by Erika Yost Kumar | Jan 6, 2020 | Lifestyle
The goal of creating and sustaining a lifestyle business will continue to be in style this year and beyond. Optimizing time for what is most important in life is a growing cultural message. And many people in younger generations consider it to be a cultural norm. As...
by Erika Yost Kumar | Jun 24, 2019 | Small Business Success
Small business social responsibility. What does it mean? Elizabeth and I have been exploring this question for a few years! Before joining EPW Small Business Law in 2014, I had a gig assessing the corporate social responsibility (CSR) of hundreds of big businesses. My...
by Erika Yost Kumar | Feb 8, 2019 | Healthy Business Behavior
What are some aspects of being a human in a small business ecosystem? Looking at the big picture in our annual review, Elizabeth and I came to understand five lessons. These topics go beyond small business management or legal topics, into general lessons about being a...
by Erika Yost Kumar | Nov 14, 2018 | Small Business Success
We are celebrating six years in business! Check out the 5 evergreen practices we revealed on our 5th birthday: self-awareness, core values, compatibility/client fit, systems, and experiments. This post combines systems + experiments. In 6 years we have tested a bunch...
by Erika Yost Kumar | Jul 31, 2018 | Systems and Strategy
To keep your small business budget light and clutter-free, minimize your software overhead! Auditing Your Small Business Budget The boom of subscription-based Software as a Service (SaaS) in recent years has opened up countless affordable services for efficient small...
