Why Your Business Plan’s First Draft Is Terrible Revisions are where the magic happens. Here’s how. You’ve written a first draft of your business plan, and you’re getting ready to shop it around to investors. But I don’t even need to read it. I already know it’s terrible. You may consider this presumptuous of me. How could […]
10 Tips for Generating New Ideas to Support and Grow Your Small Business Creative ideas are essential for any successful business. This isn’t just about coming up with unique products. You need ideas for everything from marketing to revenue streams. Below are tips from members of the online small business community for integrating new ideas into […]
Three big ways small business would benefit from the new Covid relief bill Given how much the pandemic has hammered small businesses, three big changes to the Paycheck Protection Program are likely to come as a welcome relief. The Covid relief package passed by Congressearlier this week allocates an additional $284.45 billion in lending to eligible businesses.The bill, […]
These Businesses Thrived as Others Struggled to Survive As the pandemic ravaged small businesses across America, some were surprised — and conflicted — about their success. Happy Cork, a wine shop that Sunshine Foss and her husband opened in Brooklyn a year before the pandemic, specializes in products from Black-owned businesses. Small businesses were devastated […]
Top 3 Reasons Businesses Fail with Digital Marketing and Social Media [Podcast] Are you a small business owner or working within a medium size company or even a large corporation struggling to get measurable positive results with your digital marketing and social marketing programs? If yes, you are not alone. Though many self proclaimed experts […]
