What Your Small Business Should Do After Severe Weather Strikes
If severe weather strikes your business, you will likely be scrambling to handle multiple tasks—from assessing any damage to trying…
How To Prepare Your Small Business for Severe Winter Weather
People often associate “severe weather” with the warm, stormy summer and fall months. Yet winter can deliver just as many…
Should I Use Personal Resources to Fund My Business?
More and more business owners are personally financing their businesses. For those looking to self-finance, we—with some backup from small biz experts Stephen…
How To Reduce Employee Holiday Stress and Prevent Burnout
The holiday season is supposed to be a time of comfort and joy. Yet, for many people it can also…
Monsters Hiding In Your Company’s Closet
Vampires, zombies, and bad Yelp reviews, oh my! This Halloween, before the candy starts flowing and the witches start cackling,…
3 Clever Ways Employees Have Taken Advantage of Employer Benefits
It might be a breakfast bar at your startup, or a fitness center at corporate headquarters, or simply an education-incentive…
Anti-Discrimination: Are You on the Right Side of the Law?
The world in which we live and work is becoming increasingly diverse. As a small business owner, you're likely exposed…
How To Create a Safe (and Comfortable) Workplace
When it comes to workplace injuries, we often think of dangerous occupations like construction. But even office workers are at…
5 Top Tax Issues for Small Businesses
[This article has been updated to reflect the new tax law that went into effect on January 1, 2018] Business…
4 Reasons Why Your Overhead Is Too High
Your overhead is too high. It always is. It may not seem so now. But it will someday. That will…