Kitchen Remodeling in Roanoke: Avoiding the Costly Mistakes I Learned on an Old Bungalow
Kitchen Remodeling in Roanoke: Avoiding the Costly Mistakes I Learned on an Old Bungalow When my neighbor decided to gut the kitchen in a...
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Small business cash flow management: three mistakes that sink growth and how to fix them
Small business cash flow management: three mistakes that sink growth and how to fix them When my shop lost a major client in August,...
Seasonal planning for small businesses: how to turn peaks and slowdowns into predictable cash
Seasonal planning for small businesses: how to turn peaks and slowdowns into predictable cash On a March Saturday a block of downtown filled with...
Seasonal planning for small businesses: lessons from a busy spring in Roanoke
When a downtown bar tripled its volume on St. Patrick’s Day and a neighborhood shop lost 35% of revenue during two years of bridge...
How to survive small business budget cuts: practical steps owners can take now
How to survive small business budget cuts: practical steps owners can take now When the town’s largest event canceled three weeks before the season,...
Budget Planning for Small Businesses: How to Avoid the Costly Mistakes Owners Make
Budget Planning for Small Businesses: How to Avoid the Costly Mistakes Owners Make Two years into running a local manufacturing shop I woke to...
Small business budget cuts: practical steps to protect your team and operations
Small business budget cuts: practical steps to protect your team and operations Three winters ago our service shop lost 18 percent of its annual...
Seasonal planning for small businesses: how to protect cash flow and sharpen operations
Seasonal planning for small businesses: how to protect cash flow and sharpen operations The year my hardware store ran out of winter de-icer two...
Deck Building in Roanoke: Five Costly Mistakes Homeowners Make and How to Avoid Them
Deck Building in Roanoke: Five Costly Mistakes Homeowners Make and How to Avoid Them When Lisa inherited her 1940s bungalow in south Roanoke she...
Seasonal Planning for Small Businesses: How I Stopped Letting Peaks and Valleys Decide My Year
I learned seasonal planning for small businesses the hard way. In my second year running a local service shop I treated slow months like...