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There is nothing better than having clients who pay their invoices on time, right? The reality is, some of them will ghost you, and you will have no idea what to do. This can happen to anyone, regardless of how seasoned or inexperienced you are. We hope you aren't one of those business owners who learned ...
Growth • • 4 min read
According to research, 99.9% of US businesses are small businesses (with less than 250 employees). And on a global scale, small businesses make up 90% of all businesses and 50% of all jobs.That means that your agency probably falls into that category. It goes without saying that starting a small business ...
Growth • • 7 min read
On a scale of 1-10, how good of a project manager (PM) are you, and what makes you so great? You’d probably say it’s your project delivery success rate. And you would be right. But do you know what gets you there? The Project Management Institute says highly effective PMs get results thanks to the ...
Growth • • 11 min read
The 3 Stages of HiringWhen you start to grow your business, you're going to do a lot of hiring. Hiring will no longer be a rare activity you do once every 3 months. Instead, it will be a constant process of attracting new candidates, figuring out who’s the best, and keeping the talent pipeline full.You ...
Growth • • 4 min read
What do giants like McDonald's, Apple, Starbucks, and Walmart have in common, besides having more than 100,000 employees?They all started small with no more than a few people and then grew. Can you imagine the road Walmart had to journey from a humble Five and Dime store in Arkansas to a global empire ...
Growth • • 7 min read
Things change as you grow. Even though you still provide the same service/product, you need to change how you do it. Running a business with 40 employees is not the same as running it with 10.There are some common stages every company goes through as it grows.The most well-known growth models are Greiner's ...
Growth • • 6 min read
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Not all team building games are beneficial. When you’re planning team-building activities and reading about what games you can use, they might all seem good on paper but turn into a disaster when you actually try to implement them. People get bored, don’t understand the rules, or think the game is ...
Growth • • 7 min read
The job of identifying key players in your company is too important to be left to HR (if you even have it). As a small/medium business owner, you should personally work on keeping your top talent. After all, those people are the reason why you’re in business and if you want to keep it growing, you ...
Growth • • 3 min read
Having a good project manager can make or break your organization, especially if you are running a small business or a startup. So, hiring a project manager should be a no-brainer then, right? Right?Well, it turns out that it’s more of a question of when, not if. Hire too late, and you have chaos on ...
Growth • • 7 min read