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- Small business owners: What's your go-to website builder?
- As an active partner/investor, where is the best place/website to find SMEs to invest/partner in?
- Do I let machinists have unpaid time off?
- Web design help!
- Raising prices and wages due to inflation?
- A new way to get screwed by a shady property manager and landlord
- Growth through Acquiring
- Advice on getting customers
- How to grow a forum community
- How do people start from zero?
- Taking over Dads private medical clinic?
- Put into a position of management in a family company I’ve never worked in.
- Small online wine business
- Founders Diary - it’s been a while
- Is SCORP a good idea with a high reasonable salary?
- Small business friendly fulfillment company?
- What is the best way to take a loan?
| Small business owners: What's your go-to website builder? Posted: 20 Dec 2021 10:27 PM PST Small business owners: What's been your go-to website to building websites? -Hire a developer -Wordpress -Wix -Sitecreator.io or Squarespace -Don't have one -Other [link] [comments] |
| As an active partner/investor, where is the best place/website to find SMEs to invest/partner in? Posted: 21 Dec 2021 02:02 AM PST If you are interested in being an active partner/investor in a small business, where is the best place/website to find SMEs to invest/partner in? [link] [comments] |
| Do I let machinists have unpaid time off? Posted: 21 Dec 2021 07:58 AM PST I own a small machine shop (15 employees). Most of them burn their 4 weeks of PTO before December hits. 6 weeks PTO if you include holidays. A lot of them will request unpaid time off the week between christmas and new years. My question is how do other small businesses deal with allowing unpaid time off? If you don't allow it, do you allow it during the holidays. I wish they would just save their vacation time. I don't want to be too harsh or too liberal compared to other companies, would like to be in the middle. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 21 Dec 2021 07:10 AM PST Completely new to design & ecom! I'm trying to create an e-commerce store for my fashion brand and the instant knee jerk reaction is to check out Shopify. After extensive research it's quite evident to me that shopify seems to be the go to for all things e-commerce however I'm having a hard time with the web design aspect. I'm not a fan of any of the themes I have a very specific style in mind. Any tips on going about designing a website? Is there an easier way to design it on another platform and run it on shopify? [link] [comments] |
| Raising prices and wages due to inflation? Posted: 21 Dec 2021 06:15 AM PST Is anyone considering raising their prices starting in 2022 to align better with the crazy inflation of this year? Inflation may stagnate, but there's no way prices are going down now that companies know what we will pay. The dollar doesn't go as far at the grocery store as it used to. If you are considering raising prices and wages, what is your calculation? What is your strategy for presenting this to your clients? [link] [comments] |
| A new way to get screwed by a shady property manager and landlord Posted: 20 Dec 2021 06:17 PM PST My company has 12 retail locations in the west coast, each is managed by a different management company and owned by a different owner. Everyone has slightly different lease terms but they're all mostly the same. Today, I was sent a "bill" by a property manager for one our Las Vegas locations for signage. We moved into this space 15 years ago and installed a backlit channel letter sign above our suite, as the lease suggests we should. They also have two "monument" signs in the parking lot which are street facing monuments that have clear plastic panels you can install a vinyl sign on. We've had signs on them for 15 years. There's nothing about these signs in the lease and they've decided to start charging $100 per month, per monument if we want to keep our sign on it. About a year ago they offered to replace our worn out monument sign for $100 each (or so we thought), but it was $100 per month and now they're finally trying to collect on that monthly amount for the last year… to keep the same signs we've had for the last 15. Not necessarily looking for advice. We agreed in an email (sort of), without a clear understanding of their proposal, so they're going to try and hold us to this preposterous charge. Just venting and I'm curious if anyone else has seen this shady practice to try and milk long term tenants for more money. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 21 Dec 2021 12:42 AM PST Hey folks, anyone with experience with growing a B2B service company through buying clients? What has your experience been? Is this a wise way to go? What important variables should I consider? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 Dec 2021 06:19 PM PST Hello I'm in the servicing industry as a handyman that does property management. I do landscaping, lawn striping, plumbing, electrical work, window cleaning and everything in-between. I can only fail by saying no. We have a website, facebook, jobber, clothes with our branding. I quit my day job and have about $50,000 worth of equipment in landscaping and snow removal tools. I'm seeking advice for the following things:
Any other advice you could offer would be appreciated I've been feeling down because of the slow season but been getting somewhat steady work at least enough to pay the bills. My main goal is to be stable sustainable business. Current goal now is I've met 50k out of my 250k goal this year and 8 recurring clients out of 200 that I'm hoping to achieve. I love working, I hate working for someone else. I love my own business, but I hate the downtime! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 21 Dec 2021 03:00 AM PST Hi all I have created a niche-specific forum in my homecountry (Switzerland) for People working in real-estate. It's a huge market in Switzerland. Goal is to provide a platform for people to discuss topics about real estate. First goal of course is to grow the community. How would you do it? My idea was to maybe open a facebook group? Or send messages out on linked in? Or post on linked in? Any advice would be appreciated. Second goal: of course, somehow monetize it 😊 Cheers [link] [comments] |
| How do people start from zero? Posted: 20 Dec 2021 08:45 PM PST I'd like to own my own business that I use machines. (Texas, USA) I've always liked trucks and other machines. I'm just not seeing a clear path on how other people pulled it off and that I can replicate. I've been entertaining starting a lawn care business. Right now it's on break as it's out of season. Being told to join a company for a 2-3 years and learn. It just sounds like that's way too long. I'm 25 now and feel like I should be somewhere already and I'm not. Stuff like that has me wondering why I don't just go to collage for something... But on youtube I can find these people kind of talking about how they started up and are now doing pretty good. One is a trucker in Cali. Got his CDL in 2 weeks or 2 months and then bough a truck and is a owner operator. Uses a broker. Did it for a year and made 80k or something and sold the truck. Just trying to figure out a way that I could do something like this. [link] [comments] |
| Taking over Dads private medical clinic? Posted: 21 Dec 2021 02:42 AM PST Hello all, looking for some advice. I am currently in the Air Force until Summer 2023, which is when I plan to separate. Before I joined, I completed my BA in Biology and initially planned to attend Medical School, but my GPA was too low and I had a difficult time finding employment. My time in the Air Force has been decent but I do not wish to re-enlist in 2023. I can confidently say I will be happier outside of the military. My dad currently has a private medical practice in Texas. He is a General Practitioner who has his own office. He is the only doctor in his office with a couple MSA staff. He is getting ready to retire next year. He has thousands of patients and has had his practice for over 20 years now. He is now asking me if I am interested in being involved with the business or to potentially own/run the practice once he has retired from being an MD. There are already a couple MD's and NP's whom we know that are wanting to work in the office and have those patients. I do not wish to become a physician, but the possibility of owning and controlling the clinic is something I am very interested in. Taking over the private office and having the opportunity to grow what he has built is very enticing to me. Since I did not follow his path to become an MD, I wish to somehow still be a part of what he built and make it as best as possible. People describe me as confident and personable, along with being a hard worker and respectful. I believe that I have what it takes to learn the business of owning/running a medical practice and to make my father proud, but I am unsure if I am thinking too far ahead, or if I would be making a mistake. What would any of you do in my place? Thank you in advance. I appreciate any feedback. [link] [comments] |
| Put into a position of management in a family company I’ve never worked in. Posted: 20 Dec 2021 06:58 PM PST Hi everyone There's many things I want to get off my chest and I don't know any better way than to put it here I was given a great opportunity by a family member that is planning on retiring soon to learn the ropes and take over everything. For context, this is a trucking company specializing in moving machinery. I began in the industry in another company as an employee running a similar operation, but where I am at now it's a much bigger and I feel I can almost not handle it. I went from working a 8-6 to being on call 24 hours a day, interviewing people and making massive decisions for a company overnight, it's very overwhelming but the owner of the company wants to sign everything over to me and other family members once they retire. I'm in my very early 20's having to tell people twice my age how to do their job (there is a lot of things not being done correctly) and I feel like I'm not getting it done properly. There's so much I've tried to correct and rules I've tried to change for the better but I feel that both my age and time I've worked there that no one wants to listen to what I have to say. I feel like I let down the person who gave me this opportunity down sometimes. Since I've started I do believe things have ran smoother but I feel lost most days since I have not done this before. I think at the end of the day I'm looking for advise How was it for everyone else staring to tend to 40+ employees, how did you deal with stressful situations? At what point did you realize, I've got this? I'm sorry if I went off on a rambling tangent but I do want to grow this company bigger than it already is and could use some advise. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 Dec 2021 08:19 PM PST I own a small wine business with an online presence that is currently the only company importing wine from a certain European region to our geographical area. It's definitely a niche product but one that I think has solid potential and great reviews from existing customers. We are currently running the business on quite low margins selling case by case. I'm not very experienced in this but my business partner insists that people buy our product because of low prices, while I think its a combination of solid prices + great product (and the nostalgia factor of a wine from "back home"). Anyone running similar alcohol business have any advice on how to push our business to the next level and start pulling in a larger profit (we arent losing money but thin margins). I'm starting a mailing list, and hoping to get a few more interesting products on our site for when we start selling online. Are facebook/google ads the way to go? This is within Canada (business is 100% legal). [link] [comments] |
| Founders Diary - it’s been a while Posted: 21 Dec 2021 04:00 AM PST It's been a while since I've given an update and a few people have messaged me asking how things are going. For those that haven't seen me post before, I'm Co-founder of the growth agency Growleady and I've been documenting (badly) our growth this year with updates. Honestly as the year comes to a close it's been a wild ride. The company has grown quicker than I could of imagined, today for example we became a team of 10 by bringing on our first dedicated sales person. But it hasn't been without set backs, we have not always got things right. But every single time things didn't go to plan myself and my Co-founder sat down and looked at what we learnt from it. Those learnings meant we improved client communications, team bonding, created SOPs, brought on more tech to help the team and focused down our roles as founders. Earlier in the year me and my Co-founder were basically doing the same thing together. But we formed more defined roles with myself taking the CEO type role and him the CMO with a focus on delivery for clients. By doing this it has meant we can communicate better with clients but also with each other as we now have focused tasks. As we move into 2022 we are gearing up for a bigger push in Q1, we are not hiring for at least a few months as we bring capacity with the current team up. I think it's easy to fall into the growth trap of hiring fast but not backing it up with sales growth as well. Which leaves the team waiting for tasks. We have ensured that every hire has a purpose and a defined growth target to ensure their role is fulfilled. For now, we sign off on the 24th for a much deserved break. Until then, keep growing. [link] [comments] |
| Is SCORP a good idea with a high reasonable salary? Posted: 20 Dec 2021 04:38 PM PST Hi all, I am wondering if there is any benefit for a single member LLC to file SCorp status when a reasonable salary in my field would be around 147,000. My overall yearly income will be 220,000. My understanding is that filing SCORP status really only saves you money if it is going to lower your self employment tax. Since my reasonable salary is that high I will save no money on the social security portion of self employment tax. So from my understanding, I would only really be saving the medicare portion, which would save me maybe 2,000 which is what it would probably cost to set up and run an scorp and wouldn't be worth the hassle. I'm thinking it will be more beneficial and less labor intensive to be taxed as a sole proprietor. I plan on seeing a CPA in the near future (hopefully this week). I just want other peoples opinions about the situation. Thank you! [link] [comments] |
| Small business friendly fulfillment company? Posted: 20 Dec 2021 10:14 PM PST Hi all, We're a small business in Australia. We want to reach out to the international market and we are losing many potential sales because of the high shipping costs but also lower profit margins from goods being to sent us from overseas manufacturers. Any aussie businesses willing to give insight in who they recommend using for order fulfilment overseas? [link] [comments] |
| What is the best way to take a loan? Posted: 20 Dec 2021 08:18 PM PST I have owned and operated my small business with a partner for just over 3 years now and we have had great growth and gained a lot of experience. We're are now at a point where we need extra capital but are unsure of the best and cheapest way to get access to more money (probably around 10k). We've had a turnover of about 110k this year but need money to grow asap. Can anyone give me advice on the paths small businesses take to get the best value loans? Our business is located in South Australia. [link] [comments] |
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