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20 Entrepreneurs Share Their Takeaways from 2020

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Running a business successfully encompasses learning from mistakes that happen along the way which in the end, helps your business to be more strategic and to get back on track. We asked entrepreneurs and business owners about the tough lessons they have learned in 2020. #1- 1- Balance is key. Photo Credit: Bonnie Kuhl.

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The Best Small Business Accounting Advice in 2020

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Rocking the role of a woman leader means wearing a multitude of different hats to keep your business afloat, let alone empower it to thrive and flourish. Whether you’re completely new at the role or you’ve done it a fair number of years, 2020 brings with it a slew of monetary changes for small businesses.

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How Smart Assistants Went From Pocket Devices To Managing Offices

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Alternatively, individual VA contractors can be hired for a monthly salary, or workers for short gigs can be found via Fiverr or TaskRabbit. While we are in the early stages of technological development in the virtual assistant space, a Jarvis-like computer that does all the busy work for small businesses is not too far away.

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5 Revenue-Neutral Benefits Small Businesses Should Offer Employees

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In others, they require upfront investments that create enough additional value to the business that they offset their own direct costs. By crafting employee benefits packages that include enough revenue-neutral benefits, small businesses can attract top-level talent while staying within their budgetary constraints.

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When Should Your Small Business Offer These Employee Benefits?

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Providing access to the employee benefits applicants seek may mean investing a significant percentage of funds on top of an employee’s salary. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), in December 2020, approximately 70% of private employee compensation was for wages. For example, any entrepreneur can offer a small business 401(k).

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23 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

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Since January of 2020 when we began, we’ve gone from 0 to 30,000 unique visitors per month. 7- Help small business in website ranking on Google. Getting started with online marketing as a small business owner is difficult and expensive, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Photo credit: Nat Miletic.

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29 Entrepreneurs Reveal the Pivots They’re Making in Their Business as a Result of Pandemic

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2020 is all about making sensible decisions and taking a long-term view. In the business world, there are many things that are well worth the wait. 19- Small businesses automation. It’s not a secret that businesses spend a good percentage of the revenue to pay employees. Thanks to Shaun Price, MitoQ ! #19-