When most people think about running a business, what comes to mind is managing the day-to-day administrative and operational tasks of providing products or services to customers. While it’s true that optimizing those aspects will typically be the biggest determinant of whether a business succeeds or fails, preparing for emergency incidents and handling...
What you should know about bottom-up investing
There are many investing strategies you can implement into your financial planning. Bottom-up investing is an investment strategy that prioritizes and focuses on individual companies and their fundamentals. Here are a few things you should know about bottom-up investing before…
Why mental health is central to your business continuity plan
Covid-19 has shown us many things — most importantly, that large-scale, unexpected business disruptions can happen anytime, anywhere. How we prepare for these disruptions sets the course for how businesses maintain continuity and ultimately thrive. I’ve learned that mitigating…
3 ways to eliminate data biases at your company
AI and machine learning are becoming synonymous with business success. Everywhere you look, companies are utilizing data to reach new heights.
In spite of its benefits, though, utilizing data analysis in business still comes with its fair share of issues. One of these is data bias…
Is now really the time to start investing in the stock market?
Should you put your money in the stock market? This is a common question, especially in light of the economic volatility currently resulting from record-high inflation, a supply chain crisis, and the continuing threat of COVID-19.
But there’s actually a really simple way to answer this question…
Getting a cash flow loan for your small business
Cash flow disruptions can happen to the best-run small businesses, and it’s smart to have a financial plan to weather these times. Small business cash flow loans offer the opportunity to bridge the revenue gap when you’re waiting for invoices to be paid or for other types of funds to come in…
How a single decision propelled my company forward
Companies make countless decisions every day. Entrepreneurs know that one decision, or the lack of a decision, can be the difference between success and failure. One decision I made after founding my company was to develop unique, proprietary methods and procedures to standardize the way we executed our work. The processes resulting from that...