As small businesses seek efficiency and better ways of serving customers, blockchain can especially be useful for these companies as a way to conduct transactions and even raise capital. While many small businesses might think that such advanced technologies would only be accessible by companies large enough to afford expensive developers, the cost to...
7 steps to take right away If you lose your paycheck
Millions of people lost their jobs in 2020 and discovered how difficult it was to find new work when entire industries were affected by COVID-19. Some emergency relief helped people stay afloat for a few months, but many of those bill-paying extensions and hardship programs have ended. If you lose...
How to use artificial intelligence to boost your small business
A short time ago getting started with AI (Artificial Intelligence) was unmanageable for startups and small businesses. It required a highly skilled data scientist and machine learning experts experimenting with algorithms. But in a very short amount of time things have changed. AI that can recognize objects in images, understand documents and texts,...
What is PayPal? A complete guide
PayPal dominates the digital payment scene. It has upwards of 360 million active users in more than 200 countries and facilitated four billion payment transactions in Q3 of 2020 alone.
Since 1998, PayPal has been giving consumers alternative ways to make purchases and send and receive money...
A small business owner’s guide to going digital
I started watching “Get Organized with The Home Edit” on Netflix and purchased several boxes of velvet hangers before I finished the first episode. I ordered them online, and they arrived on my doorstep the next day. Once I hung up my clothes, the obvious next step was to purchase some clear plastic bins for my scarves and shoes. Once again, I turned to the internet…
5 common financial mistakes to avoid
We all make mistakes, but some are more expensive than others. The choices you make today with your money have a direct impact on your future. If you prolong financial mistakes, you’ll keep digging yourself into a deeper and deeper hole. The problem is we often don’t realize we’re building bad habits or neglecting vital personal finance activities…
7 payroll errors and how to avoid them
If you accidentally underpay an employee, you’ll undoubtedly hear about it. But if you slip and overpay your employees, you may not know for weeks or months. As a business owner, it’s up to you to manage payroll with the same precision you afford to every other part of your business…