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Minimize Potential Website Launch Risks by Testing New Features and Pages First

Lisa FrankSeptember 29, 2015 Imagine this scenario: You help run the website for a successful e-commerce company. You listened to your customers and redesigned a key feature on your site. Based on their feedback, you thought that streamlining the search process would lead to increased conversions. But you were wrong and conversions were flat. What … Continue reading Minimize Potential Website Launch Risks by Testing New Features and Pages First

Five Risks When Small Businesses Fire/Terminate Employees

Margaret JacobyMarch 22, 2015 Companies of all types and sizes fire/terminate employees for a wide range of reasons. However, firing or terminating employees has consequences if not accomplished appropriately. Even though the “employment-at-will” principle gives most employers the power to terminate employees at their own discretion, it does not mean that they can do so in … Continue reading Five Risks When Small Businesses Fire/Terminate Employees

These are the 3 Biggest Startup Risks (And Here’s How to Avoid Them)

Only 44 percent of small businesses survive more than four years. Overhead constraints, recession, encroaching competition – for many, the strain is simply too much. But one of the biggest reasons that so many startups fail is jaw-droppingly simple: poor risk management. The success of each new venture depends heavily upon circumnavigating a wide array … Continue reading These are the 3 Biggest Startup Risks (And Here’s How to Avoid Them)