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The Corona Virus for Small Businesses

Consultant Journal

How should small business owners manage the corona virus, aka COVID-19 ? It’s a question on the minds of many entrepreneurs, as Fortune 500 companies announce new protocols for travel, meetings and even use of coffee cups. In the meantime, based on current information, you can take the following steps: Managing Employees.

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100 Small Business Ideas To Get You Started

Business Consulting Agency

These days, it is easier than ever to start a small business. Working from home, just about anybody can operate a small business with an Internet connection and computer. Simple as that and enough to start a small business. To help, here is a small business idea list. Social Media Manager.

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Business Ecosystems: Building Stronger Connections

Tom Spencer

Alternatively, an accounting software company might offer additional services that cover legal incorporation, logo design, CRM, inventory management, and invoicing. By creating an ecosystem, a business can funnel start-ups and small businesses to its core service, and create a one-stop-shop experience.

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Managing the very small business

Seth Godin Blog

How do you find, lead and manage employees in a tiny business (two to nine people)? Fellow travelers: This is a group of people with similar goals, approaches and perceptions. This group is led more than managed. This team needs a manager, a manager patient enough to instruct, teach and measure.

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Cash Flow Relief for Independent Consultants: the CARES Act & Other Ideas

Successful Independent Consulting

We’re in an unprecedented situation because of the COVID-19 coronavirus, and the economic fallout has been drastic for many business sectors, such as travel and restaurants. A loan from the Small Business Administration 3. A stimulus payment from the U.S. government 2. Time sensitive! A $10,000 federal grant 4.

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15 Best Business Podcasts for Independent Consultants

Tsavo Neal

Podcasts make amazing listening material for commutes, travel, and listening for when you don’t feel like taking out a book. Unleashed by Will Bachman Unleashed offers long-form interviews with successful top-tier independent management consultants. The results were astonishing. Response was way better than I ever expected.

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4 Ways Cloud Computing Impacts Business Success

Tom Spencer

Faster communication is leveling the playing field between incumbents and startups by allowing firms to migrate towards more decentralized management structures and organizational models. All this has led to on-screen and video communications becoming an integral part of all businesses, regardless of whether they are big or small.