Business Planning
Our business planning hub has all of the essential tools, strategies and insights needed to build and maintain a successful small business — a complete resource for starting, managing and growing your business. Discover everything you need to know at business.com.
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Learn about all the government programs and other initiatives available for business owners with disabilities.
Small businesses often have slim profit margins. Learn how to cut expenses to boost cash flow, invest in growth and lower prices without impacting revenue.
Check out these branding tips for business owners to connect with Generation Z and millennial consumers.
Consumers want convenience, which often means they want someone to do something for them on demand. Learn how to take advantage of the DIFM movement.
Learn how to identify and share the right story about your brand to usher in loyal consumers.
Your most valuable asset is your brand reputation. Learn how to protect it by keeping employees and customers happy and using reputation-management tools.
Customers want payment options, making the cash-only model inconvenient. If your business doesn't accept credit cards, here are eight reasons you should.
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) helps businesses drive quality by recording and storing real-time business performance data. Learn ERP trends to watch.
This guide to business insurance can help you understand the policies available to your small business and determine which policies are right for you.
Companies must adopt a tech mindset in their corporate identity. Learn why every business is a tech company and how to incorporate tech in your operations.
Starting a business requires an organized approach to administrative, legal and practical tasks. Follow this checklist to start a business from home.
Setting the proper prices for your services is one of the most crucial elements of business. Learn how to set fair and accurate prices for your services.
Scammers often target small and midsize businesses. Beware of these 10 business-related scams, and learn how to avoid cybercriminals and hackers.
An interview with Harvard Business School’s Feng Zhu and Bonnie Cao
Our full Q&A with the author and neuroscience researcher.
Employers keep paycheck records to comply with federal and state laws, complete tax returns, and use in audits. Here's what you need to know.
Learn how outsourcing your e-commerce business's order fulfillment needs can streamline operations, save time and conserve resources.
An interview with author Laura Mae Martin
An unexpected origin story adds character.
Our full Q&A with the author of Financially Lit!
POS systems come with numerous features, but your retail business may not need them all. Learn the top 15 POS system features for your retail business.
This list of small business statistics provides a snapshot of the most important business trends
Businesses rebrand for various reasons, including growth and new market outreach. Learn how to begin rebranding and what rebranding mistakes to avoid.
Plus her reasons for optimism — and how small businesses benefit whole communities
How to turn ambitious plans into measurable results
She took over the company at 27 and “Double-Doubled” its success.
Meta earned $3.9M per laid-off employee in Nov; Microsoft earned $9.8M per layoff. Amazon's figure was $2.8M, while WeWork and Spotify had negative EBITDAs.
America lags behind other countries in return-to-office rates. Instead, employees are still working from home. See the data.
Learn more about some key steps you must take in order to start a successful cannabis brand.
Forget a 9-to-5 in a traditional office. Former content manager Alice Everdeen shares how an old school bus became her new place of work – and her home.