Helping Businesses Grow & Succeed
By Barbara Davidson / Guest Contributor What’s the first thing you do to start your day? You might navigate to your inbox a lot sooner than you think. A recent study found that 55% of all surveyed respondents check their email before they even get to work, and 17% check […]
All big businesses start somewhere. Carolyn Aronson, founder, CEO and proud 100% owner of It’s a 10 Haircare, started her hugely popular brand from nothing about 15 years ago. She watched every penny, wore every hat in the business, and bootstrapped her way to sales. Sound familiar? Aronson’s products have […]
Alejandro Burgana has always been a car guy, even as a little kid. “I knew everything about the race car drivers, the technology and the internal combustion engine, the collections, all of that.” Burgana, an entrepreneur, is also environmentally conscious so maybe it’s no surprise he purchased the second Nissan […]
If you’ve been putting off learning about government contracting and applying for certifications, this entrepreneur has a message for you: Just do it. Fabiola Fleuranvil is the owner and CEO of Blueprint Creative Group, a strategic communications company based in Miami. With Blueprint Creative, over the years she has successfully […]
After World War II, 49.7% of returning veterans owned and operated a business. After the Korean War, that number fell to 40%. It’s been falling ever since – in 1996, just 12.3% of young veterans were small business owners. And today, only 5.6% of post-9/11 veterans have taken the entrepreneurial […]
Succession planning isn’t just for family businesses and large corporations. Many small business owners don’t plan for what will happen to their companies during a prolonged illness or after their deaths. Unforeseen circumstances could put their businesses at risk of shutting down. I’ve seen it happen, unfortunately. The young owner […]
GrowBiz host’s note: From time to time, we share guest posts. This one gathers advice and strategies from Small Business Development Centers around the nation and has takeaways for your growing small business, no matter what stage it is in. By Gerri Detweiler When you’re serious about growing your small […]
Celyta Jackson had a Plan A, B and C for her Miami Beach small business when Hurricane Dorian threatened. After all she had some very precious assets to protect: 30 formerly homeless cats. Luckily, the hurricane did not strike South Florida and Veronica, Sylvester, siblings Willow and Wilson and the […]
GrowBiz host’s note: GrowBiz has run a number of articles on growing a customer base, finding partners and public relations. Many of the experts cited old-fashioned networking as critical to success in all these areas of growing a small business. I reached out to an expert in this for her […]
Is franchising your business model the key to unlocking more revenue for your company? It certainly can be a profitable growth strategy — if you are ready for it. “The obvious benefit is you accelerate the pace you can expand your brand and you are not taking as much risk […]