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Managing Your Busy Season
Managing Your Busy Season Well Can Set Up Your Slow Season for Success Summer is the time when people get up, go outside, travel, and walk along main street. So it’s not too surprising that many small businesses see a surge in traffic during the summer months. Many small businesses experience seasonality and it makes sense to…
Tips to Make Better Decisions for Your Business
How can you better calculate your business risk and make smarter decisions? A conversation with Nick Brown, Chief Risk Officer at OnDeck How do you know if you’re making the right decisions for your business? Are you using the right tools and information to come to a decision? How are you evaluating your business risk through a short-term…
How A Breast Cancer Survivor Built her Business to Fill a Gap in the Market
Building a Business: Helping Breast Cancer Survivors One Bra at a Time An interview with OnDeck customer Dana Donofree, owner of Ana Ono Intimates Ana Ono, a lingerie line designed specifically for breast cancer survivors, is the brainchild of Dana Donofree of Philadelphia, PA. “As a breast cancer survivor and a fashion designer, my purpose…
How Hiring From Inside Your Friend Circle Can Help or Hinder Your Business
Want to Hire a Friend or Thinking of Hiring Relatives? Here are the Pros and Cons to consider. If you find yourself apprehensive about hiring a friend or family member, you’re not alone. It’s common to worry about mixing your personal and professional lives because boundaries can easily become muddled. Before you enter into a…
Have an Online Business? Don’t Forget Your Brick and Mortar Customers
3 Ways to Build Your Online Business with Your Local Community Being engaged with others within your local community can fuel your small businesses. As a small business owner, your local community might even be the first rung on your customer base ladder. While it may only represent a part of your actual clientele, especially if your…
3 Ways to Motivate Employees and Earn Their Loyalty
The backbone of any great business is its employees. Employees that are motivated are often more productive, happier, and can be one of your business’s greatest assets, while unmotivated employees can sometimes work against your business. One of the easiest ways to motivate your employees is to create an environment that they want to come…
How to Hire the Right Employees to Grow Your Small Business
Hiring an employee is exciting. But it’s also one of the biggest risks a small business owner will take as they grow their business. You must put your faith in someone who has no emotional ties to your business. This person will need to take your vision and execute it in areas you no longer have the…
How to Avoid Rookie Mistakes with Your Company’s Finances
To continue April’s thread of topics around improving financial literacy, I had the pleasure of speaking with Levi King, Co-founder & CEO of Nav, (a site that helps business owners manage their business credit and get streamlined access to financing) earlier this week. As a small business advocate, I’m always talking with successful entrepreneurs on…
3 Ways Technology Can Help You as a Small Business Owner
As a small business owner, you probably find yourself working upwards of 60 hours a week. Maintaining a healthy work-life balance might seem impossible. But there are many tools to help lighten your workload and ease the stresses that come with growing a successful business. Technology is just one of the many resources at your…
5 Ways to Re-Energize and Push Your Business Forward
Stagnation comes in two forms; business and personal. For most people these two considerations are completely separate, but for a business owner these two issues often go hand-in-hand. The challenge is how can you avoid burning out and keep your business growth moving in the right direction. Continuing our deep dive into topics covered in…
How to Market Your Brand Without Spending a Dime
Whether we realize it or not, one of the first things we notice about the brands we love is their marketing. Brands can set themselves apart from competitors by investing in marketing strategies that reflect who they are and what they stand for as a business. While your brand represents what you value, your marketing…
13 Articles That Will Improve Your Financial Literacy
April is Financial Literacy Month, (woot!) and I’m excited for the opportunity to help boost your business financial acumen, so keep a lookout on our blog all month long for specific articles on financial literacy. To kick off Financial Literacy Month, I want to take a look back at our blog’s most worthwhile financial articles you may have missed.…
Small Business Success – EF5 Tornado Shelters
Recently we had the pleasure of speaking with and learning about OnDeck customers, Emilie and Rory Golden, owners of EF5 Tornado Shelters. Emilie and Rory Golden were your average corporate employees until five years ago when they recognized a business opportunity, took a leap of faith, quit their jobs, and founded EF5 Tornado Shelters. Since…
Advice from Small Business Owners: Mom and Pop Business Owner’s Day
We LOVE mom and pop shops. In honor of Mom and Pop Business Owner’s Day, we wanted to share what it takes to be a small business owner. So, we asked over 100 small business owners some questions about how they run their business, get customers in the door, and deal with the tough issues.…
Stay Motivated at Your 9-5 While You Build Your Business – Deep Dive on Q&A w/Barbara Corcoran
Building a small business is no easy task, especially while you’re still working your 9-5 (and raising a family or focusing on other priorities). Your new venture is exciting and staying motivated at your full-time job can be a struggle when you’re constantly thinking about how to move your business to the next level. Don’t…