I’ll be the first to admit that when it comes to the Holidays, I’m a last-minute shopper. My procrastination in the gift purchasing department is never intentional. It’s just that between raising a young family, running a growing business, and writing for publications like Forbes, I just don’t have much time to spare. So, it […]
As with most things in life, managing compensation issues inside of a startup is all about balance. Whether determining your own salary or recruiting new hires, it’s vitally important to get it right. Compensation is an issue that I’ve struggled with constantly since starting BodeTree nearly five years ago. With each passing milestone there are […]
I have a confession to make. I’m a business book addict. It’s an unhealthy relationship that drains my bank account and generally leaves me with few, if any, useful insights. Yet for some reason, I can’t seem to pass through the coffee-stained aisle of my local book mega-store without picking up a few of the […]
I’ll be the first to admit that my company’s name is non-traditional, to say the least. The name BodeTree came from the story of the Bodhi Tree, where in the Buddha is said to have achieved total enlightenment. It’s a little out-there, especially for a Fintech company. However, I’ve found that there is much to […]
Brain Sutter connect the dots for SMBs between SEO, content marketing & growth. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Should you believe all the hype surrounding content marketing? There’s a lot of buzz about this “new” marketing approach that involves creating and distributing relevant content in order to get and keep customers. Seventy-eight percent of chief […]
Jack Chambers, a former airline pilot, likes to joke that he’s the largest employer of laborers in Sonoma County, if not the entire state of California. In a sense, he may be right. As president and co-founder of TerraVesco, Chambers oversees some 25 million workers—all of them worms—that toil day and night turning ordinary dairy […]
Jayna Cooke writes about the good, the bad and the downright ugly of sales. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. For the last few weeks, Donald Trump has talked about building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico. The wall talk has stuck with me because salespeople build walls all the time – […]
In a recent article, small business expert Gene Marks shared the unconventional argument that Small Business Saturday is unimportant at best, and insulting at worst. I respect his position and can certainly understand the underlying argument he was trying to make. Unfortunately, I believe his approach is overly cynical and misses the mark. As the […]
Josh Steimle covers digital marketing for the entrepeneur as well as the CMO. Opinions of Forbes Contributors are their own. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, or so the saying goes. Many entrepreneurs have become enamored with the word “pivot” over the past few […]
Being a small business has its advantages. For example, it is generally easier for small or mid-sized companies to embrace social causes than it is for big companies. As the CEO of BodeTree, I get the chance to meet a lot of change-oriented entrepreneurs. Interestingly, many of these socially-minded small businesses are finding that “doing […]
