Category: Small Business – Guest Blog

With the growing demand for healthy beverages, opening a juice bar can be a profitable and fulfilling business. To open a juice bar or a storefront that serves fresh-squeezed juices and smoothies, you’ll need to plan carefully—from selecting your business model and location to creating a menu that appeals to your target customers. Beyond crafting…

Choosing between Microsoft Teams vs Slack depends on your needs and preferences for workplace communication. Microsoft Teams is built for larger enterprises seeking an all-in-one hub for video meetings, calls, and productivity tools. Smaller teams opt for Slack with its flexible monthly plans, richer in-app features, and streamlined messaging. Microsoft Teams: Best for enterprise-level communications…

Job rotation is a talent management strategy that involves periodically shifting employees from one position to another within an organization. Although employees are moved to different positions, it is not considered a promotion because they retain the same pay grade. However, it gives employees an opportunity to explore various skills, gain new skills, and boost…

Whether you provide in-person or virtual healthcare services, upholding the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) standards is important. Therefore, the best HIPAA-compliant VoIP phone systems focus on data privacy and protecting electronic health records by safeguarding sensitive information during patient intake, sending updates on care plans, and conducting virtual visits. After…

January 19 is set to be the deciding date for the years-long conflict around TikTok’s future in the US. ByteDance, TikTok’s Beijing-based parent company, has until Sunday to sell the app to a US company, as ordered by the US Justice Department, or face a ban. With over 170 million users in the US alone,…

FreshBooks is a user-friendly accounting software that works well for freelancers, especially those with little or no accounting experience. It’s clean, intuitive interface makes it easy to navigate, and setting up a company file is straightforward. The streamlined dashboard ensures you can quickly learn and use the program without feeling overwhelmed. I especially recommend FreshBooks…

Small businesses that offer paid time off (PTO) must manage vacation accruals accurately—keeping track of how many PTO days each employee has earned and when it was used—to avoid labor law violations. Our PTO accrual calculator lets you determine the appropriate accrual rate to use per pay period based on your business workdays, hours in…

The best interview questions to ask candidates are direct and job-specific, allowing you to learn more about the candidate’s skills and education. These also help show what the candidates can bring to the position and your company. We’ve provided a downloadable template of our interview questions to ask candidates when interviewing for your open positions.…

This year’s shorter holiday selling season (27 days between Thanksgiving and Christmas), coupled with extended retail sales promotions, resulted in a slightly softer turnout for Black Friday Cyber Monday (BFCM) weekend. An estimated 197 million people shopped online and in-store for BFCM. However, this figure still exceeds the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) earlier forecast of…

Guidant Financial provides funding solutions for small businesses and franchises. It’s perhaps most well known for its Rollover for Business Startups (ROBS) product, which allows retirement funds to be accessed tax- and penalty-free. However, Guidant Financial also offers other products and services, such as Small Business Administration (SBA) loans, unsecured loans, portfolio loans, and equipment…

The best small business loans will vary based on your specific business needs and circumstances, but I’ve compiled a list of the best lenders for several different categories. These lenders, listed below, specialize in things like providing excellent customer service, on-demand access to funds, flexibility of qualification requirements, fast funding speeds, and more. In selecting…

Key Takeaways The right to disconnect allows employees to remove themselves from work after hours. There are currently NO federal laws that give employees the right to disconnect in the United States. Australia has just signed a right to disconnect law effective for employers with 15 or more employees. Disconnecting outside of working hours can increase employee…