A 2014 Small Business Healthcare Survey conducted by the National Small Business Association found that the average small business spends $1,121 per month per employee for health insurance premiums. That equates to almost $37 per day for each member of your staff, an amount that can cripple a small …
Entrepreneuring Articles and Interviews (category)
As an entrepreneur, you most likely wear many hats in your day-to-day work. Figuring out how to juggle all of the tasks you have to do, while still maintaining a life outside of work can be a challenge. Entrepreneuring articles focus on you, the entrepreneur, and how you can strengthen your areas of weakness when it comes to business and keeping a healthy work-life balance.
Why You Should Join a Professional Organization
If you could join a group that would offer you opportunities to learn and grow in your industry and to meet other small business professionals, would you do it? As a small business owner, you should consider joining a professional organization. By definition, a professional association is a group …
Sparking Your Business Creativity
Sometimes in business you have to be creative in order to get ahead. Whether you’re trying to come up with a TV commercial that stands out and really captures your target audience’s attention, create a direct mail piece that doesn’t wind up in the trash before it's even read, or solve any other of …
Raising Your Business Self-Confidence
Ever have one of those days when you are filled with doubt as to whether or not you’ve got what it takes to make it in business, let alone make it big? Or the days when you know you have something to offer your clients, but you also find that, no matter how hard you try not to, you find that you’re …
Steps for Strengthening Your Entrepreneurial Qualities
I think sometimes as entrepreneurs who want to achieve great things, we believe that we have to excel at everything we do in order to be considered a success. Set up a website that magnetizes potential clients and has a 75% conversion rate? No problem. Create a marketing strategy that increases our …
Top-Paying Side Jobs (Infographic)
Many small business owners start out by first doing something in addition to their day job. It's often easier to start small and grow your side job into a primary business than to quit your primary job and make the jump to business ownership all in one leap. Here's a look at some top-paying side …
