Technology has made life easier for small business owners in many ways, from simplifying document sharing to streamlining customer payments. However, technology also has a dark side, as it opens us up to potential cybersecurity threats like fraud and data breaches. That’s especially dangerous for business owners, since their success often depends on maintaining a Read More

By Derek Goodman In today’s fast-paced world, it’s hard for small business owners to keep up with the constant changes and ever-growing demands of their ventures. With every passing day, there’s also an influx of new challenges that need to be tackled, but innovative solutions, breed innovative growth. That said, many business owners would agree Read More

By Derek Goodman What does green business mean for you? A green business, or eco-friendly business cares about the environment and the people it serves. Often, ecopreneurs invest in non-toxic, fair trade products and focus on how to create sustainable facilities. Before you can begin your journey, you have to determine your readiness. So here are some Read More

By James McCain, Dusk Rise Cybersecurity is like insurance. You don’t think you need it until you do, but then it’s too late.  Businesses are liable for the data they collect. You could purchase data insurance to protect against loss. Better yet, you can prevent against the breach in the first place.  It is like Read More

If your conversion rate is five percent, you will get five sales for every 100 people you talk to. So, talk to as many as you can as fast as you can and watch the sales pile up. That’s hustle.  Hustle isn’t something that most people are born with. If you are doing that in Read More

Forget philosophy. As the owner of a growing business, you can’t afford it. One man’s deeply-held principles are another man’s hang-ups. People with mental agility can accept and make use of data from any direction. That does not mean break the law or act without regard to harm you may cause. People with mental agility don’t Read More

There are certainly no “undefeated” records in business. Whether it’s being rejected by an established business, messing up prototypes, dropping out of school, getting fired from a job, or going bankrupt, everybody stumbles.  In fact, not failing is a sign that you aren’t doing anything of consequence.  I have failed, you have failed, and it’s good. Read More

Good planning is for both business and life, as the two are normally intertwined. Good planning is block scheduling for success routines, work, and life. It also means making your health a priority, so that you can lead and take care of others. Good business planning for owners of startups and small businesses consists of three Read More

Nobody can define your success routine; only you can do that based on your own habits. But balance is necessary in all things business and life. All of the following are part of success routines: –Sleep. The amount of sleep needed depends on many things, but seven or more hours is ideal for adults 18 years Read More

To be respected by customers, employees, and your community, lead from the front by example. Conversely, to be regarded in contempt by people, just issue orders that you personally don’t follow. To build a following, be a person of action.  Think like a man of action, but act like a man of thought. Mark Zuckerberg Read More