taskrabbit

How You Can Use TaskRabbit, Breather and Uber To Do More With Less

Recently I was organizing an event and needed some help.Sure I could have reached out to Adrian's Network, Craig's List or any number of networks to get help. I could have also posted a cry for help on Twitter or Facebook, but instead, I used TaskRabbit. In about 10 minutes (or less) I had secured the services of...

Michelle Poniewozik

Family Business: How A Daughter’s Partnership Helped Her Dad’s Plumbing Business

Everyone has an opinion about working with their relatives, and many people like to heartily declare "I could NEVER work with my family!" but Michelle Poniewozik begs to differ. Customer Experience Coordinator, marketing, admin, sales—you name it; Michelle wears many hats at her family owned and operated HVAC business, Iceberg's One Hour Heating &...

Is An Online Loan Good for Your Business? How 3 Companies Used QuickBooks Financing for Growth

Is An Online Loan Good for Your Business? How 3 Companies Used QuickBooks Financing for Growth

Cash flow is a vital part of every successful small business, and a recent Intuit poll of small business owners found that almost 87% feel that managing cash flow is critical to long-term business success and survival. Over the years, innovative online lending methods have become available to small businesses to help gain access...

How to Do International Business Right: Tips from a Paypal Executive

How to Do International Business Right: Tips from a PayPal Executive

Melissa O’Malley, PayPal’s Director of Global Initiatives, recently sat down to talk with me about the complicated business of selling internationally, and how, with the right tools and partners, it doesn’t have to be such a complicated matter. From the troublesome business of taxes and duties to the role freight forwarders play in all this,...

marketing automation

Cleaning Company Founders On Marketing Automation, Marriage and Niche Marketing

Hamish and Lisa Macqueen own Cleancorp, a commercial cleaning business based in Sydney, Australia. They've been able to put not only the marketing but also many of their businesses processes on "auto-pilot" due to the power of marketing automation, using Infusionsoft software. In my recent interview with them,  Lisa and Hamish share their advice...

Matthew Weiss - NYC Lawyer

NYC Lawyer Shares His Journey In Launching A Second Business

If you live in New York State and have received a traffic ticket, you may already be familiar with this next person I had the opportunity to interview: my friend and the very successful entrepreneur Matthew Weiss. For those of you who have not had the pleasure of being represented by one of the...

How To Build A Community of Software Developers: Intuit Exec Share's Success Tips

How To Build A Community of Software Developers: Intuit Exec Shares Success Tips

I recently had a chance to speak with Vinay Pai, the Vice President of Intuit Developer Relations. Pai is no stranger to the world of startups and small businesses, and so he was able to share some insight into what small business owners are looking for in a software solution and, on the flip...

$500,000, 100 Stories, and A Small Business Revolution In Small Town America

There are reportedly about 30 million small businesses, of one size or another, in the USA. It's hard to capture their essence or understand them all, however, The Small Business Revolution, by Deluxe, has done a great job. If you're looking to be inspired and observe up-close stories of small business across all industries...

Government Contracting - Should Your Business Try It?

Government Contracting: Should Your Business Give It a Try? American Express Expert Shares Tips

Lourdes Martin-Rosa walks the talk in her role as an American Express OPEN Advisor on government contracting. A small business owner herself, she founded the professional services firm Government Business Solutions (GBS), which provides expert programs in landing a government contract. I recently sat down with Lourdes to discuss the reasons why a small business...