Browsing Category
Small Business
Critical Listening Avoiding Miscommunication
As a business owner, you most likely spend many hours of your day talking with people. Whether be in meetings, face-to-face interactions, or phone calls, communicating is an essential component of your business. For many different reasons, most people underestimate the power of listening. However, listening is the one vital factor to avoid…
Read More...
The Importance of Goal-Setting and its Benefits
Happy New Year!
As a new year starts, it is natural to set about a thousand different goals that you want to accomplish within the next…
Eight Simple Things to Make Your Side Business Look Professional
It is not unusual for a business to start by someone with a particular skill set, performing side jobs with the hopes of acquiring enough…
How introverts can successfully start and manage a business
Besides being billionaires and mega-successful, Larry Page, Mark Zuckerburg, Warren Buffet, and Elon Musk have something else in common. They…
Choosing the right accounting system and software
Years ago, keeping the books had a complex significance. Ledgers were paper-based with several columns., with a manual to understand the many…
Parenting while trying to grow your business
If you are honest with yourself, you will readily admit that owning a business is nothing like what you initially expected. More often than…
How to start a business series – Chapter 2 – Competitive Analysis
A competitive analysis is a crucial section of a company's marketing plan. A robust evaluation will assist in determining the uniqueness of…
The Importance of Business Policy: How to Make Your Company Thrive
Leadership in a small business, or any business, without clear internal policies often has subordinates making decisions that don't support…
How to start a business series – Chapter 1 – The legal entity
One of the first things to consider before taking the entrepreneurship road is the legal entity. The form of business you select will dictate…
Risk analysis and risk management
Regardless of your business size, at some point, you will have to make decisions that involve a component of risk. Some are so unpredictable…