If you buy something through our links, we may earn money from our affiliate partners. Learn more. Sewing offers profitable business opportunities and fills plenty of niches. Start a fabric shop, sell patterns for sewing projects, or use your sewing skills to create products for customers. Of course, a business needs planning. You need things
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Countless business books preach the virtues of staying focused. But as 2020 taught us, being too rigidly focused doesn’t work in every environment. The entrepreneurs who are thriving now embrace a concept that Connie Steel, author of the new book Building the Business of You, calls “Fluidity.” Rather than boxing themselves in, they embrace the
Apple Pay has provided a mobile payment option since 2014. And it has steadily gained popularity in the years since. The convenience of paying with a mobile device appeals to a lot of consumers, along with the security benefits of leaving credit cards at home. So offering it as a payment option may help businesses
What you can do to up your digital marketing game today. April 29, 2021 4 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Digital marketing is cost-effective and easily measured. With analytics, you can see near real-time results. You can also employ A/B testing and experiment until you find what works best for
There are so many ways to make extra cash, from affiliate marketing to renting out your parking space. April 29, 2021 4 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. There are lots of ways to make extra money from home. Most require a computer and internet access, and every now and then, you’ll
The last year has seen several industries acknowledge the inequality in opportunities afforded to the black community. Whilst much has been said and done online during the COVID pandemic, to ensure these changes are long-lasting we need to see the same action taken in industries that were shut down in 2020. One of these industries
If you buy something through our links, we may earn money from our affiliate partners. Learn more. Digital signage displays can broadcast your content in many different types of settings. Whether it is at your storefront or other locations, this is a great way to increase the recognition of your brand. With the available digital
With news of companies including Microsoft and Google announcing their plans to return to the office, some businesses are putting a swift end to remote work. While organizations begin to initiate their return back to the office, business owners are faced with the decision of whether to continue remote work, return to the office full
Small businesses are gaining more revenue this year despite the lingering challenges from COVID-19 and reversing last year’s losses, according to a report from Intuit’s QuickBooks unit. The report examined how small and midsized businesses performed financially in different industries and geographies from March 2020 to March 2021, analyzing anonymized revenue data drawn from approximately
If you buy something through our links, we may earn money from our affiliate partners. Learn more. When seeking to buy an existing business, you may need to get a loan to cover all or part of the initial purchase. There are plenty of small business financing options to choose from, including SBA loans, bank
Covid-19 is raining down its fury on India in a way the world hasn’t seen before. The country has averaged about 300,000 cases daily for nearly 2 weeks now. Oxygen is running low; crematoriums are overwhelmed, and the government has been slow to mobilize global allies and its +28 million diaspora effectively. In the short-term, Indians seem to
A new Singapore-inspired tax law will reduce corporate income tax and boost foreign investment in the Philippines, finance secretary Carlos Dominguez told CNBC, as the country moves to speed up its economic recovery. The Philippines’ so-called corporate recovery and tax incentives for enterprises (CREATE) act, which was signed into law last month, aims to provide
Get the financial education you need to run your business more efficiently. April 27, 2021 2 min read Disclosure: Our goal is to feature products and services that we think you’ll find interesting and useful. If you purchase them, Entrepreneur may get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our commerce partners.
Agencies allow businesses to offload the most complex parts of their marketing strategies for massive ROI. Companies working with agencies get access to dedicated teams of savvy professionals across writing, design, strategy, advertising, and more. Despite the obvious advantages, though, The American Association of Advertising Agencies reports that half of agency relationships fizzle within two
The biggest question that many small business owners are asking is what will my customer want now in 2021? Most companies were turned upside down during the Pandemic of 2020 and had to change their product or how it was delivered. On the Small Business Radio Show this week, Gordon Henry, Chief Strategy Officer and
More small business owners and employees than ever before are currently setting up home offices. Different homes provide various options for setting up a dedicated work area. And your business functions may also dictate what type of office layout works best. Before you get started on your new office space, it helps to know the
Take the stress out of managing your business’s bookkeeping, accounting, and tax prep. April 26, 2021 2 min read Disclosure: Our goal is to feature products and services that we think you’ll find interesting and useful. If you purchase them, Entrepreneur may get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our commerce
The skills that give you an edge in competitive sport can give you an edge in business. Focus, determination, perfect practice. Staying cool under pressure and a heightened awareness that hard work pays off. Sport creates expansive entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs create resourceful sportspeople. Business and sport have many similarities including that both require the best version
Employers may be reimbursed for leave taken by employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine, thanks to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Employers may also be reimbursed for leave needed by employees to recover from the vaccination. The ARP also allows those employers to be reimbursed for the cost of providing paid sick and
The Small Business Administration debuted a new program to help small businesses weather the COVID-19 pandemic and prepared to retry a launch of its Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program. The SBA opened a new round of Economic Injury Disaster Loan assistance, known as “Supplemental Targeted Advances,” on Thursday to provide $5 billion in extra help
The question of how to stand out amongst competitors in a competitive market is the foremost question all entrepreneurs face. While many resort to building sticky brands and investing in clever advertising spend, there is one option that flies under the radar that can define a company at the forefront of their industry. This one
There’s no understating the influence of your personal brand on your business’ brand. In fact, everyone who is on your team is a reflection of your business’ brand. This is especially apparent when team members take meetings or forge connections on your business’ behalf, and even down to how they post on social media. But
PegaWorld, the annual event put on by Pega, a leading customer engagement and process automation platform provider, will be taking place virtually on May 4th. And earlier this week my CRM Playaz co-host Paul Greenberg and I had the opportunity to hold a LinkedIn Live conversation with company founder and CEO Alan Trefler to talk
A son hugs his mother as a concessions worker hands over napkins and soda inside the AMC movie theater at the Westfield Century City shopping mall in Los Angeles, California, on Monday, March 15, 2021. Bing Guan | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Small Business Administration announced Friday that it will reopen an application portal
There have been long standing taboos in a traditional office environment; for example, don’t talk about religion or politics and don’t have a romantic relationship with someone you work with at your company. On the Small Business Radio Show this week, Stacy Adams from Vyond, a video animation software company that supports businesses in easily
Many people are feeling overwhelmed and burnt out by work, whether their workplaces are fully in-person, completely remote, or hybrid. There’s too much to do, too much going on and expectations on all sides seem to be running higher than ever. But there are ways to reduce the feeling of being overloaded, according to Greg
In this article YELP Kevin Kahovec and Mary Kate McGovern chat at Rizzo’s Bar & Inn in Wrigleyville as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions are relaxed in Chicago, Illinois, March 6, 2021. Eileen T. Meslar | Reuters More than 500,000 new businesses opened across the United States in the past year, new data from Yelp showed,
Business abbreviations and business acronyms, also known as buzzwords, fill the workplace. You find them in marketing, technology, finance, and more. Business acronyms and abbreviations serve as shorthand for terms that busy professionals and marketing teams use often. Business abbreviations help you write concise reports and effective email and text messages — unless overused. Our
The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board released four proposals Thursday for improving various aspects of government accounting around the world. The exposure draft documents deal with changes in the measurement of assets and liabilities in financial statements; measurement; property, plant and equipment; and non-current assets held for sale and discontinued operations. The IPSASB, which
Telemedicine has been around in some form since the 1950s. Yet despite the digital transformation of industry after industry, most healthcare consumers have long preferred seeing their doctors in person. Although telemedicine adoption was on an upward slope by 2020, RAND Corporation data put market penetration at a mere 4% of the U.S. population. What
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