Refreshing Your Shop Signage for the New Year
Your signs work for you every hour the shop is open, and every hour it is closed too. After a busy year they can look faded, cluttered or out of date without …
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Setting Up an Accounts Payable Process
When a business is small, paying bills is easy: an invoice arrives, you pay it. Then the team grows, invoices land in three inboxes, someone pays the same bill …
Fundraising With a Rolling Close
Getting every investor to sign on the same day is one of the hardest parts of a startup round. One angel is ready now, another needs two more weeks, and the …
Building a Visual Brand Kit for a Small Business
If your social posts, flyers, website and shop sign all look slightly different, customers have to work harder to recognize you. A visual brand kit fixes that. …
How to Start a Vacation Rental Cleaning Business
Every time a guest checks out of a vacation rental, the clock starts. The next guest arrives in a few hours and expects a spotless home, fresh linens and …
Planning Inventory for January Sales
A January sale can clear the shelves and refill the bank account, or it can turn into weeks of deep discounts on stock nobody wanted. The difference is usually …
Startup Expansion Revenue: Upsells and Cross-Sells
Winning a new customer takes time and money. Helping an existing customer get more value, and pay you more for it, is often faster and kinder to your budget. …