Starting a business takes capital. Doesn’t matter if it $10 or $10,000 the money is needed. How did you fund starting your business? Was it self funded? Venture capital? Small business loan?

The first time your business goes from just you to having an employee is a big step. It doubles the size of your business. It doubles the amount of paperwork you have to do (going from 0 to 1 employee is a lot harder than going from 1 to 2). It also puts a lot of trust in that person. What position did this first employee fill?

Was it someone to…[Read more]

If you could recommend one book to other business owners, what would it be? Why?

One of my favorite things to ask over business owners is what books they're reading and what books helped them with their business.

What we read greatly effects our opinions and actions. A powerful book at the right time will change the way you run your business.…[Read more]

If you are starting or already running your business you may not be an account or finance expert. But as the owner of the business you are expected/required to have a basic knowledge of this very important part of your company. Even if you outsource your accounting to a third party, you need to be able to understand and make decisions based on the…[Read more]

If you are starting or already running your business you may not be an account or finance expert. But as the owner of the business you are expected/required to have a basic knowledge of this very important part of your company. Even if you outsource your accounting to a third party, you need to be able to understand and make decisions based on the…[Read more]

It used to be common practice (and still is in many cases) to be all in on one company for running your business. You're a Microsoft company, or a Google company, or an Apple company, or whatever else you'd like. You pick one software platform to build your company off of for convenience and to make sure everything works together. I see this a lot…[Read more]

For the past 8 years my company, Rivik Media, has always gained new clients through word of mouth and referral marketer. There would be occasional clients that found us through a search engine, but 99% were from referrals from other clients.

This has always kept us busy, so I never gave much thought to having paid advertisement. I now want to…[Read more]

I wanted to share one of my favorite resources for learning how to use WordPress, Easy WP Guide. It's a free resource that is kind of the unofficial user manual for WordPress.

I know a lot of my clients and other business owners use WordPress to power their websites. The first time you use it, it can be a bit overwhelming. Because of how…[Read more]

The Community Forums have a new structure. They have been separated out into different categories of discussion. Each category representing a division or expert on your virtual executive team.

For example the CTO section is your Cheif Technology Officer. You can ask questions and get advice about what technology your business should use. Best…[Read more]

Since starting my company, I have taken on charitable programs. Either pro bono work for a non-profit, or donating directly to local groups in the community.

How does your company handle charity work? Do you have any creative ways to interact with the community?

If your business has a national or global customer base, how do you handle…[Read more]