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How to Integrate ESG Into Your Business Structure

Environmental Social Governance (ESG) has become an intrinsic part of several successful businesses. Small businesses are not left out as they keep taking proactive steps to achieve this goal.  The impact of business activities on the environment can’t be overlooked. We are in an era where a significant percentage of consumers will choose a company that takes ESG matters seriously over the one that ignores them.  With ESG, you can offer products or services that are safe for the environment. The good thing is that you don’t need a huge budget to embed it into your startup structure.  1. Define…

Can Your Business Do More for Customers?

How good of a job you do for customers can go a long way in determining how long you in fact stay in business. With that thought in mind, do you sense you’re doing enough to keep the bulk of your customers happy? In the event you said no, what steps should you take moving ahead to do so? Go All Out for Those You Serve In doing all you can for your customers, you want to go all out. Doing so can be the difference in keeping a customer and losing them. As an example, say you run a…

3 Reasons to Start Your Own Small Business

When you look to start your own small business, consider it to be one of the more exciting chapters in your life. That said you want to be sure and get things off on the right foot. From being good at handling money to promoting your new venture and more a lot will be riding on your efforts. So, are you excited about the possibilities waiting for you? Properly Managing Money is Key As you go about the task of opening and managing a small business, here are three reasons it makes sense: 1. Making money – Who does not…

Josh Melick Talks About Getting Your Business Funded

Getting your business funded is an uphill battle. It requires you to be proactive, persistent, and intentional. Josh Melick knows this all too well as the co-founder and CEO of Broadly, a venture-backed technology company that’s raised more than $20M to build the tools that help small businesses better communicate with their customers. An engineer by trade, Melick has previously been in executive leadership at Intuit and AT&T. Now, he’s applying his knowledge to help small retailers take control of their digital presence to compete side-by-side with big businesses like Amazon and Walmart. “It’s not that hard for you as…

Tips to Starting a Business with Your Friend

Friendships have been able to create many successful enterprises in the past. Mainly because you trust each other and have a common understanding of the objective you both want. Therefore if you have a friend you want to start a business with, here are some of the point you should consider. 1. Make Sure you are Compatible as Business Partners Do you share the same vision and objectives? Do you both have the same drive and motivation? Are you both disciplined to achieve what you have set out? These are some of the key issues you should consider as well,…