If you’re a small business owner, or thinking about starting a small business, you’ve probably heard the term “limited liability company” or LLC. In a nutshell, an LLC protects a business owner from being personally liable for business obligations...
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Remember when Zoom meetings seemed novel and kind of cool for a lot of us? Well, Zoom fatigue has hit a lot of workers hard these past few months. In last week’s blog, we tackled the reasons behind Zoom...
Those of us who are small business owners may have some things in common with big business, but we face challenges that are unique to us. Our resources are more limited, and as the boss we tend to wear...
You may not have known it, but September is Self-Care Awareness Month. During normal years it’s hard for many small business owners to practice self-care. In 2020, when everyone probably needs a little more self-care, it’s probably especially difficult...
Small businesses may not have a dedicated department or even just someone who’s in charge of IT risk. But the recent Twitter hack should have gotten every business’s attention. The hack was aimed at high-profile Tweeters, but every business...
We’re in the new-normal, when it comes to remote working. Because of Covid-19, employees who never expected to work from home are now commuting to their living rooms. Bosses who maybe had one or two remote workers now find...
Small businesses around the region that were forced to slow down or shut down because of the Covid-19 pandemic are now able to start reopening. Northern Virginia moved into Phase 2 on June 12th. There’s no firm date when...
As January hurries along many business journalists and industry watchers post their lists of the top business trends we’ll be seeing in 2020. We’ve sorted through them, and here are the three we think you should your eye on....
Many small businesses struggle with efficiency. They are at a disadvantage compared to large organizations, which have teams of experts constantly looking for ways to boost efficiency on a large scale. They also have more funding to experiment and...
Running a small business can be tough and creating an atmosphere of professionalism can be even tougher. Everyone has different personalities that play into creating the right office culture but as the business owner, you need to make sure...