Category: Blog – Laurie McCabe

ForestPlanet: Growth Through Partnership and Small-Business Automation

ForestPlanet: Growth Through Partnership and Small-Business Automation

Many small-business owners start out because they want to do something they love, and they want to be their own boss. But getting a small business off the ground is no small feat. It’s easy to get swept up in the daily grind—and to put off the task of automating key business functions that will streamline operations and help the business grow. Learn why automation and integration should be a...

Doing Digital Transformation Right: How CFOs Can Improve Performance and Empower People

Doing Digital Transformation Right: How CFOs Can Improve Performance and Empower People

–by SMB Group Contributing Analyst, Kelly Teal, and Laurie McCabe, SMB Group Co-founder Three-quarters of SMB (small and medium business) decision-makers understand that using digital technology effectively is key to business success in today’s digital era. The right digital solutions can help businesses address new challenges, course correct, and to better prepare for unexpected ch...

SMB Progress Along the Digital Transformation Continuum: An SMB Group Infographic

SMB Progress Along the Digital Transformation Continuum: An SMB Group Infographic

During this past year and a half in particular, it’s become abundantly clear that businesses of all shapes and sizes need to put technology solutions to work to meet the challenges of our increasingly unpredictable world. Small or large, businesses need a strategy and the technology to execute on it to meet evolving market, employee and operational requirements. But how are SMBs—who are ofte...

Extreme Small Business Makeover: From Museum Tours to Virtual Team Building With Xero

Extreme Small Business Makeover: From Museum Tours to Virtual Team Building With Xero

SMB Group’s 2021 SMB Technology Directions for a Changing World study revealed that just over half of small business (1–99 employees) respondents strongly agreed or agreed that they had made significant changes to their business strategies due to COVID-19.