Management

Maple Ridge Farms donated a percentage of its sales through April 30 to CARE’s Ukraine Crisis Fund, totaling $11,000. CARE’s Ukraine Crisis Fund aims at reaching 4 million people with immediate emergency assistance, prioritizing innocent families, women and girls, and the elderly, who are likely to suffer the most from this crisis...

January 31, 2022 was the last day that Intuit permitted one-time purchase of QuickBooks Desktop products. All future sales of QB Premier will be by subscription only. But be careful if you find something you think is a one-time purchase. I had a client who bought what he thought was one-time purchase of...

How often do we say our decisions or policies are made for the benefit of the customer when the reality is they are self-serving? In business, one of the keys to fostering long-lasting relationships is transparency. People may not like specific policies or decisions, but they will accept them when they are carried out openly and honestly...

ADG Promo Products announced that Darryn Cross has been named the new director of sales. Darryn will be responsible for leading the ADG sales teams in North America, and will bring to ADG Promo Products significant knowledge of the promotional products industry with more than 25 years of leadership experience in the sales and service environment...

A good job posting helps less skilled people or those who aren’t a good fit self-select out of the process.

Sarah Hawley is a serial entrepreneur who has founded eight companies since 2009. Hawley’s most recent endeavor is Growmotely, the world’s first platform to connect conscious companies with skilled professionals into long-term remote roles. Here, she talks navigating entrepreneurship, knowing when to cut your losses and trusting yourself...

Question: I have QuickBooks Premier 2019. I keep getting pop-ups telling me to upgrade to Premier 2022. I know I need to upgrade to 2022, and that it’s a subscription. Should I just go ahead and do it? Answer: Your QB Premier 2019 will be upgraded at no additional charge through May 2022. The subscription that you will be purchasing is an annual one...

As printing businesses emerge post-pandemic, here are some ideas that can help make certain your profits are where they should be.

Finding and retaining talented, committed employees, particularly for production and sales positions, has been an enduring challenge. According to a recent survey by the Conference Board, this difficulty now extends to office workers. What to make of these findings? First, recruiting talent at all levels of the organization has become a full-time endeavor...

What are your 2X, 5X or 10X goals? What are you working on that you want to improve significantly over a period of time? Without setting significant personal or business goals, it becomes difficult to achieve anything more than incremental improvements. And even that can be difficult...