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Building a Business

The Important Question to Ask About Classifying Workers in Light of Uber’s Contractor Fiasco

Outsourcing is and will continue to be a vital way for small- and medium-sized companies to grow. But just knowing what to outsource isn't the issue.

By Gene Marks

Building a Business

Triple Your Business’ Efficiency by Using Virtual Assistants

By Andrew Cohen

Building a Business

These 25 Successful Startups Were Built With Outsourced Development

By John Rampton

Tech

Should Your Startup Outsource Tech? 4 Questions to Help You Decide.

By Rahul Varshneya

Building a Business

Meet Amelia, the AI Platform That Could Change the Future of IT

Created by IPsoft, the virtual agent avatar can absorb in seconds the same instruction manuals that human employees spend weeks memorizing.

By Jason Ankeny

Business News

25 Businesses That Make Life Simpler for Other Businesses

Running your business involves a thousand tasks that don't sell your product. Other people have businesses to do that for you.

By John Boitnott

Building a Business

Don’t Trust Your SEO Company Until You Can Verify Everything They Tell You

Outsourcing SEO is a smart move for time-strapped entrepreneurs, but only after setting up processes to keep a trained eye on their work.

By Felix Tarcomnicu

Building a Business

5 Questions to Help Decide If Outsourcing Is the Solution

Determining whether a problem should be solved by your team or through outsourcing requires careful analysis.

By Asha Saxena

Building a Business

Take Your Payroll from Worst to First in 4 Easy Steps

Meeting payroll is a fundamental business chore and among the tasks most readily outsourced.

By Matt Straz

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Do These 3 Things Before Hiring a Virtual Assistant

VAs can help you get more done, but success does not come naturally.

By Brandon Turner

Building a Business

Want to Make $1,000 or More Per Hour?

You can achieve these results in your current business, knowing what you already know.

By Brandon Turner

Entrepreneurs

7 Areas of My Life That I Outsource So I Can Focus on Business

Hiring others to do these tasks gives me more time to do the best work I can.

By Timothy Sykes

Building a Business

9 Ideas to Make a Side Income While Growing Your Business

What if you could get a side hustle that would help bring in a healthy secondary income to alleviate some of that financial stress?

By Darrah Brustein

Building a Business

How a Ghostwriter Can Breathe Life Into Your Startup’s Content Strategy

The typical startup budget is small but the demand for content is big. Ghostwriters are often the affordable solution.

By Larry Alton

Building a Business

Dishing on Success: How Fishs Eddy Found Its Footing

A 30-year-old NYC housewares emporium plates up a delicious future

By Lambeth Hochwald

Entrepreneurs

Say ‘No’ to These 5 Things for an Immediate Life Improvement

If you want a lifestyle that makes you wake up saying "yes!," you need to learn to say "no" more often.

By Matthew Toren

Business News

16 Productivity Tools Useful for Every Entrepreneur

Every job is easier with the right tools.

By Matt Keener

Building a Business

3 Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Virtual Assistant

When you're just starting your company, you never have enough time on your hands. If used correctly, virtual assistants may be the answer you've been looking for.

By AJ Agrawal

Building a Business

The 3 Functions You Should Consider Outsourcing

Every business needs to perform their own cost-benefit analysis to determine whether to outsource, especially when dealing with large-scale operations.

By Sarah Haselkorn

Building a Business

Forget Outsourcing, Startups Should Hire the Best In-House Employees

While outsourcing will always have its place, it should rarely -- if ever -- be front and center for your company.

By Jason Kulpa

Building a Business

3 Steps to Sourcing Products Using Alibaba

With all the frauds and scams online, it's essential to put the time into researching a reliable manufacturer.

By Nathan Resnick

Building a Business

3 Ways Outsourced Shipping and Logistics Can Speed Entry to Global Markets

Your product may be ready for the world long before your shipping operation is ready to deliver it. The expertise you need is available, for hire.

By Damon Schechter

Building a Business

5 Time-Consuming Tasks Small-Business Owners Should Outsource

Sure, you can do it all, but why would you want to? It's relatively inexpensive to hire some outside help for these duties.

By Jeff Shore

Building a Business

4 Reasons Outsourcing Is No Longer a Dirty Word

Hiring freelancers and part-timers can be cost effective, efficient and less stressful that taking on full-time staff.

By Matt Keener

Marketing

Should You Outsource Content Creation or Hire a Content Marketing Team?

With more companies embracing content marketing, businesses need to decide how to approach this function.

By Derek Miller

Building a Business

3 Mistakes to Avoid When Working With a Virtual Assistant

Even though virtual assistants are meant to make an entrepreneur's life easier, founders can make mistakes working with them -- causing more headaches than good.

By Dorie Clark

Building a Business

7 Steps to Turbocharge Your Startup Without Losing Your Best Talent

A new CEO seeks to make dramatic changes without disarming the staff. Here's what he did.

By Peter S. Cohan

Building a Business

5 Decisions Every Entrepreneur Must Face

Business owners should be prepared to face these forks in the road head on if they want to keep moving ahead.

Building a Business

How to Know When to Bring Software Development In House

Don't let sticker shock keep you from building your own development team. Outsourcing is often not the bargain it seems.

By Chuck Cohn

Building a Business

Outsourcing Your Production? Here Are 3 Ways to Save Money.

While larger companies can afford lost products during production runs, startups can't. Here are a few tips on ensuring your supply chain is as efficient as possible.

By Greg Connolly