Entries Tagged Small Business

In response to the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic, and its accompanying economic disruptions, Congress has passed significant legislation to provide small-business owners with...

Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, internet usage has skyrocketed across the U.S. People are turning to their devices and computers...

Telephone customer service may look easy, but until you’re responsible for navigating the world of tough calls, it’s difficult to appreciate the...

The coronavirus pandemic has created a challenging climate for small businesses. Financial concerns are butting up against public health interests. With that challenge...

The rise of the coronavirus has tested all of us in ways we never previously imagined. Small-business owners have felt a particularly...

For a myriad reasons, many small-business owners don’t hold regular staff meetings. Furthermore, most who do don’t get the most they could...

It isn’t the truly terrible employees who cause the real problems. Whether clearly incompetent or unbelievably lazy, they’re easy to spot. With...

If you’re like a lot of business owners, when you first started your company, you said yes to just about every job....

If your business is booming and you need to add staff, or you’ve had an employee resign, you face the challenge of...

Relationships matter — not only in your personal life, but in your business life as well. Start with the obvious point: Long-term...

Not every company in this industry requires prospective employees to conduct preemployment drug screenings, but it may be a wise practice to...

One of the most recent implications of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is the complete overhaul of the W-4 form. With...

Each business owner’s definition of success is different, but one thing is true for everyone: Success means getting things done. Highly successful...

We’ve all heard the horror stories of great businesses utterly collapsing because the founders were good friends and the relationship turned sour....