Meet Chris Whitfield, the CFO of MANA Nutrition. MANA Nutrition is a nonprofit organization in Charlotte, NC that produces ready to use food for humanitarian giants like Doctors Without Borders, UNICEF, and World Peace. Their mission is simple: to feed as many at-risk kids as possible. With the help of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software,...
The Smart Hustle Magazine Entrepreneur of the Year awards honors business owners, entrepreneurs and champions of small business who best exemplify the hustle, the Smart Hustle, of entrepreneurship and the small business community. Considered leaders by their peers, Smart Hustle Magazine Entrepreneur of the Year honorees are professionals who demonstrate success in business ownership and...
More often than not, when a business function becomes a distraction from an organization’s core business, entrepreneurs and business managers often ask the question: “Should we outsource it?” This is a question that mostly applies to your non-core business functions such as data entry, email handling, document processing, IT services, accounting, payroll etc. However, making the...
While an entrepreneur’s time is best spent focusing on running the business, payroll is an important consideration. Payroll must be completed accurately and in a timely manner, for the sake of employees as well as for the government and payroll tax payments. What starts out as a simple payroll process can turn more complex,...
Freelancing can be exciting and incredibly draining at the same time. Unlike monotonous 9-to-5 jobs, freelancers tackle different kinds of projects each day and this makes it challenging. But the fact that you work on new projects requires a fair bit of learning and unlearning each time and this can be a drain on...
The rapidly evolving small business landscape is full of complexity, disruption, and uncertainty. Online marketplaces like Amazon, Airbnb, eBay, Turo, Postmates, TaskRabbit, and online service providers for sales, marketing, taxes, data management, and more, allow almost anyone to start and run a small business. However, while it may seem easy to start selling furniture or...
Contracting a Virtual Assistant is one of the smartest things you can do for your business. More companies and entrepreneurs are working with virtual assistants to keep their businesses profitable even during times of economic uncertainty. Before looking for a VA, you should separate the wheat from the chaff. There is a wealth of information...
If you’re a small business owner, then no doubt you’ve been grappling with the question of how best to integrate technology into your operations in a sensible, cost-effective manner. Salesforce has just released the results of a new study, “2016 Connected Small Business Report,” surveying more than 300 small business owners in the United...
The period between right before Halloween until right after New Year's Eve is the peak selling season for many retailers and some B2B businesses. Consumers buy gifts, throw parties, decorate their homes, and make travel plans. That's the time when almost everybody in the company works hard at some aspect of the sales process; it's also the...
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...
