Preparing for Valentine's Season in January
The holiday decorations are barely packed away, and Valentine's Day is already five weeks out. For florists, cafes, gift shops, restaurants, bakers and service …
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Planning Owner Pay for the New Year
Plenty of owners pay everyone else first and themselves last, with whatever is left at the end of the month. That approach is stressful, unpredictable and hard …
Startup Customer Councils for Product Feedback
Your best customers already have opinions about where your product should go. A customer council gives those opinions a regular, structured home. Instead of …
Planning Staff Training for January
January is the best month of the year to train your team. Customers are fewer, the holiday rush is behind you and everyone has fresh memories of what went wrong …
How to Start a Closet Decluttering Service for January
The holidays leave many closets fuller than ever: new clothes, gifted shoes, party outfits worn once and the old items nobody has found the time to sort. In …
Brand Partnerships With Complementary Businesses
Some of the best customers you have not met yet already shop with a business next door to yours. A florist and a bakery, a bike shop and a cafe, a bookkeeper …
Startup Account-Based Selling for Small Teams
Account-based selling sounds like something only big companies with large sales teams can afford. In practice, it suits small startups better than almost any …