The Small Business Administration says that the threshold for a small business in Australia is 15, in the EU it is 50, and in the US it is 500. Most of the time, people use the number of employees to classify small businesses, but they can also use yearly sales, shipments, sales, assets, gross or […]

When a business gets more requests for its services than it can handle, it often wants to grow. Having to cancel a lot of dinner plans? What kind of work do your salespeople do? Not enough stock? If you answer “yes” to any of these questions, it may be time to grow. It’s a good

In business, it is possible to have too much success. Six years after it started, American Apparel opened about 300 stores. Then, it went bankrupt, closed all of its stores, and switched to selling only online. Lesson? Make sure your business is ready to grow before putting a lot of time, effort, and money into

Today’s import/export businesses are part of a complicated network of suppliers, distributors, and shippers that spans the globe. There are many ways to start an import/export business that will be successful. Simple import/export. A manufacturer’s representative focuses on one market, while an import/export merchant or agent works as a broker on a freelance basis. In

It’s hard to start a business. Keeping track of paperwork, following the law, and making plans can be hard. Your idea won’t grow if you don’t work on it. We’re not trying to stop people from starting their own businesses. We want to be realistic while assuring you that it is possible to start a