Cameron Peake is the CEO and co-founder of Azlo, which provides digital banking and business services for small businesses, founders, freelancers, to help them get started and navigate their full entrepreneurial journey. Azlo doesn't have branches, and that means their cost structure is really different compared to big banks, so they can serve a...
Small business owners are no stranger to challenging situations, and as cases of COVID-19 rise throughout the U.S., these savvy entrepreneurs continue to rise to the occasion and tackle these stressors in familiar ways. In our third annual Inside Small Business Survey, fielded in February before the pandemic with more than 1,000 respondents, we found...
Business owners do a lot of things they shouldn’t be doing, and administrative tasks are at the top of the list. Every hour scheduling or rescheduling calls and meetings, adding people to your contacts or CRM, answering the phone, checking email and all the other stuff that someone else is better and faster at...
If you’re a restaurant owner, I’m sure you’re looking forward to reopening and getting back to business. But diners are nervous. In a recent survey, by P&G Professional, more than 70% of diners expect more thorough and frequent cleaning in restaurants, and 74% want to know how restaurants are being cleaned and sanitized and what...
Finally -- a sign that things are getting back to “normal” after the coronavirus outbreak: as of May 20, 2020, every state is now starting to allow the brick and mortar locations to open for business. While that’s good news for many business owners, it also brings up a pressing concern: how do you help...
Ruef Bryan Ruef is the founder of the technology software company 10-8 Systems, designed to improve the quality of dispatch units for public safety professionals of all types, from police forces to fire departments to search and rescue task forces. Bryan has always been passionate about public safety. At age 14 he volunteered at the...
Small business owners get caught up in the smoke of constantly putting out fires under duress, all the while missing what it is that their business needs to stay profitable and continue to grow. It is this central problem that Mike tackles in his best-selling book, Profit First, and its recent follow-up, Fix This...
If you’re like most Americans in the United States, you attend about 62 meetings every single month. You may even attend more based on your occupation. A lot of the meetings that you go to are an absolute waste of time, however this does not have to be the case. Better meeting planning is...
As business owners we have a lot of stress in our day to day lives. Hiring, customers, sales, profits and more. In challenging times, like the times we're in, the stress and challenges are even more difficult. Hence the strain on our mental health. It's important that you ensure your mental health is strong, for...
The Covid19 Business Resource Center launches. Developed by HelloAlice the resource center is a curated index of the best resources for small business owners. Ramon Ray, Entrepreneur-in-Residence at HelloAlice previewed it live on FB. The center contains 10 key categories of information, which include: Emergency Grant - HelloAlice is providing up to $10,000 in grants to...
