Business Operations

This is a guest post by Francis Lee with Makeen Technologies Managing successful IT projects with Agile. While the application of project management is not new, the advent of project management [...]

Guest post by Tina Martin   When people think about starting a business, the first things they tend to think about are risks. This is a wise first step – after all, creating a new [...]

Guest post by Chelsea Lamb   As thrilling as it is to approach entrepreneurship with a million and one great ideas, it can also feel stressful. Taking the guesswork out of your new venture [...]

BACKGROUND Recently, a client asked our consultant to join him at dinner with friends.  The client  invited 3 other friends to join us, none known to our consultant. introductions were made when [...]

Guest post by Elena Stewart   Small business owners are struggling. 22 percent of small business owners say they’re within eight weeks of closing permanently, and more than half are worried [...]

BACKGROUND The Corona Virus 2019 problem is real.  Businesses are closed, workers are told to work remotely, social distancing is being enacted– people are genuinely not sure of what is [...]

We have written several articles about working from home and working remotely.  The Corona virus scare has caused many companies, schools and institutions to review how they actually perform the [...]

This is a guest post by Tina Martin. Your home is where you eat, sleep, and relax, but it can be where you work as well. In fact, according to Fit Small Business, half of all businesses in the [...]

BACKGROUND Employee retention is one the key factors that businesses have challenges with today.  It makes no difference what business you are in, being able to retain and motivate employees [...]

Background A friend called the other day and said that Thanksgiving was cancelled– she called and told her whole family after many had made long distance travel arrangements to come and [...]