New Year’s Resolutions are all about habits. Breaking some bad ones (smoking, drinking excessively, binging on fast food), and starting new ones (working out, eating more Brussels sprouts). Businesses, like individuals, develop bad habits over time that need correction, while success in business over the long run usually means adopting good management habits and sticking […]
As a small business owner you’re accustomed to wearing many hats, going from marketer one minute to web designer or salesperson the next. With the changing pace of technology and stiff local and global competition, there’s never been a more pressing time for small businesses to up-level their entire skill set. As we look ahead to […]
If you’re running your own business, you probably learned more from this experience in the first year than all your other working years combined. You probably did a lot of the work manually with little help. But, now that your business is established, it’s time to think about how you can save yourself the time […]
The problem with resolutions is that people tend to set goals higher than they can possibly achieve. Want to make a million bucks next year? It’s completely possible, but maybe not if your leisure business is currently chugging along at $25k in revenues. The secret to successful resolutions is creating goals you work toward. The […]
For most people, the end of December is called “the holidays.” For lawyers, accountants and other financial types, however, it’s called “year-end.” While most of us celebrate with turkey, egg nog, ugly sweaters and football (often all at once), these folks are working late hours trying to save their clients as much money in taxes […]