Stuart MacDonald Entrepreneur Most startups are looking to grow. But once success hits, how can you scale your company without shedding the shared values and culture that helped make you successful in the first place? FreshBooks, a cloud accounting company based in Toronto, started in 2003 as a handful of people in a small office….
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The Modern Small Business Survival Guide: Thriving in Harsh Economic Times
Lewis Humphries meltingposts.com If you were to look hard at the global economy, you would be presented with a far from ideal landscape. With unemployment rates reaching upwards of 50% in countries such as Greece and the global manufacturing industry experiencing a significant downturn, both advanced and emerging economies are struggling to sustain their…
8 Cool Initiatives to Help a Small Business Grow
TJ McCue openforum.com Plain and simple, small-business owners need focused initiatives that will infuse their businesses with capital and people. They need ideas that help drive sales, and resources to help them find financing that actually works for their individual situations. (The national/federal loan programs are largely broken. Read Professor Scott Shane’s post about where small-business…
Have What it Takes to Run a Small Business?
Liz Strauss successful-blog.com In my blog piece last week, I talked about the potential need to turn to family and/or friends for funding for those looking to start their own small business. Yes, such a move can be tricky on several fronts, most notably potentially upsetting relationships that have formed over decades. But before you…
Elevator Speech
Elevator Speech • Write it down and practice, practice, practice! • Include three things in your elevator speech – Your name – What you do or the products/services you offer – An ideal customer or situation • Ask yourself “what is the problem I can help people solve or avoid?” • You want your listener…
