Small Business Resources
How Healthy is Your Company?
Have you asked yourself lately? How healthy is our business? Have you given yourself an honest answer? So many times, entrepreneurs and business leaders put on the rose-colored glasses when...
Tools: Onspring
In business, we are constantly looking for tools that will help improve efficiency, provide data to proactively manage operations, assist with the sales cycle, manage projects, and improve communication within...
2015: Setting Your Plan
Happy New Year! If you're like many, today marks the start of the new year for your business. Are you ready to rock it? If you're looking for this year...
Expense and Receipt Tracking:Expensify
As you near the end of the year, you may be thinking of how to get better organized with your receipts and expenses. When you are an entrepreneur or business...
Small Business Saturday is November 29th!
In 2010, American Express became a founding partner of a movement known as Small Business Saturday. The day after Thanksgiving (Black Friday) and the following Monday (Cyber Monday) serve as...
Ready, Set, your Budget: The Finish!
You're done! You may be mentally exhausted, but now you've got a great tool for managing your business next year. If this is the first time you've set a budget...
Ready, Set, your Budget: Maintaining Speed
Alright, you're almost finished! The final phase of a sprint is maintaining speed (well, excluding the finish, of course). At this point, you've set your budget for next year. You've...
Ready, Set, your Budget: Maximizing Speed
Alright, it's time for the fourth phase of your budget! In a sprint, this phase is maximizing speed. For your budget, it's maximizing performance! By this point, you should have...
Ready, Set, your Budget: Transition
The third phase of a sprint is Transition. In your budget process, it's time to transition to expenses! Review your monthly P&L from 2014 to analyze your expenses. Determine which...
Ready, Set, your Budget: Acceleration
The second phase of a 100m sprint is acceleration, picking up speed. In your budget, the second step is to set your budget for sales and cost of goods sold,...