Growing a Small Business with a Strategic Partner

As founders, business owners, and CEOs, our businesses are like our babies: we know what’s best for them. My business, The Crabby Shack, is located in Crown Heights Brooklyn, NY. With…

Turnaround 101: The Importance of Gross Profit Margins

Over the years, I’ve read a thousand plus business plans for business plan competitions, investment or client acquisition purposes.  By habit, I scan the first few pages of an executive…

Get Used to It – The Pivot is Not Going Away

The return to bricks-and-mortar shopping is on the rebound, with consumer exuberance pushing supply chains to near failure and inventories for many goods to all-time lows. In fact, according to the…

10 Simple Ways to Improve Your Finances and Save Your Sanity

Managing a small business can be draining and stressful. One minute you're worried about invoicing a client correctly, and the next you're balancing your personal checkbook and hoping you've estimated…