This week members of the Smart Hustle team will be heading off to ICON15 - Infusionsoft's Small Business conference. This annual event, now in it's 9th year, brings together small business entrepreneurs and business experts for three days of learning and networking. It's an event super-charged with excitement and inspiration. Throughout the week we'll be...
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] Infusionsoft just recently launched their new video series, Ignition, a fun and informative way to answer small business owner's questions about running and growing a small business. Each week, the show tackles one question from their viewership and brings a successful entrepreneur / business expert into their "success lab" to help answer. In this episode,...
6 Ways to Save Your Accountant's Life Having an accountant for your small business is essential. As a small business owner, you may be used to wearing multiple hats, but unless one of those hats says “finance professional,” it’s in your best interest to pull an accountant you trust into the picture. Too often small...
12 Critical Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting a Business All great businesses start with a great idea. But what’s next? Is that enough to get you going and to create an enterprise that will eventually make a million bucks? Probably not if you haven’t thought it through! There are many questions to ask yourself before...
4 Reasons Office Design Is Important for Productivity As a small business entrepreneur we have a number of things to always be thinking of, such as marketing, hiring and finances. One slightly overlooked area, which is also very important to consider, is how our offices (home or otherwise) are designed. Afterall, it's where we spend a good...
Planes, Trains & Automobiles: 3 Apps to Help Track Your Business Travel Expenses Nearly $500 billion is spent on business travel annually in the United States according to the most recent figures gathered by the Global Business Travel Association. The same study found that more than 452 million business trips were taken in 2012 alone and that number was...
Breaking the Barrier: 4 Ways to Raise Capital for Your Business Like every entrepreneur you have a great idea or service that you know will make you wealthy, however you have come to realize that it takes more than you thought. More time, more research, and more capital. The time and research is manageable, however raising capital...
FOCUS: Stand Out From the Competition by Carving Out Your Unique Niche The sports, fitness and leisure industry is a giant, generating around $500 billion in revenues each year in the United States alone, according to Plunkett Research. Counting professional athlete, coaches and employees at fitness, winter sports and golf facilities, more than 1.3 million...
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"]As an entrepreneur you probably have had friends or former colleagues say, “You're so lucky to be doing your own thing”. Yes, the experience of owning your own business and seeing your ideas materialize is extremely rewarding. However, the reality is that being a small business owner is extremely stressful, especially...
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"]Community Q: I've been trying to put a plan together for 2015 but I'm finding it so overwhelming! Where do I start? Lisa Rehurek: My recommendation for business owners is to always start with the money. It’s a simple place to start, and it’s also the most logical. That makes some people...
