December 1, 2021 I hope you all had a fun, relaxing, and calorie filled holiday weekend. If you are like me, you come back to the office after all of that time off and feel overwhelmed with how much was waiting for your attention. So much so that it took me until today to get […]
November 19, 2021 Confession time: part of the reason I decided to start my own business is that I thought working for myself would be less stressful. The reality, I have discovered, is that owning my own business comes with a whole different set of stressors. And let’s face it, the last year and a […]
November 8, 2021 If you are a business owner and you haven’t been affected by the Great Resignation, consider yourself fortunate. Month after month in 2021 record numbers of people have quit their jobs. While many factors are contributing to this mass exodus, many of them out of our control as business owners, the underlying […]
November 1, 2021 It seems only right with Halloween still fresh in my mind that I try to scare you just a little bit. That’s right, not only am I resurrecting discussion of the Paycheck Protection Program, I am also going to talk about common mistakes on the forgiveness application. If the thought of not […]
October 5, 2021 If my social media feed is a reflection of the country, then it is safe to say that in 2020 Americans baked a record number of loaves of bread. And according to Google, they also found the recipe to start a record number of small businesses. Economists speculate that when you combine […]
September 20, 2021 Have you been idling when you could have been applying for EIDL funding? (See what I did there? Did you groan at a grown adult trying to be funny? All right, I’m done! For now..) Well, once again, changes have been made to the program, so you might want to get in […]
September 13, 2021 It made national news recently when that big sneaker company gave everyone at their corporate office a week off to destress and recover from pandemic-related stress and pressure. Now more than ever, with things still feeling so uncertain, supporting your employees’ mental health is vital to maintaining a productive workplace. While you […]
September 7, 2021 The cost of replacing an employee is estimated in the range of half of their salary to double their salary. That is a lot of money, especially for small businesses who are already struggling. So how can you keep quality employees from leaving? Here is one answer, and it won’t cost you […]
August 30, 2021 You can’t go to a news site these days without seeing at least one headline about the difficulty companies are having finding – and keeping – employees. Sometimes small businesses just cannot compete with the big guys who can offer benefits that you simply cannot afford. But studies have shown that there […]
August 9, 2021 A little over a month ago, I wrote about Paycheck Protection Loan forgiveness and how to apply. Well, guess what? Things have changed since then. Two of the biggest changes could be good news for you. Before I go into details, the changes apply to anyone who received less than $150,000, which […]