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Dallas, along with Fort Worth and Arlington, commonly known as DFW, is the fourth most populous metro area in the United States. Outside of the megacities in the industrial northeast, you won’t find a greater concentration of capital, people, and innovation. All of that coupled with the fact that Dallas is the home of Southern […]

On an international stage, Los Angeles is overshadowed by San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and even New York. However, many people are now saying that LA is “coming of age”, and ought to be taken seriously as a city to build a successful business. In the same way that New York or London are financial sector […]

I’ve started a new Sunday routine. It’s simple, fast and, for me, life-changing. Sundays used to be my favourite “catch up day”—an uninterrupted workday where I could really plug in, without distractions, and get sh#t done. And the harder I worked on Sunday, the more prepared I’d be for the coming week. Seems logical, right? […]

Modern marketing teams have exploded in size in the last few years. With so many specialized roles between management, creative, and technology, it’s hard to know when to build out your team and when you should outsource to an agency. In this post, we’ll look at how modern marketing teams are structured and how to […]

Austin is described as “a new city that is well-poised to become Silicon Valley part two.” Host city to the hottest and most vibrant tech gathering on the planet, South by SouthWest (SXSW), Austin is a great city with a lot of advantages for entrepreneurs who are looking to start their own small business. The […]

Payroll should never be complicated. Our mission at Wagepoint is to create the simplest payroll software solution, designed specifically around the needs of small business owners and startup founders. Since 2012, we have continued to make improvements to our app so that our customers have a seamless and enjoyable experience around the process of running […]

Updated March 2017 As a small business owner, there are a lot of things that can keep you up at night. But there’s nothing worse than losing sleep because your small business isn’t payroll compliant. There’s no such thing as ‘the small stuff’ when it comes to payroll compliance. What is Payroll Compliance? In a […]

Taste Wine Co is my baby.  It is my passion project. It is what I’ve been waiting for my entire life. As a child, when anyone asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, my response was always “A Businessman”. The follow-up question was usually, “Yeah, what kind of business?” to which […]

The New York state government has it right when it said, “New York is open for business.” 98% of all businesses in NY are small businesses, employing almost half of all the private sector employees in the state. But starting a business takes a lot of hard work, research, and investment to make it a […]

All great leaders know that starting a business is hard work. You need an incredible drive and unwavering dedication in order to succeed. Your original idea is what gets you started; however you must be willing to pivot and evolve in order to stand a chance. As a person that has started three businesses, I […]

On March 25, 2015, we had the honour of presenting at Product Hunt Toronto‘s fourth community meet-up event. The theme for the night centered around products that help small and medium-sized companies run their daily operations smoothly so that they can focus on growing their businesses. And as a company on a mission to simplify […]

All too often, rewards and recognition in the workplace are based on tangible outcomes of activities. Hitting sales quotas, lowering the time it takes to answer support tickets, closing a big account – these are all examples of when employees expect to be rewarded, and rightfully so. But if you think about it, those things […]

I’ve been extremely fortunate since starting 7shifts. We’ve managed to put together a great team, focus on building a great product for restaurants, and have learnt a lot of things along the way. Since we first started, we’ve had our share of ups and downs. My team and I actually refer to this feeling as […]

Back in the day, workers had to climb uphill both ways, barefoot, in five feet of snow to get to company meetings. Then there was the beloved conference call, which helped with verbal communication, but lacked visual aesthetics. Now, employees use Skype, Join.me, or Google Hangouts to speak and present to others from a variety […]

In the early stages of your business, amazing employees are indispensable to the growth of your company. They contribute more than a few hours of their lives each day – they’re always eager to offer up talent beyond their job descriptions. What’s an Amazing Employee, anyway? Not sure how to hire good employees? Every business […]