Business ownership can be within your reach without having to reinvent the wheel.   Here are some benefits and concerns to consider before becoming a franchisee.   Thousands of new businesses are established every day,…

Refine the power of your business website.   An effective website is crucial in selling your brand’s products, services, people, or ideas. Review these basic tips to make sure you’re attracting (and convincing) new customers….

Be proactive in bolstering your company’s cyber security.   Workers routinely and unintentionally put their employers at risk by engaging in sloppy computer security practices. In one recent study, a research team placed 200 USB…

Motivation matters: Encourage your employees with the right personnel policies.   Keeping your staff motivated and productive can be difficult even in the best of times. One recent study found that only 30% of U.S….

Launching a small company can be exhilarating, like entering an extreme sports competition with huge risks and prodigious rewards. But keeping a business profitable year after year may not always generate such exuberance, especially if…

When completed in-house, payroll can become a burdensome, time-consuming task that puts your organization at risk. If you’re on the fence about outsourcing, here are four questions to ask yourself: Are you informed about the…

Fast growth sounds like a good problem to have. But it has significant issues that need to be properly addressed in order to sustain momentum.   As the owner of a fledgling business, you may…

Focus on Succession Planning for your Family Business   Is your company a statistic? If you operate a family-owned business, the answer may be yes. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, over 50% of…