Why You DON’T Need a Business Plan
So you want to start a business? Plenty of people will say you need a business plan. They’re wrong. The truth is that there is a better approach to starting…
What Does a Bookkeeper Actually Do?
A bookkeeper stays on top of your day-to-day finances and makes sure your business runs smoothly! If you don’t have one, you’re exposing your business to all kinds of risk….
Small Business Owner: What Your Invoicing Habits Say About You
Whether you’re a freelancer or a small business owner, you know invoicing your clients is essential if you want to get paid. Sometimes invoicing isn’t something you’re looking forward to,…
Small Business Owners Checklist: 5 Things You Must Do in the First 90 Days
As a business owner, especially of a new enterprise, it can be tempting to focus on every aspect of your entity – from how you are doing on social media…
5 Reasons Why Business Partnerships Fail
Often, business partnerships are compared to a marriage, and for good reason. Similar to a marriage, business partnerships involve separate entities working together towards a common goal. There are compromises…
7 Cheap Marketing Ideas for Small Businesses
If you’re a small business owner or a freelancer, your marketing department probably consists of… well… just you. And that’s fine, as any fledgling organization needs to save cash wherever…
5 Ways to Prevent Payroll Fraud
Your credit card payments are encrypted, you back up your data to a secure cloud, and you’ve enabled two-step authentication on your most important software. Congrats, you’re impenetrable. …just kidding….
Is There Value Hidden In Your Financial Data?
As an entrepreneur or a small business owner, you’re used to the hustle, especially when it comes to banking. Do you feel like you know everything you need to know…
How to Make Sure Your Business Stays Financially Healthy
If you start to get sick, you can usually nurse yourself back to health with chicken noodle soup and Netflix. When your business is sick it won’t recover on its…
Moving From A Side Hustle To A Full-Time Gig
You’ve been clocking in at your day job for what seems like decades, but like any good aspiring entrepreneur, you always have a side hustle going on. Whether you’re feeding…
Meet Michael Sacca: Head of Marketing and Business Development at Dribbble
Michael Sacca is a designer, writer, and founder who’s passionate about creating software that improves lives. He was the President at Crew before it was acquired by Dribbble. A serial…
NorthOne. The Opposite Of A Bank
I was talking with a friend and former colleague about his experiences with small business banking and before I knew it, he was lobbing complaints at me nearly faster than…
Of All The Startups You Could Build, Why Banking?
If I had a nickel for every time I was asked this question…. ??? To be fair, it’s a totally legitimate question. I didn’t major in finance. I deliberately stayed…
