By Susan Solovic, THE Small Business Expert “Bundle it baby!” Tweet by Frank Fritz, co-star American Pickers. Anyone who has seen even a single episode of American Pickers knows that Frank Fritz, one of the stars of the popular show, loves to “bundle” items to get what he wants at the price he needs to […]
Tech companies like Google and others have increased their focus on employee benefits and perks to a whole new level of intensity. And, this heightened awareness has made benefits and perks more important than ever before. A new report from MetLife, “Beyond Medical: Why Small Business Owners Offer Added Benefits – and How They Do […]
We start off this week’s collection of curated content with – believe it or not – looking at a couple of online tools that take put convenience back into buying insurance. We also point you to some very fascinating and useful articles – including one about some Indigenous women entrepreneurs in Australia. Leadership, management, and […]
By Brian Hamilton It’s a simple case of market saturation. When looking for information and advice on starting a business, there’s such a vast abundance of information that it can become very difficult to separate the valuable insight from the noise. Much of the content available can be very useful, when taken in isolation. However, because […]
We’ve been chronicling the ups and downs of small business optimism for many months and sometimes it resembles one of those championship prize fights where the spunky challenger refuses to be beaten by the champ: He’s down! He’s up! He’s down! He’s up! All in all, I’ll stick by the prognosis I made at the […]