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Need another PPP loan for your small business? Here are the new rules
Congress recently passed, and President Trump signed, a new law providing additional relief for businesses and individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ring in the new year with a renewed focus on profitability
Some might say the end of one calendar year and the beginning of another is a formality. The linear nature of time doesn’t change, merely the numbers we use to mark it.
The Balanced Scorecard approach to strategic planning
In the early 1990s, the Balanced Scorecard approach to strategic planning was developed to enable business owners to better organize and visualize their objectives.
Maryland Governor Hogan Announces Distribution of Additional $180 Million in Relief Funding for Families & Small Businesses
In a COVID-19 update press conference on Thursday, December 17, Maryland Governor Hogan announced the distribution of an additional $180 million in relief funding for families and small businesses, including:
Rightsizing your sales force
With a difficult year almost over, and another one on the horizon, now may be a good time to assess the size of your sales force. Maybe the economic changes triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic led you to downsize earlier in the year.
Should you add a technology executive to your staff?
The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic impact have hurt many companies, especially small businesses. However, for others, the jarring challenges this year have created opportunities and accelerated changes that were probably going to occur all along.
Family business owners must weave together succession and estate planning
It’s been estimated that there are roughly 5 million family-owned businesses in the United States. Annually, these companies make substantial contributions to both employment figures and the gross domestic product.