This week we dive into using technology in your business, the pros and cons of working remotely in a world of cybersecurity attacks. We are joined by Kevin Taylor, a cybersecurity lawyer from Zukerman Gore Brandeis & Crossman LLP.  Kevin is offering a free 30 minute general consult to any of our startup clients. (exclusions apply)  You can reach Kevin at his LinkedIn account. 

The Raw Take for 2021...learn what Dan & Steve predict for this year. How the vaccine, old technology, and inbound marketing are going to effect whether companies are going to win or lose.  Check out more content from GrowthLab to help you win in 2021: https://www.growthlabfinancial.com 

Leaving 2020 with a buffet of feelings: accomplishment, exhaustion, gratefulness, heavy heartedness, empathy, and compassion. Dan and Steve discuss their top 3 pivotal moments in 2020.  "Growth will come from reinventing our company culture, by embracing the millennial workforce, providing security for those experienced team members, engaging more with customers and the market, and lastly, acquisitions."

This week, we were joined with guest Dale Hahn, to talk about small business accounting infrastructure, new stimulus, and using apps for business automation. 

We are changing things up again this week… especially since we’re coming off of what used to probably be the most important day of the year for retailers - Black Friday! So today’s theme is all about marketing and we have a special guest. Jeff Hyde Director of Growth at Hawke Media will be joining us. Take out your notebook because we will be discussing three key takeaways to make your marketing efforts successful in 2021… regardless of whether you are a B2B or B2C company.

This week we are going back to tactical items… we’re going to be talking about tax resolution. If you don’t know what that is…Stay tuned. We are joined with guests Dave Weishaus and Tom Conradt from Boxelder. We’ve enjoyed getting to know these guys because they are focused on what we enjoy, helping business owners succeed.

At GrowthLab Strategic & Financial Services we're saying don’t let 2020 define 2021. Year-end goals... 1- Stay focused, 2- Keep it simple, 3- Drive value to the customer. Just stay radically open to your team and customers. While 2020 has been a whirlwind, there's been a ton of opportunities out there if you look for them. Spend the last two months identifying those opportunities you have so you can set yourself up to execute them in 2021.

Continuing on the theme of managing human resources and people risk. We will be doing that today with Luke Van Every from Trinet. We pulled a statistic from the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations which stated that between 2008 to 2017, the number of worksite employees employed by PEOs grew at a compounded annual rate of 8.3%. This percentage growth in the PEO industry is 14x higher than that of employment in the US economy as a whole. The PEO is foreign to many, and our goal today is to help to try and demystify what it is, how it’s used, and why you may want one… Thanks to Luke Van Every for joining us for this awesome episode! Check out how TriNet may be able to help you with your HR & People Risk.

Small business is more than just the creative journey and feel-good movement of starting something from scratch.  Now there is a ton uncertainty. Who will be the next president? Will COVID persist? Will social unrest continue? Will my business be forced to be closed in perpetuity? Will my PPP get forgiven? All of this uncertainty forces us to take a step back and focus on what we really want out of this. What are your goals for 2021? This isn’t any normal year. We can't approach planning as if it is normal. 

Today we talk about the “Long Shadow of the Pandemic: 2024 and Beyond”. Based off of past experience with pandemics and other traumatic economic events. The post pandemic period won't be until 2024.  2020-2022 - “Immediate Pandemic Period” 2023-2024 - “Intermediate Pandemic Period” 2024+  “Post-pandemic Period” Now let's start building an annual plan… here’s 3-Steps to Building Your Annual Plan: Customer Acquisition, Behavior, Retention & Pricing COGS Pricing & Supply Chain / Vendors OpEx Savings Links mentioned: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-long-shadow-of-the-pandemic-2024-and-beyond-11602860214 https://www.wsj.com/articles/global-stock-markets-dow-update-10-19-2020-11603100257 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/16/upshot/stimulus-checks-unemployment.html?auth=login-google https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-apprenticeship-reimagined-vaults-graduates-into-middle-class-11603099801 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-10-14/covid-recession-spawning-entrepreneurs-in-u-s-amid-joblessness https://www.wsj.com/articles/treasury-department-encouraged-banks-to-prioritize-existing-customers-for-ppp-loans-democratic-report-says-11602861336?mod=business_minor_pos4