Category: Business Planning
Being A Good Citizen Can Be Good Business
A growing number of corporations are finding that good works and good business can go hand in hand.
Solid Planning May Save You from Disaster
Small businesses play a vital role in helping the nation’s economic recovery. Properly protecting a small business through risk management is essential to its long-term survival.
A Better Telecommuting Option for Small-Business Workers
If you work on your own at home-or would like to—you’re not alone. According to research by the University of Oregon, about 6 percent of the work-force (over 8 million Americans) telecommute to company jobs from their homes on either a part-time or full-time basis—and the number is increasing.
Are You Getting Enough Time Off?
The common philosophy amongst small business owners is that if you are doing what you love, you will never have to work a day in your life. While that holds true to some extent, the fact is that starting a business and maintaining it will take a concerted amount of energy and effort out of anyone.
How Moms are Finding Opportunities to Chase their Dreams
There’s no need to choose between being a parent and running your dream business. Female entrepreneurs have been phenomenally successful in the recent past, with more than 8 million women-owned businesses in the United States.
Golden Opportunity for Portfolio Diversification
In this unsettled market environment, many investors are considering ways to diversify their portfolios further.
Make Your Small Business More Green
Even if being green doesn’t mesh with your worldview, it can still bring about cost savings for your business.
Tips for Bolstering Your Small Business
Are you maximizing efficiencies, or spending too much time on the small things? Are you doing the right things to grow your business?
Five Ways Not Having a Mission Statement Can Hurt Your Business
Mission statements are used to communicate the company’s vision to external entities such as customers and society. As a result, it is used by the external entities to form a public image about the company.
How to Build a Following Before You Even Open Your Doors
In order to have a successful business launch these days, businesses must turn to the web. Your Facebook and Twitter efforts should focus on three key tasks.
Managed Services Can Benefit Your Business
Here’s a question asked repeatedly by small-business owners: “Where do I spend the money to improve my business?”
A challenge many small and middle market-business (SMB) owners face is that they recognize the need to grow—whether it’s products or services—yet their funds are in short supply.
Managed Services
One option that owners can consider is managed services, where [...]
Conducting a Business Tune-Up
Just as you’d change the plugs and filters to increase fuel efficiency and have your car run at peak performance, you can tune up your business to run better in any economy.
The Lean Startup Movement
A rising movement is sweeping the business world with what might be called the world’s first startup philosophy. And people are paying attention.
8 Factors Propelling Women to the Top in the Social Revolution
Opportunities to commit bombard us at every turn. For many women, it leads them to over-commit in relationships, but when tempered to a manageable scale, this willingness to build relationships sets women up for great success today.
Tips to Green Your Workplace
Regardless of the size of your workspace – be it large or small – you can take a number of steps to lighten both your environmental footprint and that of your organization.
Be Prepared for Seasonal Business Changes
It’s critical to carefully plan your operations ahead of time, so you can take maximum advantage of your opportunities before they are gone, just like the changing seasons.
8 Ways to Make Every Employee a Salesperson
Regardless of their position or job description, there’s an opportunity for all levels of workers to be salespeople, ambassadors, promoters, and cheerleaders for your company–and boost your profits and sales revenues in the process.
