If you are bringing a new baby into your family, congratulations! This will be an exciting, busy, whirlwind of a time in your life, and it is only the beginning. There will be things to attend to before the baby comes home, and essential activities and responsibilities to manage as [...]
Financing your dream small business or franchise is possible with 401(k) business financing, also known as Rollovers as Business Startups or ROBS. The company that can help you through the loan process and beyond? As America’s #1 ROBS provider and a trusted leader in small business financing, Guidant Financial can [...]
Online perceptions can make or break a business today. It’s no longer just about in-person customer service and oil changes that go above and beyond. It’s about clicks, engagement, and online reviews that shape how people perceive your auto repair business. If you don’t know what your online reputation [...]
I’m sharing notes from sessions and conversations at the International Economic Development Council annual conference in Dallas. First up: Retail! Lacy Beasley of Retail Strategies moderated a panel on retail real estate and development. While it was mostly big city stuff, several topics were relevant for smaller towns. How to [...]
Let’s talk about chatbots. You know, those things you sometimes message on different applications or websites. To put it simply, a chatbot is software that interacts with a human being through a messaging application. We see these chatbots being used on desktop or mobile applications, social media platforms, and even [...]
Today City Bird is a beloved retail institution in Detroit, but when the store opened in 2009 this stretch of Canfield Street looked very different. “The view from our counter was just an empty auto factory and a vacant lot,” says Emily Linn, co-founder of City Bird. Today the design-focused [...]
How do you charge more than your biggest competitors, and you’ll still have a long queue of customers waiting to buy? When I say more, I mean “more”. Maybe 3X, 10X or even 100X more. And oh, I know the next thing that’s going to crop up on your mind, [...]
In this article Deploy Windows 10 devices The fifth in a seven-part series on the effectiveness and efficiencies of a feature-rich, cloud-connected Windows 10 environment for small businesses Previously in Building and growing your business with Windows 10 and the cloud… In the first blog post of this series, we [...]
The leaders of many of Georgia’s fastest-growing companies gathered recently for an inspirational celebration of the Georgia Inc. 5000 winners. The special event sponsored by Inc. not only honored current achievements but looked ahead to future growth. The October 19 event unfolded at Digital Ignition, an innovative co-working and office [...]
Are you building your site? Maybe you want to get your start-up off the ground but want to make sure that your site is on point for when your launch day comes around. Either way, if this sounds like you then one thing you need to do is avoid these [...]