Cameron Peake is the CEO and co-founder of Azlo, which provides digital banking and business services for small businesses, founders, freelancers, to help them get started and navigate their full entrepreneurial journey. Azlo doesn't have branches, and that means their cost structure is really different compared to big banks, so they can serve a...
American Express is buying Kabbage, the fintech company focused on SMEs. At first glance, the acquisition may seem like a standard acquisition by a financial services giant. However, it has several implications to small business financing that are more noteworthy than they seem. American Express says that it is buying “substantially all” of the Atlanta-based...
Recent tension has flared up across the country about equality and biases. Diversity, especially workplace diversity, is once again one of the top-of-mind topics for businesses. Jim Fitzpatrick and I got to talk about diversity in a recent episode of the Atlanta Small Business Show. We talked about three ways that business leaders can navigate this...
The number of online banking options continues to increase giving businesses more financial options. One option we will look at is a newly launched business checking account. Kabbage Checking will be paying off for small businesses at a time of uncertainty. Account highlights Atlanta-based Kabbage, Inc. provides cash-flow products to small businesses. The account enables customers to...
A family owned and operated business is nothing new, but a family business managed by two parents and eight and children is pretty unique. Goat Milk Stuff. The business started with making soap, as it is a low barrier (much less difficult than food products) and the whole family could easily be involved in...
Good books are powerful. The provide often timeless insights from pretty smart people who have the personal experience or have put in the research to help you. These are some of my favorite business books which have helped me. Money Profit First - essential guide and principles to building PROFIT in your boss. Gross revenue is...
In a talk with Eddie Turner, Ramon Ray talks about two crucial tasks leaders must do, taking businesses to the next level, the importance of being ready, and why leaders must focus on community building Ramon Ray knows success, but even he is still learning all the time. On a recent chat on Keep Leading...
Anika Hobbs is the owner and chief curator of Nubian Hueman, a fashion brand that partners with almost 500 artists and designers, from 6 different continents, and over 25 countries. But Anika didn’t just fall into entrepreneurship — instead, she used her years of working at a large corporate fashion brand to learn everything...
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,...
Just about every business uses LinkedIn to network with other business owners. However, LinkedIn has so much more features that can benefit your business. First is LinkedIn events, it's a powerful tool to get your community excited about your events. LinkedIn says they recently integrated LinkedIn Events into the Pages experienceto help you strengthen relationships...
