With Melio, you can easily centralize upcoming bills and pay vendors for free with a few clicks using a debit card or bank transfers. You can even charge your credit card (for a 2.9% tax deductible fee) to defer payment and extend float while earning card rewards. Small business owners are all too familiar with […]
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In the business world, a unicorn is a private company with a valuation of $1 billion or more. It’s a rare and extremely difficult moniker to achieve, and as of August 2019, there’ve only been 379 unicorn companies ever (here’s the list). In fact, experts estimate a new business has just a .00006% chance to achieve unicorn
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Shipping products is an essential part of running an ecommerce business. While it might seem simple to place items in packaging and send them off with a carrier, the process is actually more complex than that. If your shipping processes aren’t efficient, you’ll end up wasting valuable time and resources on assembling packages and arranging
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Small ecommerce businesses have a lot to live up to. Large retailers like Amazon have completely changed the customer experience when it comes to shopping online. More specifically, the company’s free shipping model for Prime customers has caused many buyers to grow accustomed to receiving their online orders free of charge. However, fast and free
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The climate crisis is spiraling out of control, and we may be running out of time to reverse the trend. Innovations like electric cars may help the reduction of carbon emissions, but they aren’t going to solve the problem outright. You can do your part by buying electric, recycling, and taking shorter showers. But you
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Workplace harassment was thrust into global consciousness following the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, and rightfully so. There’s no place for it in any business, whether it’s coming from leadership or occurring amongst employees. Unfortunately, many companies still don’t address the issue head on. Recognition exists, but too many employees and business owners don’t think it’s
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Traditional small businesses may be hesitant to dip their toe into new technology. But for 5P Consulting, a small consulting firm founded in San Diego, technology is the very business of their business. 5P Consulting’s mission is to optimize organizations and drive them to improve business productivity through process and technology. After investing in the right customer
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Does your business feel a little boring these days? Are things flagging a bit? Trust me, I know that feeling! From time to time I’ve had it. It’s common for energy in business to ebb and flow. If your business is going through one of those low-energy periods, I have good news: it’s a normal
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Ask any startup entrepreneur what is the most important thing they should spend their time on in business and you’ll get a lot of different answers. Some will say product development. Product leadership and a great product is essential, they feel. Others say that a business is nothing without its people. Building a strong team
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Small business owners tend to operate with fairly slim margins. Especially when you’re just starting out, you probably don’t have a lot to work with when it comes to time, money or other resources. That means you need to make the most of the tools you do have access to and use them to learn
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