconciling […]

Plan For The Worst, Expect Success

Stand Apart from Competitors When Disaster Strikes Over this past year, I’ve seen many businesses claiming that “Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic we cannot offer the quality of service you have become used to…” While the turmoil of a global pandemic has affected us all, one of the essential parts of running a business is […]

So, you want to be an Entrepreneur?

Part 1 in our Entrepreneurship Series For the past 40 years, my career has taken many interesting turns and sent me in many directions that I never anticipated. From Wall Street to Main Street, and everywhere in between. All the while, my dream was to own and lead my own business. As a film student […]

“Miracle” Payroll Apps

Sometimes You Get What You Pay For We finally made it to 2021. With the change in year comes a new wave of ads for products that can make a business owner’s life easier. This includes apps that enable you to process payroll “with just the click of a button.” These apps may be good […]