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ELI5: All about balance sheets and how to make them suck less, Part 1

Balance sheets are an essential tool for monitoring the health of your business, but they’re also one of the most confounding. Here’s how to use them to your best advantage.
Management & People

Want to get useful feedback from your employees? Here’s how to do it.

What is psychological safety, and why should you care? Creating it will make sure your employees feel included, valued, respected, and heard. Then, they will do something crazy — tell you the truth.
Finance & Accounting

Profit: One bottom line, a bunch of ways to get there

There are many ways that profit is calculated, and they’re all important to your business. Here’s a look at the difference between profit, revenue, income, and more.
Finance & Accounting

Should I Offer Profit Sharing With My Employees? In a Word – No.

Should I offer a profit-sharing plan? Does profit sharing even work? It may feel like the right thing to do, but read about the disadvantages of profit sharing before you say yes.
Finance & Accounting

Funding Your Small Business, Part 1: What a bank is (and what it isn’t)

Need funding for your small business? Here are some options, from large banks to vulture lenders.
Business Operations

You’ll Lose More Customers If You Don’t Raise Prices

If you need to raise prices, it’s important to do it the right way. Here’s a guide for how to do it, with examples.
Business Operations

How to Raise Prices Like a Boss: A Step-by-Step Guide

If you need to raise prices, it’s important to do it the right way. Here’s a guide for how to do it, with examples.
Business Operations

How to Set and Measure Goals That Actually Help Your Business Grow

If you want your small business to grow, you need goals and measurements that will actually help. Here’s how to become a pro at setting business goals, with examples.
Management & People

The Only Manager Trick You’ll Ever Need: Listening

You heard me. If you can master the skill of listening — actually listening — it will change everything in not only your business life but your personal life, too.
 
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