Businesses of all sizes have been confronted by daunting challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, b...
Category: Blog – Laurie McCabe
Is Your Retail Business For Change? Four Key Shopping Trends
To say this year has been different would be an understatement. From transitioning to remote work to total retail shut down, keeping businesses afloat and jobs secure has been a struggle. With the pandemic still affecting companies and customers during the holiday shopping season, many small a...
Does It Make Sense for Your Business to Invest in Technology During a Downturn?
Midmarket companies (with 500 to 2,500 employees) understand the connection between business success and technology: 78% agree that using technology effectively is key to business survival and growth. However, it can seem counterintuitive to increase spending as the pandemic and ongoing economic uncertainty continue to create headwinds for many businesses. For example, in SMB G...
Revv: There’s a New Small Business Collaboration Kid on the Block
I was recently introduced to Revv, a new no-code document-centric platform designed for entrepreneurs and business owners, by my friend and Freshworks’ Director of Analyst Relations, Alan Berkson. Revv’s all-in-one platform provides vetted document templates, workflow, recipient activity tracker, and bank-grade eSignature to help its users manage their bus...
Salesforce Launches New Fund to Support Small Businesses in San Francisco
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.
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...