Technology is becoming more commonplace in various aspects of our lives. Smartphones have replaced watches, alarm clocks, and calendars, and they could begin to phase out traditional credit cards and credit card processing. Mobile payments have changed the way people are paying for goods and services in retail businesses, as well as how merchants are processing those … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2016
3 Places to Look for Insight into Your Career Direction
Curious about what to do next with your career direction? Feeling vague about your strengths and interests? Looking for a few guideposts to get insight into a career path you’d feel connected to? One tactic you can try is to reflect on your past. This strategy does have flaws, because it assumes that you are currently engaging with an element of your future career … [Read more...]
Why Collaboration as a Business Model Works
Over the past few months, I have had a myriad of discussions around the concept of collaboration. It has come in many different forms, ranging from finding the right clients to how to create a startup community in my city. Interestingly enough, I had three conversations in one week about how “helping each other” was a necessary and vital part of the small business community. … [Read more...]
3 Reasons Why Changing Jobs For Better Earnings Is Not Wise
A typical professional life is incomplete without switching jobs. In fact, hopping from one job to another is rather common these days. Why? The reasons vary from one person to another. Some people want to get away from a nasty boss, some want to work on a better job profile, and then there are some who want to receive a fat paycheck by the end of the month. But do not … [Read more...]
How to Use Joint Ventures to Your Advantage
When clients approach me with helping them with their businesses, the first thing I ask is, "Who do you know well in your industry?" I ask this question because small businesses need other small businesses to help grow. The misconception in small business is that there is a 'do it all by myself' mentality. The truth is that you can grow your business as well as another’s by … [Read more...]
Business Plan: Key to Success in Investments and Business
Sponsored by Joorney Business Plans: In June of 2015, the United States was named the number one country for women entrepreneurs according to a study completed by tech giant Dell at its Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network Summit. Scoring a 71 out of 100, the U.S. provides advantages to entrepreneurs, including a relatively robust business environment, access and availability … [Read more...]
5 Best Ways to Irritate Your Employees and Paralyze Production
Whether you manage employees from one to one hundred, you’ve probably said and done things that you wish you hadn’t. Take heart; there is no perfect leader, just as there’s no perfect employee; but there are perfect ways of irritating your staff members, forcing the best ones to leave and paralyzing productivity. And you’re probably already doing them. So before you continue … [Read more...]
The Business of Charity: Where Purpose and Profit Meet
Generally, when clients approach me about starting a nonprofit organization, I try to talk them out of it. I do this for several reasons. The most important reason being that I do not think that people really understand what it means to operate a nonprofit. In my purely non-scientific assessment of non-profit founders, I find that many them have a good heart but are looking at … [Read more...]
What’s Your Professional Development Plan?
Employees today have increased bargaining power as the job market is becoming more competitive to retain top-skilled workers. One of the best enticements is to offer a robust professional development plan. Offering a professional development plan that is personalized to the needs of the individual employee allows the company to enhance its current talent pool, and it allows the … [Read more...]
The Most Common Small Business Website Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
What is it? Most businesses own one, yet it doesn't do anything for them. A website is an essential marketing tool that each and every small business must have. A website is generally the place where potential customers have their first contact with your business. Therefore, your business can’t afford to risk leaving a bad impression there. Business owners often settle … [Read more...]