If you’ve been around entrepreneurs and startups for a while, you begin to compile a list of reasons why some are successful and others are not and you have to scratch beneath the surface. For example, some failed entrepreneurs might say they were undercapitalized. That’s more of a symptom than a cause. Why were they […]
Cei and Suzanne, two team members at Hired, a tech career marketplace place, were recently recognized for their one-year anniversary with the San Francisco-based company. It’s not unusual for a company to recognize the service anniversaries of their employees, but this situation was a bit unusual. You see, Cei is a (pronounced “Ky”) is her […]
We’ve touched on the subject of exit strategies here before and one of the most important points in that discussion is that you should have the end in sight even when you’re first starting a small business or buying an existing business. The ultimate buyer of your business when you’re ready to move one will […]
Retail strategies to snare the impulse buyer have been a major part of the shopping experience since forever and a recent pact between Twitter and Amazon is pushing impulse buys deeply into the virtual world of social media. Imagine this scenario: You’re perusing your Twitter feed and you come across a sponsored tweet featuring a […]
You know the saying that “nothing’s certain but death and taxes.” I think one more thing can be added to that short list: delays in rolling out Affordable Care Act small business health insurance exchanges. States were supposed to have these exchanges up by November 2014, but when that seemed impossible, the administration granted a […]