How to Start a Pop-Up Ice Rink
String lights, music and the sound of skates on ice: a pop-up ice rink can become the heart of a town's winter season. It is also a serious operation with heavy …
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Inventory Shrinkage Explained
Your system says you have 40 scarves on the shelf. You count 34. Those six missing scarves are inventory shrinkage, and they come straight out of your profit. …
Year-End Staff Reviews for Small Teams
In a team of three, eight or fifteen people, a year-end staff review does not need forms, ratings or a week of paperwork. It needs a calm hour with each person …
Venture Debt Covenants Explained
Venture debt can stretch your runway without the dilution of a full equity round, but the loan agreement comes with rules you have to live by every month. Those …
Startup Feature Deprecation Without Losing Customers
Every feature you ship is a promise you have to keep: it needs testing, support, documentation and bug fixes forever, or until you retire it. Startups that …
Planning Your Marketing Budget for Next Year
A marketing budget is not a guess you type into a spreadsheet in December and forget by February. It is a plan for which customers you want to reach, how you …
Planning for the January Estimated Tax Payment
The fourth quarterly estimated tax payment lands in the middle of January, right after the most expensive month of the year. If you freelance or own a …