It’s just not working out. It’s not you… it’s them. It’s time to change computer support firms. But how? Tip #1: 80% of it is just making the decisions to DO it. Not debate, not give them their 37th chance, not keep kicking the can down the road… Just do it. It’s not fun to fire someone (unless they are […]
Your company’s server, or servers, are critically important and yet often ignored, because they just work and work and work! But how do you know when it is time to give this mission critical equipment some attention before you end up with a dead in the water firm? While it can be tricky to calculate a lot of variables, there […]
The co-Founder and co-CEO of Thrasio, Carlos Cashman has built many successful businesses. His latest company, Thras.io buys businesses that sell their goods on Amazon.com, the world’s largest e-commerce business. In this episode Carlos tells us the keys to growing and starting a business, why most ideas never go anywhere and why the maps we look at are all wrong! […]
The Founder and CEO of Bond & Des Voeux, Eve Ward has moved many times in her life. As an executive in a Fortune 500 company she has lived in many countries and with each promotion experienced first hand what a corporate relocation can offer, but also where if falls short. She founded Bond & Des Voeux so it can […]
President of Complete Energy Services, Mike Duffy uses his background in customer services to help small businesses upgrade their utility usage and costs. His team does a complimentary energy assessment and then creates savings in electricity, gas and water. Prior to getting in to the energy business, Mike was a customer service manager for many years and understands that […]
It’s a well-worn phrase in the B2B sector, but risk happens everywhere. And while the word “disaster” may conjure up images of fires, storms, and floods for you – more likely than not the disasters looming over your business are man-made: data breaches and loss, physical theft, system failures. Your assets are always at risk. According to FEMA, 40 percent […]
Whether company-issued or not, the best thing you can do for yourself and your employees is to verify that everyone’s on the same page when it comes to personal and company-owned device management. Preferably, you’ll put down that page in writing. Here are the four most important criteria you’ll need to consider in crafting or re-crafting your BYOD business policy. […]
A guide for the risk averse among us. Are you still using Windows XP on your computers? Did you last upgrade your WI-FI router in 2001? If your answer is ‘no’ or ‘not sure’, then it may be time to look at upgrading your hardware and software – for a variety of reasons, namely: security, competition, and the invisible costs […]
If you’re like most small business owners, you realize that labor is your biggest expense and the best way to reduce that expense is to maximize productivity and efficiency. What you may not realize is that one of the most common and costly obstacles to productivity is bad IT management. Luckily, on the flipside, you may well increase your revenue […]