When times get tough, the credit markets can offer useful options. But there are certain realities that must be faced.
With multiple employees working remotely, we knew it was important to get together. We just didn’t know how important.
At Simple Numbers, the goal was simple: develop a single metric that captures the overall health of the entrepreneurial economy.
The ability to analyze nearly a million rows of raw data has exploded some of my core assumptions.
Something different happened two weeks ago when about 60 of us gathered at a remote location with spotty Wi-Fi, very little structure, and plenty of unhurried time together.
The tools work. But they don't fix bad data or broken processes, or the temptation to trust something just because it sounds right.
Introducing the Sleep 5000: the real measure of a healthy business (and a healthy owner).
Everywhere you look, there is risk and uncertainty, but the biggest risk may be in letting the constant flow of unsettling news paralyze you.
And it’s getting ugly, especially for owners who don’t really understand how the process works.
As loan counts fall sharply and average sizes rise, the program appears to be drifting away from the smallest businesses it was designed to serve.
