Small- to mid-sized business owners have a lot of responsibilities on their plate. As the leader of a company, you are responsible for its income, balance sheets, and tax payments. If you are currently a one-person show where you handle all accounting duties, you might quickly find you need help. With the help of professional […] Read more “Bookkeeping Services: A Review of Bench.co”
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Creating a healthy work environment greatly influences a business’s success, but many companies find it challenging to hire and retain high-quality employees. Top talent is requesting better benefits, healthy work-life balances, strong company culture, remote work options, and more, so if they can’t find these perks at their current job, they begin to look for […] Read more “5 Tips for Creating a Healthy Work Environment”
Sticking to a budget can be one of the most crucial elements of success in any business, organization, or project. But it’s equally important to be open to revising your budget at the mid-year point. Knowing how and when to revisit your budget is a skill many business owners and managers overlook. As a result, […] Read more “How to Revisit Your Budget Mid-Year”
His name is not on the 20,000 restaurants around the world that sell french fries, Egg McMuffins, and Big Macs to tens of millions every day. But Ray Kroc is the reason that a bus driver in Philadelphia and an accountant in Berlin can dine on the exact same food served exactly the same way […] Read more ““The Founder”: 3 Nuggets of Start-Up Wisdom from Ray Kroc”
As a small business or startup, you have the challenge of spending as little as possible to bring in (ideally) exponentially more – not a simple feat given that your time and energy is by definition split in multiple directions. Thus, the age-old debate: How should you fund your vision? Do you bootstrap, funding everything […] Read more “5 Reasons You Should Bootstrap Your Business Instead of Raising Capital Meta: As a startup, you have the challenge of spending as little as possible to scale your business. How should you fund your vision—bootstrap, or raising capital?”
As a mom, let’s be real: you already have at least one full-time job! But given many factors—including the affordability of new online marketing technologies, job instability, desire for flexibility, and general passion—you may have considered starting a business of your own. The kind of business that pays in cash. There’s never been a better […] Read more “Attention Mompreneurs: The Advantages and Challenges to Starting a Business”
With the Oscars ceremony this Sunday, we wanted to highlight one of favorite movies from 2015, “Joy” – a movie that all start-ups and entrepreneurs should watch. “Joy” tells the story of a young woman with an unstoppable entrepreneur spirit who believes in her good ideas, no matter how much bad advice she gets. Just […] Read more “Five Things Start-ups Can Learn From “Joy””
The great entrepreneurial struggle Online marketing—funnels, website layout, copywriting. Payroll. Accounting systems. The list goes on and on. When you run a business, study abounds. As you know, there’s no end to the information you can learn! And with your entrepreneurial spirit, this probably makes you giddy with excitement. But one thing that’s not possible […] Read more “Small Business Owners: A 5-Step Process for Deciding How Many Hours Per Week to Work”
Last Friday, Cristo Rey High School hosted it’s annual career day for its sophomore class. Career day provides students with an opportunity to connect with and listen to local business leaders share their stories about various industries, including finance, law, healthcare, and entrepreneurship. Cristo Rey, started in 1997 and located in the Pilsen/Little Village community […] Read more “Cristo Rey High School and New Entrepreneurs”
Welcome you entrepreneurs and small businesses to Pasquesi Partners LLC! Its great to see and feel all the energy surrounding Chicago’s start-up environment over the past five years. Since the launch of www.1871.com (as well as other tech incubators), we’ve seen many successful companies start as a two person entity and grow into mature organizations generating […] Read more “Hello & A Young Entrepreneur in Bali”