Small Business Labs

JANUARY 3, 2017

The Wall Street Journal's Big Growth in Tiny Businesses nicely covers a trend we'e been following for years - the growth of solopreneur, non-employer manufacturing businesses. Key quote: "The number of businesses classified as manufacturers with no employees has been rising steadily since the depths of the recession. The tiny operations often make food, craft beer, toiletries or other niche products.

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Clutter Coach

JANUARY 3, 2017

by Subscribe: iTunes ⋅ Stitcher ⋅ Soundcloud ⋅ YouTube ⋅ Google Play. You can leave a review here! In this episode, I’ll talk about how how valuable checklists are and why you should use them. Here are some highlights: Why should I write down little mundane tasks? How will it help me? What’s the best way to use a checklist?

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Eat Your Career

JANUARY 3, 2017

This article is part of a series. Learn more about it and access links to other articles in the series here. After a short break for the holidays, we’re back in full swing and covering an appropriate topic as we enter a new year. While most of us are thinking of goals and resolutions , we tend to also struggle with another f-word at the same time. That one is FEAR.

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Productivityist

JANUARY 3, 2017

Over the past few years, I’ve followed a practice shared with me by my friend Chris Brogan. Every year I choose three words that I use as a waypoint for my year. These words are focal points – Productivity Pillars of sorts – that guide my year the way I want it to go. I usually choose words that all start with the same letter. In 2016, my words were Harmony, Health, and Helpfulness.

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Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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