A conglomerate came to learn that extreme weather events could cost it several hundred million dollars a year as soon as 2030. Most of the company’s risk exposure is in its supply chain, and out of its direct control. A large retailer identified dozens of its critical facilities at elevated risk of extreme weather, and saw how a global transition to a low-carbon economy could more than double the company’s transportation costs by 2030. A global industrial equipment maker learned it must rede...
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Categorizing the problems and growth patterns of small businesses in a systematic way that is useful to entrepreneurs seems at first glance a hopeless task. Small businesses vary widely in size and capacity for growth. They are characterized by independence of action, differing organizational structures, and varied management styles. Yet on closer scrutiny, it becomes apparent that they experience common problems arising at similar stages in their development. These points of similarity can be o...
From the time you launched your first trial balloon about starting a business, you probably heard the refrain, "If there is no risk, there is no reward." The adage may be true enough, but after a few short months in business, you learn that risk comes in different shapes and sizes, with day-to-day risk registering entirely differently on the Richter scale of disruption than a risk that could threaten the veracity and reputation of your small business. On this front, the U.S. government makes it perfectly clear: No matter what you may have heard ...
to three years. A franchise industry insider noted... Self-employed individuals describe a “cycle of debt,” where... start a business, face worsening conditions, accumulate more debt...
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Are small businesses helping to break the inflationary cycle? ; The latest QuickBooks-commissioned survey of 2,000+ small businesses suggests they will be contributing less to inflation this quarter compared to the previous two. In September 2021, 57% of small businesses said they were planning to raise prices. In December, that number was up to 63%. But today, just 43% say the same—the smallest proportion we have seen since we first published this data. We see a similar trend with pay for new...
What’s the most precious resource for a small business? Arguably, there are three: capital, customers and time. Artificial intelligence is emerging as a technology that can act as a triple threat, addressing all three of these resources and making a small business look bigger in the process. “We only have so much of it,” Scheer said of the minutes and hours in the day, adding, “there are many tasks that I can lean on AI for — and that’s where I’m really taking advantage of it.” ...
and risks of financial failure even before the coronavirus... just a tip of the iceberg: Statistics released last week by the U.S. Small Business Administration showed that 4,400 of the...