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Our Big Secret to an Organized and Balanced Workday in Our Small Business

Let me paint you a picture of our lives before Trello! Endless piles of paper, three journals working simultaneously (supposedly with different subject matter in each), scratched out to-do lists (and when they got too messy we would spend time rewriting them). I was in a constant state of panic, like I was going to forget a meeting or a deadline. I worried (even more than normal) that our whole business would fall apart over one missed task.

In the past we used Wunderlist as our project management system. It worked for a time but as our business grew and became more complicated, it ended up like the notepads, one hot mess.

We knew there had to be a better way!

Enter Trello - A free business tool that changed our lives and improved our business. But don't Google anything yet! Trello on its own is a little confusing, but don't worry - we've fixed it.

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How to Know You're Ready to Launch Your Next Big Thing

If you're the kind that has lots of 'almost-ready-but-not-quite' products on your launching back burner, this get shit done post is for you. Here's what we know for sure: launched is better than perfect, and there are people out there who need what you have to offer. Here's how to know if it's time to get it off the shelf and into the hands of your dream customers. 

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How to be a Productive New Entrepreneur

Starting a new business means introducing a whole new set of tasks to your plate, and the crazy part is, you don’t even know what half of them are yet.

The first few days will be busy as you set things up, such as your domain and social media accounts. Maybe you’ll write a business plan. Then comes the hard part, as you settle into a routine.

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The Only 2017 Planner You'll Need to Run Your Small Business

It’s about that time of year again. School is back in the swing of things, the holidays are about to hit, and new shiny planners are hitting the shelves. This is also about that time when you take a good long hard look at your business management and maybe kind of give yourself an eyeroll.

Whatever you’ve probably been using this year just ain’t cutting it so you’re keeping your eyeballs peeled for something to invest in for the next calendar year hoping that it’s the secret sauce to you not being a hot mess.

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