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Hello Alice Co-founders Carolyn Rodz and Elizabeth Gore Are Fueling the Small Business Ecosystem

Success

A journey filled with unexpected events is an apt comparison for what many small business owners encounter in entrepreneurship. During a conference in 2015, the future co-founders started talking about a mutual passion to address the problem of equity in the small business space. What is Hello Alice?

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Surviving economic uncertainty: 5 steps to help your small business thrive

Ruby

Uncertainty can be really scary for a small business owner. But there are steps you can take to make your business more financially stable and help it survive the more challenging times. In the last few years, when the economy was booming, there was a huge increase in new small businesses.

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Boost Your Business: 21 Essential Online Tools for Small Business Owners

Launch Work Places

Running a business can feel like trying to juggle a million things at once, which is why leaders and managers need to find the right strategies and support to meet their goals. An essential piece is finding online tools for small business owners that help optimize efficiency , productivity, and communication.

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100+ ways for small businesses to give back to their community

Ruby

Has anyone ever mentioned how important you and your fellow small businesses are to your community? Small businesses not only lend local flavor to the towns and cities they operate in, but they’re also the economic backbone of countless neighborhoods! Collect items for a food bank…or organize your own food drive!

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The hidden truth behind job market numbers and how they influenced the vote

Work Life

This can be seen via decreased sales in industries such as auto repair—car owners pinching pennies by making simple fixes themselves—and decreased loan performance in American borrowers. When the bare minimum, like food and gas, are breaking the bank, buyers tend to cut costs where they can, but it’s not a sustainable fix.

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Can employee ownership improve capitalism?

Work Life

The solid business performance, benefits for workers, and broad appeal should lead more businesses to adopt employee-share ownership structures, but unfortunately the odds are often stacked against employee ownership. Over half of small business owners are near or at retirement age.

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Workplace and property firms must wake up to the new era of networked businesses

Workplace Insight

In terms of the office workplace, banks were permitted to become JSCs in the 1830s; the first being the London and Westminster Bank, in 1834. JSCs came into fashion in the 1600s as the costs and risks associated with overseas trading voyages grew. It evolved from a “society of island communities into a homogenous national community”.