The holiday season generates substantial revenues, as well as browsers, for most small businesses. That means the owner and all of the employees are very busy. So business owners are not looking to add more to the list of things to do during this time of year. Yet, small-business owners need to remember this may…
One factor can be found among most small-business owners who start, survive, thrive and grow. That factor is the willingness to leave their comfort zone. Business-development experts frequently encourage small-business owners to be attuned to the market and ready to adjust to outside influences and changes in their business environment. Yet internally, owners, or those…
Whether you have been in business for years or are just starting out, whether you are a product or service business or whether you are home-based or on Main Street, you all have one thing in common: Your family and small business are closely linked. Any action you take in one easily can affect the other….
Maintaining status quo can have severe consequences for small business. This situation often arises when the “that is the way we have always done it” mentality is present. Not changing because of tradition or policy, or simply not taking the time to look forward, often can mean the slow, or sometimes rapid, decline of a…
When asked if they have any advantages as a small business, many owners respond negatively. The fact is, small-business owners, especially those in rural areas and small towns, have many advantages they can use to enhance the success of their store. Knowing the audience is a huge advantage. Yet they often do not make full…
Do you own a small business and find you have no free time? Have you recently found yourself too busy to have lunch with a friend? Does your family start dinner without you? While these are not perfect predictors (life happens), being “too busy” may be a symptom that your business time management needs some…
No matter if your community is big or small, rural or urban, small businesses form a key component of the local economic engine. However, an issue that communities face is how they can support the growth and development of small business. The goal is helping small businesses remain in business and have the resources they…
It is easy for business owners to see and want those great new things that surround us. Yet those shiny new things may not be what the business owner needs at that moment or maybe ever. Shiny new things cost money and may take more time. Owners must decide if those are things that he…
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