Small Business Resources
Small Business Saturday is November 29th!
In 2010, American Express became a founding partner of a movement known as Small Business Saturday. The day after Thanksgiving (Black Friday) and the following Monday (Cyber Monday) serve as...
Ready, Set, your Budget: The Finish!
You're done! You may be mentally exhausted, but now you've got a great tool for managing your business next year. If this is the first time you've set a budget...
Ready, Set, your Budget: Maintaining Speed
Alright, you're almost finished! The final phase of a sprint is maintaining speed (well, excluding the finish, of course). At this point, you've set your budget for next year. You've...
Ready, Set, your Budget: Maximizing Speed
Alright, it's time for the fourth phase of your budget! In a sprint, this phase is maximizing speed. For your budget, it's maximizing performance! By this point, you should have...
Ready, Set, your Budget: Transition
The third phase of a sprint is Transition. In your budget process, it's time to transition to expenses! Review your monthly P&L from 2014 to analyze your expenses. Determine which...
Ready, Set, your Budget: Acceleration
The second phase of a 100m sprint is acceleration, picking up speed. In your budget, the second step is to set your budget for sales and cost of goods sold,...
Ready, Set, your Budget: The Start
The first step to starting the budget process is to review your current year financials. To do this, run a monthly P&L (profit and loss statement) of revenue and expenses...
Ready, Set, your Budget
It’s that time of year again! And, no, I’m not talking about the holidays. I’m talking about year-end! It’s time to start thinking about the new year. Where will your...
Leaders are Readers
It's been said by many, that Leaders are Readers. Harry S. Truman may have been the first, but he was not the last. Personally, I love reading, but find that...
5 Tips for Organizing Your Back Office
Your business is up and running. You've got a product customers need, a service customers want. You've made some sales, you've hired your first employee (or 2nd or 3rd). You're...