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2024 Small Business Trends

Your guide to navigating the biggest trends for small businesses in 2024.

Set Your Small Business Up for Success in 2024

As the new year approaches, many small businesses are preparing to revamp their strategies and jump on new trends to boost their growth. Here are some expert insights on improving your business and making 2024 your strongest year ever.

Featured

The Must-Know Ways Small Business Will Change in 2024

Business leaders share their expert predictions on how the state of small business will change this coming year.

Personal Growth

Thrive

How to Be a Better Entrepreneur in 2024

Entrepreneurs need to be on top of consumer trends and network to meet the challenges and opportunities of 2024.

Thrive

How to Be a Better Boss in 2024

Flexible, empathetic leadership can help employees stay engaged and positive during 2024 (and beyond).

Sales and Marketing

Strategy Small Business Trends That Will Impact Your Sales in 2024

Sales 5 Smart Ways to Increase Sales in 2024

Marketing 7 Marketing Trends Every Small Business Needs to Know About in 2024

New Opportunities

New Year, New You

Ask the Board

How Can I Make New Year’s Resolutions for My Business That I’ll Be Sure to Keep?

In this edition of “Ask the Board,” Brenda Christensen, CEO of Stellar Public Relations Inc., explains how you can make resolutions for 2024 that you’ll follow through on.

Ask the Board

Smart Habits That Will Make You More Productive in 2024 and Beyond

In this edition of “Ask the Board,” Deb Harrison, Growth and Change Consultant and Coach, explains how you can boost your productivity in 2024.

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Guide to Small Business Loans

From startup loan requirements to increasing working capital, here are the most common questions that business owners ask when starting the search for funding.

By: Joyce Walsack

Business Lessons from College H.U.N.K.S. Hauling Junk

Friends Omar Soliman and Nick Friedman turned a summer junk hauling business into an international franchise. Here's how two "college hunks" built a culture that grew their brand.

By: Nicole Fallon

How Small Businesses Can Offer 401K Plans

In this edition of “Ask the Board,” we asked Ben Thomason, executive vice president of revenue at Vestwell, if small businesses are in a position to offer workers a 401(k).

By: Denise Power

How Tech Startups Are Implementing Checkout-Free Platforms

Checkout-free retail is on the move. Amazon once had first-mover advantage, but a quartet of retail technology startups has leveled the playing field, taking innovation beyond the convenience store.

By: Victor Martino

How to Quit Your Job to Start a Business

Quitting a job is never easy, but it can be especially tricky to break the news when you’re leaving to start your own business. Here’s how to do it right.

By: Sammi Caramela

How Chubbies Uses Logistics to Encourage Business Success

Retro fashion disruptor learned to ‘flex on the fly’ when a marketing campaign generated an unexpected, off-the-charts response.

By: Denise Power

Interview With Little Spoons Founder

Little Spoons co-founder Michelle Muller fulfilled her own needs a mom by creating a startup, with the goal to reach other parents experiencing the same struggles.

By: CO Staff

Q&A With Founder of Girl Charlee Inc.

Heather Peterson, founder of Girl Charlee Inc., explains how she stumbled into entrepreneurship by creating solutions to her own needs.

By: CO Staff

Lessons Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Hollywood

Hollywood loves to recount the lives of famous entrepreneurs on the big screen. Here are the top five movies entrepreneurs should watch for inspiration.

By: Miranda Fraraccio

How Businesses Are Cashing in on the Convenience Trend

These five companies have capitalized on consumers’ desire for convenience and instant gratification.

By: CO Staff

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