2020 has put a damper on many of our financial plans, but you can still boost your income with these creative side hustles and entrepreneurial ventures to start during the pandemic
Save Money on Your Office Year End Party with These Tips.
It's that time of the year when Facebook posts consist of work holiday parties. From office potlucks to hosted events at bars and venues, the range is quite wide. Everyone enjoys a good office party. Everyone gets together and you have a big celebration before Christmas and New Year. As a business owner, the expenses... Continue Reading →
Four Ways to Boost Employee Morale.
You are a business owner, and as the year comes to an end, you are looking for ways to show appreciation to your employees. They have worked all year and have given so much to your success and it is time to show them that you are aware of their hard work. For most businesses,... Continue Reading →
5 Useful Tips For Running A Business From Home.
Running a home based business or working remotely for a job is fast becoming the way to work for many people. There are a lot of benefits to it, especially if you want to enjoy a more flexible schedule and the chance to be your own boss. With technology and the information age that we... Continue Reading →
What Working For Yourself Could Look Like For You.
Working as an entrepreneur is the best option for determined and self-motivated people who are frustrated by working a traditional job. The challenge is today’s society is that entrepreneurship has been watered down so much by the social media influencers. While previous generations knew entrepreneurship as a grueling, hard process to establish a business, today’s... Continue Reading →
Refueling the Entrepreneur in You.
If you’re a business owner, the chances are you know how challenging it can be sometimes to stay motivated when it comes to progressing your business. With so many different things on your mind, it’s easy to forget why you started and what it is you want to achieve. While some business owners lose their... Continue Reading →
Cash You Can Make Today.
Look around you and there will be no surprise that most of your friends have multiple sources of income. Whether it is a second job or what some might consider a side hustle, it seems like everyone these days has ways to diversify how they make money. Economic times have changed and I believe it... Continue Reading →
How Your Small Business Can Give Back to the Community.
More millennials are setting up their own businesses or working as freelancers instead of settling for traditional employment. It’s a fact that around 66% of millennials hope to start their own business one day, with many never working as an employee. This is fantastic. Starting a business is great for you. It means that you... Continue Reading →
Interview with Andrew Schrage, Entrepreneur, CEO, Founder…and a Millennial.
We are back at it; getting to know a millennial who has decided to go against the grain and pursue entrepreneurship. In our series, The Millennial Entrepreneur, I’ve taken you on several rides, learning the mindset of those who have started their businesses and made it happen successfully. Entrepreneurship is certainly not common, it is... Continue Reading →
5 Tips on How to Save Your Business Money.
Every business owner and every company are looking for ways to save money. No matter what business you’re running, the more you save on your bottom line, the better off you’ll be. However, after the day-to-day activities have been audited, it isn’t always easy to think of creative ways to save your business money. The... Continue Reading →
Building Your Business? When To Leave Your Job.
If you ask your parents about financial stability, they most likely achieved it with the job they worked for several years, in many cases, decenniums. There was a time when a job allowed you to live comfortably and save and plan for retirement. In many households, only one decent income was sufficient. Times have changed.... Continue Reading →
Finding Your First Clients as A Freelancer.
According to AARP, the number of entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals in the US could Taking triple by 2020. A large proportion of this community will be millennials. As you are reading this article, you have probably thought about self-employment as an option for your career. Taking the leap from employee to freelancer is equally scary... Continue Reading →
Easy Financial Management Tips for Small Business Owners.
There are many different techniques for those who are wondering how to grow a small business, however, for most owners, it starts with the basics: finances. After all, if you do not manage your finances efficiently, the road to success might be endangered with more huddles than needed. With that being said, below we are... Continue Reading →
The Personal Touch Is Still A Must In Business.
In many ways, it's something that's been relegated to the past. That notion of door-to-door sales is almost as old as the hills. Nowadays, the impact an online business can make trumps the door-to-door approach, not just from the perspective of the customers (because they're not being hassled), but it's easier for us as we... Continue Reading →
So, You Want to Be a Landlord? Think This Through First.
The topic of investment in real estate can be very controversial. For a long time, it was thought that real estate was a secure and one of the safest investments that one could make. The economic downturn and the scandal of the financial and mortgage industries showed us that our assumptions may be wrong. There... Continue Reading →
Easy Steps To Protect Your Small Business.
Running a business, small, medium or large, is no easy task. It takes an exceptional person to break the walls of employment to business ownership. Between dealing with clients, marketing your products and services, running your taskforce, and also making sure that your business is profitable, it gets hectic very easily. Over the year, legality... Continue Reading →
Do These And Advance In Your Career This Summer.
Every year, around the year-end holidays, companies and employees tend to slow down. The festive atmosphere somehow promotes an environment more relaxed. This also happens sometimes in the summer. The heat and the abundant travel due to vacations lead to people taking their foot off their momentum, whether it is as an employee or as... Continue Reading →
4 Excellent Reasons To Consider Outsourcing Your Business Roles
At Money-Smart Millennials, we focus and encourage self-employment and freelancing. It is no longer a trend in today’s economy, it is a need. However, I hope your goal is not to stay a ‘side hustle’. Businesses should grow and yours should too. Entrepreneurs who are starting out take a lot if not all the tasks... Continue Reading →
How To Effectively Market Your Start-Up Business.
We recently talked about how to launch a home-based business and the intricacies that come with freelancing. It’s a tough endeavor to embark on but it is not impossible. One of the key ingredients to success is starting out right when establishing your enterprise. When it comes to entrepreneurship, I have seen so many... Continue Reading →
How To Start Your Home-Based Business.
With so many options for how and where we work, more and more people are starting home based businesses every day. In fact, 3 out of 4 business are started in a home setting. If you haven’t already made the leap, perhaps you have already been thinking about running a business from home. It might... Continue Reading →