Ready, Set, Startup
If you're looking to open a new business, this could be your year. Follow our step-by-step guide and before you know it, you'll be putting your business ideas into action.
Ready, Set, Startup
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Startup Checklist: 20 Things to Do Before You Start Your Business
Before you start your new business, here are 20 tasks to check off your startup to-do list.
Streamlining Processes
Strategy
7 Business Tasks You Can Outsource
If your small business internal team doesn’t have the bandwidth for every necessary task, consider outsourcing to a third party.
Strategy
Finding a Business Accountant
Here's how to find the right business accountant for your startup.
Launching a Post-Pandemic Startup
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How to Use Sales Forecasting to Predict Small Business Revenue
Learn about common sales forecasting methods, how to create a sales forecast, and tips for making the most of your data.
How to Choose and Manage Suppliers for Your Small Business
Follow this step-by-step guide to choose, onboard, and manage suppliers while reducing supply chain risks and improving business operations.
How Giant Sports Cards Became One of the Fastest-Growing Private Companies Amid an Adult Collecting Boom
The retailer taps into consumers’ interest in trading cards as both a hobby and a potential investment, Founder and CEO Jon Butts tells CO—.
What Is ICHRA, or CHOICE? A Guide for Small Business Owners
Learn how CHOICE Arrangements (aka Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangement (ICHRA)) works and how it can give your employees more options in their health coverage.
How to Write an RFP for Your Small Business
Learn how to create an effective procurement request for proposal (RFP), evaluate vendor proposals, compare bids, and choose the right vendor for your small business.
AI Transformation: Why Small Businesses Have the Biggest Advantage in the AI Era
In this edition of "Ask the Board," we feature Paul Cheek, MIT Sloan senior lecturer and author of “No One Works Here,” on the strategic shift small businesses must make to turn AI into a lasting advantage.
5 Networking Tips Every Small Business Owner Needs to Know
Networking expert Basile Lemba shares five practical strategies to help entrepreneurs build stronger professional relationships, attract the right customers, and turn new connections into opportunities.
Monetizing Differentiation: How ByUR, Crowned Skin, SUGARED + BRONZED, and Blushington Are Winning With Distinct Brand Visions in a Crowded Beauty Market
By leaning into their uniqueness ByUR, Crowned Skin, SUGARED + BRONZED, and Blushington are giving consumers a clear reason to choose them.
Human Resources Software and Compliance Guide
The best HR software can help you simplify payroll, recordkeeping and onboarding while avoiding common administrative and compliance errors.
How Three Oral Care Disruptors Have Turned Dental Innovation Into Shelf Success
Startups Ordo, AquaSonic, and SURI are shaking up the mature oral care category with sleek designs, new tech, and sustainable, affordable products, landing on big-box shelves in the process.