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Starting up23 Oct 2020

How Does a Trademark Protect Your Business Name?

A company's business name is among one of its most powerful branding assets. And as with other business assets, it's wise to protect it. If a business owner fails to do so, they run the risk of another company…

AllBusiness · 5 min read
Money & planning09 Oct 2020

Can Crowdfunding Help Save American Small Businesses?

Treefort Music Fest , a popular music and arts festival in Boise, Idaho, was set to open for its ninth annual event two weeks after the COVID-19 crisis hit full force. It was forced to postpone, initially…

AllBusiness · 6 min read
Marketing & sales09 Jul 2020

Retailers: Is Your E-Commerce Website Ready for a Sales Surge?

While overall retail sales are down right now (there’s been a 21.6% decline from April 2019 to April 2020), online sales are bucking the trend. The NRF reports a 21.2% rise in online and other non-store sales…

AllBusiness · 8 min read
People & leadership12 Jun 2020

15 Collaboration Tools for Remote Teams (That Aren’t Slack)

Today, with so many employees working from home, maintaining productivity in an office requires tools that can connect teams through voice, chat, and video. Slack rules the roost as a top team collaboration…

AllBusiness · 5 min read
Operations23 Jun 2019

Should You Use an Online-Only Checking Account for Your Business?

Small business owners understand the power of the human touch. It’s one of the last advantages that a brick-and-mortar business, or even a small e-commerce company, has over corporate behemoths like Amazon and…

AllBusiness · 5 min read
Starting up27 Dec 2018

The Best Entrepreneurship Advice of the Year

As another year comes a close, we here at AllBusiness.com wanted to share a roundup of our 20 most popular small business and entrepreneurship articles from the past year.

AllBusiness · 5 min read
Operations15 Jun 2018

10 Growth Strategies From a Decade of Tech and Business Pioneers

The past decade of global business has been exciting, scary, and disruptive, to say the least. Tech startups rule the world. Uber and Airbnb exemplify network-based models that grow at lightning speed. Robots…

AllBusiness · 8 min read
Operations10 Apr 2018

Key Issues in Negotiating an Employment Severance Package

In an uncertain economy—and in an era of mass tech layoffs, rapid AI-driven workforce restructuring, and shifting employment law—almost any employee or executive will at some point face having his or her…

AllBusiness · 23 min read
Starting up13 Jun 2017

Stop Selling Products, Start Selling Experiences

While brands have more access to their audiences than ever before, it’s arguably never been more difficult to engage and convert customers. If you’re finding this to be true, it’s likely that you’re…

AllBusiness · 4 min read
People & leadership20 Jul 2015

How to Evaluate an Employee Buyout Package

An employee buyout package is an early retirement package that is offered to employees in return for them leaving their jobs. For some people who are offered buyout packages, it can be an emotional blow if…

AllBusiness · 3 min read