Can you believe we’re already near the end of 2025?!?! Where has this year gone?!?! In between scrambling to get ready for Thanksgiving and thinking about all the Black Friday deals you need to get, have you thought about planning out the next year for your business? Now is a good time to start the […]
Category: Business Planning
Time to Unplug: 5 Easy Ways to Disconnect from Screens and Reconnect with Life
As summer winds down, let’s take some time to assess the screen time habits that we’ve all had for the past 8 months. If you’re anything like us, you’ve been glued to your devices, keeping up with news, streaming TV and movies, watching sports, working, working, working… We thought it would be a good time […]
Why is business planning important?
The end of the year is upon us: it’s Thanksgiving in the US, and soon to be the end of year holidays. In between scrambling to get ready for Thanksgiving and thinking about all the Black Friday deals you need to get, have you thought about planning out the next year for your business? Now […]
Unplug From Your Technology This Summer
As summer gears up, take some time to assess the screen time habits that you’ve had for the past 6 months. If you’re anything like us, you’ve been glued to your devices, keeping up with news, streaming TV and movies, watching sports, working, working, working… We thought it would be a good time for some […]
How to Work From the Beach This Summer
It’s summer. You’re at the beach. You need to finish up some details to close a last-minute deal. You need to access that critical file because you’re the only one that can handle it. You’re out of luck, right? Not so fast! There are many ways to securely access business resources outside the office. The […]
Small Business Lessons from the Change Healthcare Hack
Change Healthcare, a payment exchange platform operated by Optum Solutions (a subsidiary of UnitedHealth), suffered a ransomware attack in February of this year. The current estimate of damages is approximately $872,000,000. Details on the attack can be found on Bleeping Computer’s site: https://bit.ly/4bB2ihd. Let’s break down some lessons learned from this incident. Preliminary information from […]
A Business Plan is Crucial for Independent Insurance Agencies
In the ever-evolving landscape of the insurance industry, independent agencies face a myriad of challenges and opportunities. Next year alone, artificial intelligence and machine learning are expected to be used more widely to improve efficiency and reduce costs. Insurtech companies are expected to continue to grow and offer new products and services. And cyber insurance […]
Core Tips for Buying the Right Computer for School
The school year may have just ended, but the next one is less than 2 months away. Computer manufacturers will have deals running all summer, so now is a good time to start thinking about what your student might need. The question you should ask when deciding to buy a new computer for school, or […]
End of Year Planning: Are You Ready for 2023?
Can you believe we’re already near the end of 2022?!?! In between scrambling to get ready for Thanksgiving and thinking about all the Black Friday deals you need to get, have you thought about planning out the next year for your business? Now is a good time to start the planning process, even if it’s […]
Uber was hacked again; why does it matter to me?
On Thursday September 15 Uber announced that they had been the victim of a hacker. Details are still unfolding, but initial reports suggest the hacker had complete access to almost all of Uber’s internal systems (https://www.wired.com/story/uber-hack-mfa-phishing/). This kind of announcement has, unfortunately, become quite common. Let’s look at how this happened (with what we know […]