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Two Critical First Steps Before Setting Up Payroll For Your Small Business
Even with just one employee, business owners must do payroll accurately and in compliance with all legal responsibilities. Here are tips on how to get started!
Tips For Hiring the Right Talent For Your Small Business
Hiring quality employees as a small business owner is no easy task. Here are some tips on hiring the right talent for your business!
Cultivate Customer Loyalty
Customers want to feel valued and creating value will help boost loyalty. Here are tips on how to build it!
Take a Practical Approach to Pricing
Rather than guessing or going off competitors, a small business should develop its own pricing strategy. Research will help determine pricing, profits, & sales.
“Success Thinking” - It’s All About Attitude!
Having a positive attitude & focusing on collective success for your small business can help accelerate your success. Here's how 'success thinking' can help!
Introducing Ann Patterson, Incoming Chair for SCORE Wichita
Get to know Ann Patterson, SCORE Wichita's incoming Chair, with a short Q&A interview!
Make Strategic Planning a Team Effort
Having a team planning day for your small business has many benefits. Here are some tips & outcomes from having a "planning day" yearly with your employees!
Balancing Your Business, Your Home, and Your Life
As with most everything as an entrepreneur - balancing business, family, & responsibilities simply takes planning & ongoing monitoring. Here are tips to help!
Small Business Success Begins Before the Business Plan
Do you have what it takes to make your business a success? Before any planning, be sure to ask yourself these important questions as a business owner.
The Business Plan: Don’t Start Your Business Without It
Every entrepreneur should have a GPS, a path to small business success - and every journey is different. Create a business plan with the help of SCORE for free.
Growth Is Always Good - Or Is It?
With business growth, success can come and go. If you're not ready to leverage it, you risk customer experience & long-term growth. Here are some steps to plan!
Knowledge is Power, Especially When It Comes to Taxes
Check out these free resources from David Inskeep, longtime SCORE mentor, on how to prepare & handle taxes for startup, operating, or closing businesses.