Tips

Andrea Szell, Founder of Spare Desk shares some insights on the positive impact that sharing a workspace can have on our mental health. Remote working increased tenfold due to the recent pandemic. It was already on the rise, but quickly sped up when COVID-19 hit, and for many employees it was a big adjustment. Some love it and couldn’t dream of returning to the office full time. However, ...
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Startup or small business owner? Here's an overview of why compliance matters and how you can start implementing it into your business model. For a small business to succeed and survive past the dreaded five-year mark, business owners must do everything they can to ensure each piece works optimally.  If one part is underperforming, it can bring the whole business down. Like an otherwise w...
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Want to revamp or improve your business? Here are some tips on how helping your staff to improve their knowledge and skills can be one of the best ways to do just that. The workplace is changing rapidly, and the skills needed to succeed in today’s fast-paced business world are changing along with it. Upscaling the skills of your employees is the key to revamping your business and making i...
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Running a business can often bring challenges and uncertainty - these basic tips will help you handle just that. As a business leader, you will inevitably have some uncertainty that you and the business will have to work through. There can be various factors that can affect the business, so you should do all that you can to protect against uncertainty. This article will go over how you can do t...
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Honing your leadership skills is a must if you're a startup founder. Pamela Odukoya from Toastmasters International shares some tips to help you do just that. As a startup founder you are putting yourself into a leadership role from day one.  What style of leadership will you adopt to set the tone for your new venture?  My leadership career has covered seventeen years to date. I view...
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Getting up to speed with all that entrepreneurship entails is a must. These tips outline some of the best ways of doing just that. If you’re thinking of launching your own start-up and venturing into the world of business, there are a number of ways to help make sure you’re ready to take on the journey. Equipping yourself with knowledge of business ownership and how to be an entrepr...
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About to start recruiting for your small business? Here are a few basic tips to help you hire the best staff. Hiring the right support staff can be crucial to the success of any business. When hiring staff for your small business, you want to find candidates that will have a passion for your business and become a champion for your company. Onboarding the wrong staff members can create tension, ...
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Concerned that a professional you've hired has actually caused problems for your business? These tips will help you address just that. When running a business, it's very common to consider working with other businesses to further your company's success. Whether working with a financial advisor to figure out useful financial options for your business or working with an architect or building firm...
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Want to become more time-conscious? Ian Child, time management expert, trainer and author of "Your Own Personal Time Machine" shares some insights on why outsourcing may help. Forty-two, as you may already know, is the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything – so says the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. And it seems Douglas Adams may have been onto so...
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Spring Cleaning shouldn't just be done at home. Kat Byles, Founder, True Business School shares some insights on the benefits of spring cleaning your business too. You may believe that because you’re running a new business that you don’t have clutter to deal with. But think about how much time and effort went into conceiving, funding and launching that business – you’ve ...
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New research by creative services marketplace, Voices reveals why more businesses should start a podcast to grow their audience online. With podcasts offering higher engagement rates than many other forms of communication, these tips to help you get your business podcast up and running should help. Establish your audience With podcasts offering higher engagement rates than many other forms of...
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Got an early stage SaaS startup? These tips on launching, selling and maintaining your SaaS solution are well worth a look... If you want to offer a unique solution to the marketplace in the form of a SaaS business, you have many tough challenges in front of you. One of the biggest is explaining a solution to a problem many people may not even know existed. You then have all the challenges that...
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