Case Studies & Playbooks

11+ hour, 8+ min ago   (601+ words) The agency also presented data reflecting growth in investment directed at African American businesses. Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzmán, director of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), recently presented new data showing the number, rate and proportion of loans backed…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (549+ words) TBBK plans to exit new Small Business Lending originations, cut 80 roles in total, and target over $20 million in annualized cost savings tied to its Apex 2030 strategy. The Bancorp, Inc. (TBBK) announced that its subsidiary The Bancorp Bank, N.A. is implementing an…...

21+ hour, 34+ min ago   (383+ words) Only 15% of finance and 22% of healthcare workers expressed satisfaction over AI use. Only 15% of financial services workers and 22% of healthcare workers in Singapore said they are very satisfied with their working lives as AI use becomes widespread, according to a…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (762+ words) Survival and success today require owners to pay careful attention to many external and internal factors, from cashflow to exploring affordable solutions. Costs are up and revenues are down. That’s the consensus among small- and medium-size businesses around the U.S....

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (535+ words) October’s contract clinic question comes from a subcontractor frustrated by repeated late payments from its client. Tom Stonehewer looks at the options We’re a subcontractor on a residential project in the North West of England. Our client has repeatedly paid…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (601+ words) You can call it managing sideways. Having two CEOs could improve those decisions. It could also make them worse. Obviously, Ellison and Kreiz cannot jointly deliberate over every consequential choice. Any workable business partnership requires clear decision rights. Partners must…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (392+ words) Then treated the first invoice like the finish line. For a business selling monthly contracts, that is an expensive way to think. “How much is this client paying us?” What is this relationship economically capable of becoming? Imagine signing a…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1654+ words) Why does the price of a product increase when it becomes difficult to find? Why can a company sell more products when demand is strong? Why do airline tickets become expensive during busy periods? And why can the price of…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (593+ words) Hard clients push back. Disrespectful ones threaten you before any work even begins. There is a difference between a client who is hard to work with and a client who disrespects you, and most people only learn the difference the…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (262+ words) As of Aug. 20, when the Small Business Administration sprung their new size standards on industry, we’ve been inundated with articles and LinkedIn posts decrying the increases. I’ve read hundreds of posts that suggest all parties should submit comments through the…...