Startup 101: Increase Incentive with Equity Sharing
Many startups plan to take the world by storm. Everybody involved wants to be productive and help build upon something they believe in. But, once everything is launched and up-and-running some of the formerly crucial employees begin to feel left out and not a part of the big picture anymore. The reason for this is because they helped build the company and contributed to the success that it currently has, but now they are merely a...
How Price Trapping Yourself Can Destroy Your Confidence
When you’re first starting out on your own and don’t have much of a customer base your first thought is to probably lower your prices to reel in more customers. While this may seem logical at first, it actually may be revealing a large hole in your confidence. You Don’t Know How Much You’re Really Worth Back when I first started out on my own I was doing everything I could to bring in new clients. Putting bids in on freelance...
Yelp's Secrets: What You Probably Don't Know
Yelp may just be the most important website for small businesses, next to Google that is. Millions of reviews have been left around the world on Yelp’s website, letting people know how a local business stacks up against their competition and what customers liked or disliked about their services. With all of this being said, there are still many misconceptions about the review site and its time to set a few of these things straight....
How to Effectively Manage Your Virtual Team
If you’re anything like me, sometimes it can be a little difficult to keep your employees on task without physically overseeing their work. While email may be sufficient for most small projects and a small numbers of employees many of us need to incorporate other tools that can keep our team productive. Organize Project Activities A great tool to keep projects organized and on track is Trello. It allows you and your team to delegate...
3 Ways That Working From Home Can Kill Your Productivity
If you work from your home you know how difficult staying on task throughout the day can be. Children, spouses, and video games can all be distractions, leaving you with not much to report on at the end of the day. Losing Focus When working from home you are likely to face much more distractions than you would in an office setting. Picking up after the kids, doing the laundry, running errands and cooking for your family are all...
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