Salesforce just reached out to let me know that they have announced a new $2M fund to support local small businesses in the City of San Francisco. This follows an earlier round of grants that Salesforce provided to small business in April.
Author: Laurie McCabe
How AI and ML Will Revolutionize Professional Services
Whether you provide legal, accounting, marketing, technology or another type of professional services, people are at the heart of your business. To be successful, you need skilled, productive employees that can profitably deliver a great outcome for your customers. While this sounds simple, it’s often difficult to optimize profitability and outcomes. When people forget to track...
The Future of Accounting: Intelligent Financial Management Applications
Most SMB decision-makers understand that technology is increasingly intertwined with business success: 82% agree that using technology effectively is key sustaining and growing their businesses. In fact, SMBs that have accelerated technology adoption and investments are 42% more likely to have increased their revenues since March than SMBs that decelerated tech investments—and ...
Getting Strategic About New Ways to Work
Last week, Dropbox announced that it is retiring the 9am to 5pm workday, and replacing it with a “Virtual First” workplace strategy. On the surface, this may not seem like big news. Many companies, from Adobe to Salesforce, have announced plans to
Build Yor Best Business–New Online Interview Series for Entrepreneurs
I wanted to let you know about an online interview series for entrepreneurs titled: Build Your Best Business: Hire Confidently, ...
Insights on the Game-Changing Gig Economy
The 21st century is only two decades old but has already brought about tremendous changes in the ways we live and work. One of the bigg...
The Role of Technology in SMB Recovery: New SMB Group Infographic
Most SMBs that have been able to weather the COVID-19 crisis to date have already made significant adjustments to adapt their businesses to the new normal. SMB Group’s study, SMBs: Navigating a Path Forward: How Will SMB...
A Thought-Provoking Alternative for Productivity and Collaboration Suites: Zoho Workplace
When you think of office productivity and collaboration suites, Microsoft 365 and Google G Suite are probably the first brands tha...
Is Your SMB Equipped to Adapt, Innovate and Grow?
Does your business have the technology foundation necessary to support growth in the digital economy? If you’re like mos...
SMB Workforce and Workplace Impact and Plans Due to COVID-19
We all know that COVID-19 has had a dramatic effect on the workforce and workplace. As the economy reopens in fits and starts, a disturbingly high number of workers continue to file for unemployment. Meanwhile, businesses struggle with how to survive in the new normal, and whether and how to bring employees back to work. […]