The SBA’s monthly web chat series is back this week with a talk about keeping your small business ideas unique and innovative. The talk, which will be given on Thursday, April 26 by Octavia Kuransky, program development manager for SBA’s Central Alabama Women’s Business Center, is called “Small Business Spring Clean: How to Keep Your…
The SBA announced a small business video contest ahead of the agency’s annual National Small Business Week. The contest calls for small businesses to submit videos about their achievements and explaining how the SBA helped them reach their goals. Three winners will be showcased on the Google+ Hangout put on by the SBA and the…
Web conferencing is all about making your business and your people more productive, saving time, money and resources so they can generate more sales and profits. In keeping with this spirit, here are some other resources to save your company time. Caveat: By mentioning these resources, we are not necessarily endorsing them or assuming any…
How do you find good employees? Always a challenge. Most employers find that employee referrals are often the best source for qualified candidates. Some even offer a small employee incentive for referrals that are hired and stay with the firm for 3 months or more. This is great if you don’t have a full time…
Chances are you haven’t explored the full breadth of your software capabilities. Microsoft Word and desktop publishing software like Publisher, InDesign, and Pagemaker all have built-in templates for everything from business cards to brochures. PowerPoint, a great tool for presentations and teleconferences, also has stored templates, and allows you to import design elements and backgrounds….
Going “green” is big business today. Not only is going “green” an environmentally responsible approach for businesses of all sizes to take and one that is the current rage, but going “green” can leverage profit dollars to your bottom-line too. First, what exactly do we mean by having your business go “green”? When we…
The biggest mistake many business people make is to assume that, because they are the boss or the head of a department, they know what they need to in order to manage people effectively. This is just not true. And although managers and leaders do require many of the same skill sets, the training required…
Work can be hard… that’s why they call it "work." Employees are not just drones that live to work, they are people that work to live. People have personal lives and personal problems. People have work problems or personal problems with work. There are many, many things in life that get a person down or…
Dr. Brian Byrd started a Fort Worth Hospice service in 2006. Dr. Byrd started his hospice from the ground up and fits in the category of a small business. He employs less than 50 people and is growing through word of mouth and referrals. If you ever are in the unfortunate need of this service…
Business is not just about cold hard facts, numbers, or cash. It’s a people industry, both on the seller and buyer side. This means that emotions and the human factor can upset even the most detailed and thorough budget. Like a business plan focusing your business, here are three attitudes the business owner can take…
