Pricing, cash flow, money and more.
Accenture Ventures leader Kathryn Ross has advice for black founders that could be initially deemed counter-intuitive. In the middle of the pandemic, Ross says it’s time to actually buckle in and accelerate. And she tells Ramon Ray exactly why she thinks that and how that should be done. Kathryn is well-placed to shares insights about...
We’ve long heard that small businesses are the backbone of the U.S. economy. And with 31.7 million such businesses, they are indisputably a powerful economic force. Yet, just as the stock market is a composite of tech, healthcare, consumer and other companies with very different stories to tell, I’ve long believed that the statistics...
Building and maintaining a worthwhile business has always been a monumental task. The march of technology has given entrepreneurs many opportunities to prove themselves and make a profit, but also made it an ultra-competitive endeavor that required a lot of dedication and commitment. The advent of COVID-19 upped the difficulty of the game by...
Kedma Ough and Rashedia Mayhane spoke at the Survive and Thrive Summit about money tips and tools for your small business. Hosted and produced by Ramon Ray of Smart Hustle Media, the first two Summits were held in April and August 2020. The next one will be in this spring of 2021. It's free,...
Ramon spoke with two money experts — Carol Roth and Tricia Taitt — about how to handle finances and money during COVID-19. If you're a business owner, then you know first-hand how rapid the changes in cash flow have been. Did you prepare for something like this? Probably not, but that's ok! Most businesses didn't....
Getting your startup off the ground can be daunting. There is a lot to do, and it's hard to do alone. And then there is business growth — being able to scale and expand. Some of the hardest challenges businesses face are around this topic of growth. It takes more than just making money....
For years I've banked at a traditional bank. It's been ok. However recently I tried out a new way of banking, completely online, via Azlo. The setup process is easy. You're asked to submit some information and a proof of identification. A few days later, you're informed about the acceptance of your application. Azlo is...
Investing in real estate can be an exciting premise — it’s been well-known that with the right decisions, real estate can provide a very good ROI (return on investment). But there is a lot more that goes into it than meets the eye. Divya Tandon is an expert in real estate management and investing,...
Small business owners get caught up in the smoke of constantly putting out fires under duress, all the while missing what it is that their business needs to stay profitable and continue to grow. It is this central problem that Mike tackles in his best-selling book, Profit First, and its recent follow-up, Fix This...
Cash crunches are a fact of business life. Clients drag their feet in paying you. Vendors want their money. And now COVID-19 means that even businesses who may have weathered those ups and downs relatively unscathed in the past are having trouble mitigating cash flow woes. While there are no simple answers for every business,...
