Helping Businesses Grow & Succeed
Siri, find me a story about voice searches for small businesses. This year, the chatter in small business marketing circles is moving from SEO its VSO (voice-search optimization), as it should be. By next year, more than half of all internet searches will likely be voice searches, using AI-enabled assistants […]
An interesting young company offering franchises for the first time might sound like a sexy opportunity, but buyer beware. With franchising, you are buying into a proven business model – it’s one of the key benefits of franchising. Because 70% of startup companies fail, your risk rises fast with younger […]
It’s a growing problem: Small businesses are getting in over their heads with debt, often brought on by the use of online lenders that typically charge higher rates and can require shorter payback periods than banks and other alternatives. Because traditional bank loans are difficult for many small businesses to […]
Sometimes there is nothing better than learning from the stories of entrepreneurs in the trenches. Suneera Madhani did not set out to build a fast-growing financial technology company. She was working at a merchant payment processor and was surprised by all the complaints in the industry. After doing a lot […]
Think your business is too small for “HR” processes? Think again. It’s understandable that your growing small business is sharply focused on accelerating sales, managing cash flow and, of course, serving your customers. But with growth comes the need to hire, and with that comes the burden of complying with […]
Small business owners, what keeps you up at night? If it is finding workers or managing your debt, you’re not alone. Finding qualified workers to fill open positions continues to be the top worry of Florida’s small business, according to a Florida Chamber of Commerce’s Third Quarter Small Business Index […]
Growth progressively slows down at family-owned businesses after the founder steps down. If you are the 2nd or 3rd generation of a family business, how can you reverse that reality? In a 2018 study, PwC found that in the first generation of a family business, 42% of family businesses have […]
This week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) introduced The Small Business Cybersecurity Assistance Act of 2019, which aims to better educate small businesses on cybersecurity through counselors and resources offered at Small Business Development Centers. […]
Who is franchising? The majority of franchise business owners are over 50 years old, but millennials are beginning to show interest. That’s according to findings of a new national survey. “Baby boomers still represent a majority of people we encounter pursuing franchise opportunities,” said David Nilssen, CEO of small business […]
This just in: The U.S. Small Business Administration announced that the federal government exceeded its small business federal contracting goal for the sixth consecutive year in 2018, awarding 25.05% in federal contract dollars to small businesses. That totaled $120.8 billion, an increase from the previous fiscal year of nearly $15 […]