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Math & Honey: Collections from Customers Made Easy…ish

Article Summary: Many small businesses rely on invoicing and extending payment terms to sell to their customers. Sometimes customers don't always pay on time and you've fronted the money which creates a mess for your cash flow. In the article…

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Using The Big Picture When Getting Your Business Organized

At the beginning of the year, while consumers are pursuing New Year’s resolutions, business owners and entrepreneurs are busy making plans as well. Typical goals include improving marketing outreach, making more sales, increasing efficiency, adopting technology, cutting expenses, and generating…

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5 Ways Organization Improves Employee Satisfaction and Performance

Article Summary: Organization does a lot of good things for a business. There are five ways organization improves employee satisfaction and business performance—so you aren't going into the ring like a blindfolded boxer in a heavyweight fight.It makes your employees…

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Are You Good at Multi-Tasking? Probably Not.

Article Summary: Multi-tasking seems to a highly-valued and prized skill in business today. Unfortunately, our brains aren't wired to multi-task and the research suggests that the ability to multi-task is a myth—so you might want to take it off your…

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Keeping it Simple: How Staying Organized Will Save You Time

You are probably familiar with the saying “time is money,” but you may not really understand how true it is. Studies show that the average executive wastes an hour of work time each day looking for missing information. The Small…

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Small Business Taxes and Planning: 5 Things To Do

Article Summary: Start the new year off right and make sure you're covered with your small business taxes. Take a look back and plan for the future. Here are 5 things you shouldn't ignore. Identify Applicable Tax Law ChangesWeigh Advantages and…

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How to Protect Your Mental Health After Your Vacation

Americans are notorious about leaving vacation days on the table. According to a 2018 article posted on the CNBC web portal, nearly half of 1,000 survey respondents polled by Bankrate did not plan to take a summer vacation. While half of those…

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Top 12 OnDeck Articles of 2018

Dear Readers, We hope 2018 was as a productive and exciting year for your business as it was for us! We covered a lot of topics in our resource center articles. Here’s a quick recap of our top 12 articles…

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3 Ways to Wind Down After The Holiday Season Ends

As the holiday season comes to a close, it’s normal to feel a little burnt out. No matter which industry you’re in, it can seem like a mad dash to the end of the year. For business owners, there’s more…

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