Quiz: How Tech-Ready is Your Small Business?

Answer six quick questions to find out how you can use your resources more efficiently to smooth out workflows and set your business up for success.

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About this quiz

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Missed deadlines. Poor collaboration. Tools that don’t quite work together. Frustrated customers. High costs. Goals left unmet.

If any of these sound familiar, then your business may benefit from simpler ways to connect people, manage information, and keep work moving.

The good news is figuring out where to focus does not have to be complicated. Start off by asking big questions about your business and really think about what can help get you streamlined workflows for your teams and create a better experience for your customers.

Here are six questions that can help you identify just how tech-ready your small business really is.

Question 1 of 6. 1. How does your team work day-to-day?
Question 2 of 6. 2. What do you worry could slow your business down?
Question 3 of 6. 3. If you had to pick one, which would hurt your business most?
Question 4 of 6. 4. When evaluating a new tool or technology, what matters most?
Question 5 of 6. 5. What would “leveling up” your business look like this year?
Question 6 of 6. 6. What’s the one thing your business absolutely cannot afford to lose?

Your Opportunity: Stay Connected


A smiling woman at a desk on a laptop video call with her team

Your business depends on people being able to communicate, collaborate, and access what they need, which means productivity depends on more than good intentions — it depends on the right tools and systems keeping everyone connected, accountable, and moving at the same pace. As your business grows, that connectivity must scale with it. That means reliable video conferencing to power collaboration, secure cloud-based tools that employees can access from anywhere, and robust project management tools to help keep everyone moving forward.

Your Opportunity: Get Data-Smart


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Your business is sitting on a goldmine of customer data. The opportunity is making that information easier to understand and act on. Leveraging data can help you better understand customer intentions, personalize offers, and even forecast cash flow. AI-powered tools can help surface the trends and patterns your team doesn’t have time to dig for manually, helping you move from reactive to proactive.

Your Opportunity: Stay Online


A small business owner in an apron takes a phone call at his desk, surrounded by shipping boxes

With the volume of calls and customer engagement you handle, even a short outage can mean lost sales, frustrated customers, and real damage to your reputation. Business continuity isn’t optional — it’s non-negotiable. That means your business needs fast, secure, and reliable internet that you can count on for your daily operations.

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