There were about 146,000 business startups a year and an average of 12,000 business bankruptcies per year from 2010 to 2019 in the United States. A 2020 Statistics study on small business failure rates: How Long Do Small Businesses Survive? found that the first few...
No two small businesses are alike, but most want to be like their larger counterparts in some key respects. For example, even if you own a company with only a few really great customers, you want to be visible enough to attract new customers, boost your odds of...
Do you know that you get 80% of your results from just 20% of your time and effort and consequently 80% of your time is virtually wasted on non-productive activities?. Once you realize this it is easy to take advantage and either reduce the hours you work or...
For most folks, owning your own business is a dream come true. The freedom of being your own boss and succeeding to the best of your ability are facts of life for the small business owner. Sure, there’s more stress than what you probably imagined when you were...
Here is an interesting notion: Do you realize that there are mistakes you can make at various stages of your business growth that can be slowly killing it for months or even years if you don't watch for them? Well, these mistakes do exist and they are not just...