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CO— Roadmap for Rebuilding: Planning Tomorrow's Business Today

Every business decision you make right now impacts your company's future. Here's how to plan ahead and set yourself up for success today, tomorrow and beyond.

Securing Your Company's Future

The modern business world is evolving rapidly, and small business owners must keep an eye on current and upcoming trends. Below are some insights you can use to future-proof your company and lay out a long-term strategy for success.

Work Trends

Reaching Modern Customers

Customers

5 Customer Service Trends That Are Here to Stay

During the pandemic, businesses changed their customer experience. Here are the changes that will be around long after COVID-19 is a thing of the past.

Customers

How to Grow Sales Through Customer Engagement

Customer engagement takes a little time and effort, but regularly responding to followers on social media is a proven way to boost your sales.

Social Responsibility

Strategy A Complete Guide to Starting a B Corp

Your Remote Workforce

Launch Pad

Investing in the Remote Revolution: Startups Capitalize on a Work-From-Home Future

Businesses offering tools to connect off-site employees find themselves with the right product at the right time.

Future Growth

Growth Studio

To Thrive in the Modern Business World, Embrace a Growth Mindset

Grow with Google Digital Coach Krystal Hardy Allen explains how embracing growth and digital tools can help businesses soar.

Ask the Board

How Can I Increase My Business's Profitability?

In this edition of “Ask the Board,” we asked Juli Lassow, owner and principal of JHL Solutions, for best strategies small businesses can use when looking to increase their profit margin.

Tech Tools for Sales

Automation Is the Future of Sales (Even for Small Business)
Sales 10 Free Sales Tools for Your Small Business
Sales 6 Tools for Selling on Social Media

Goal Setting

Thrive

How to Use the SMART Framework to Set Business Goals

SMART goals are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and timely. This framework is designed to help you achieve your personal and professional goals.

Financial Planning

Strategy

Ready to Move On? How to Create an Exit Plan for Your Business

Planning how you will exit your business will provide you with the best financial and emotional options for selling your business.

Growth Inspiration

Growth Studio
Growth Studio
Growth Studio

Planning Strategies

Strategy

5 Expert Business-Planning Strategies to Help You Reach Your Goals

The right business-planning strategies can make it easier for you to plan and eventually reach your business goals. If you’re not sure where to start, here are five strategies to consider.

Consumer Trends

Launch Pad

The ‘New Value System’ Shaping Consumer Spending And What It Could Mean for Your Business

The pandemic has made wellness and conscious capitalism related trends that will inform what we buy in four critical ways, says futurist Emma Chiu, global director of Wunderman Thompson Intelligence.

Strategy

6 Small Business Employee Trends That Are the New Normal

Some trends come and go, but these six changes in customer and employee behavior are here to stay. It’s time your business got on board.

Planning Ahead

Startup A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Startup Business Plan
Strategy Scenario-Based Business Planning: What It Is and How to Use It
Strategy How to Create a Recession-Proof Business Plan
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GAAP accounting principles can help small businesses attract investors, go public, or expand.
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Small Businesses Creating Planners and Guided Goal Books
Scheduling, tracking, and reflecting — these brands design planners and journals to organize important thoughts and objectives.
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How to Apply for a Small Business Loan
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As the business industry navigates its way through "career cushioning," here are many ways your business can keep its staff members happy and loyal.
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Run a Remote Business Successfully: Tips From Someone Who Has Done It
In this edition of "Ask the Board," we feature Curtis Sparrer, Founder of Bospar, a remote-based boutique public relations agency, to share his tips for other business owners with remote ventures.
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How Passkeys Increase Small Business Cybersecurity
Passkeys offer a passwordless login solution based on digital credentials, such as biometrics or PINs, to eliminate the possibility of unauthorized access.
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Daily Accounting Checklist for Small Businesses
Keep cash flow top of mind and day-to-day accounting tasks in check with an easy bookkeeping routine.
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What Is Collateral?
Putting down collateral can make it easier to qualify for a loan, but it can be a risky move.
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These resources can help you develop leadership and managerial skills that improve your team's performance.
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How the Booming Off-Price and Resale Sectors Helped Kidsy Build a Million-Dollar Children's Marketplace
Fueled by the growth of off-price retail and secondhand goods, the e-commerce startup is capitalizing on a void in the kids' market, growing seven times since its September 2023 launch.
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