To be successful, small business owners must learn how to get the most value out of every dollar they spend and every ounce of effort they invest in a project. However, one of the reasons many small businesses have unsuccessful blogs is because they fail to get all the value from the work they put […]
The cost of government regulations is staggering and it’s a cost that only goes one way: Up. I just clicked over to the Federal Register website, where you can search and access regulations published since 1994 and on one single Monday, 26 new rules were published. There’s an old saying about “the straw that broke […]
Good things come to those who wait. Will this proverb prove true for the new crowdfunding regulations that took effect today (May 16, 2016)? You can get all the details on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website (SEC), but the main upshot of today’s changes is to open crowdfunding investments to non-accredited investors, meaning […]
’Tis the season to be spring cleaning (even your financials) and honoring moms everywhere (including those who found million-dollar companies). Add in a passel of marketing tips, and you have enough bedtime reading to last all week. Leadership, management and productivity Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo, Lisa Stevens, lays out three tips for giving […]
In business some things never change, like the power of a personal referral or word-of-mouth advertising. Then again, some things in business are constantly going through changes, like the way those personal referrals are gained and communicated. Let’s take a quick tour through current best practices for winning those ever-so-powerful personal referrals. 1. Ask. Simply asking […]