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Selecting the Right Payment Processing Solution
Consumers want a variety of ways to pay. But choosing the best payment processing solution for your business can be confusing, because there are so many payment options and merchant account providers. Here are five easy steps to follow when researching which payment and processing solutions are best for your business—and your customers: 1. Evaluate…
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Becoming an Employer
As any business grows, it is likely to grow from being just one person to including any number of employees. There might be just one other person, or it could be many more. When it comes time to hire your first employees, it is vitally important to find the right person—but you also must make…
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Business Mentoring Series – Focus on the “Why” with Lara Hodgson
On last week’s Business Mentoring Show, Lara and Fran talked about proper cash flow management and the importance of spending the right dollar at the right time. See more from our series with Lara here. This week, Lara talks with Fran about finding and keeping your passion front and center in a growing business —…
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Business Mentoring Series – Mastering Business Growth with Lara Hodgson
This month, Fran’s guest on the Business Mentoring Series is Lara Hodgson, Founder and CEO of NOWaccount. Lara has secured funding for, launched, and served in executive management roles in many businesses. She has extensive experience in brand development and has worked with companies like Nike, Coca-Cola, The Home Depot, Keds, and more. She has…
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A Young Entrepreneur’s Guide to Success in Business
The world is more connected now than ever before, so entrepreneurs of all ages are emerging from around the globe. While there’s no “right” age to have a good idea and successfully implement it, young entrepreneurs have valuable traits that help them succeed in business in spite of their age and experience level. What Young…
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A Salute to Veteran Entrepreneurs
The citizen soldier is a uniquely American thing. From the Minutemen to the Rough Riders to the Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne, ours is a military made up of the average citizen, especially in time of need—and they have responded in a great way. The same traits that make one successful in the armed…
Read This ArticleWe&Co – Advice for a Startup
TJ Muehleman and Jared Malan from We&Co shared some of their best advice for startup entrepreneurs. In a startup, there are only a few roles that are truly valuable, so you need to find your role at an early point. They also recommend having 6-9 months of pay in your savings account; no matter how…
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Life Lessons from Tim Allen – no, really
Just in case the title didn’t already do it, I’m going to say something that may alienate you right from the get-go: Tim Allen is a wise man, father figure and ultimately someone who helped guide me in the right direction. Before you stop reading, take into account my generation. I grew up watching Home…
Read This ArticleWe&Co – Embracing Failure
When you decide to be an entrepreneur, failure is part of the territory – especially in the startup world. According to TJ Muehleman and Jared Malan of We&Co, if you’re not failing all the time, you’re not trying hard enough. The key, though, is to learn from those failures. For example, they learned that some…
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4 Small Business Lessons from The Walking Dead
I can’t be the only one out there who is slightly groggy from staying up late to watch Walking Dead last night. First, an aside—yes the show does air at 9 pm EST and yes I did say “staying up late” to watch it, but I have a 3 year old boy, so I was…
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