Leslie Porterfield

Seasonal businesses are those who make a large profit during certain seasons of the year and make less during off-season months. Businesses, however, will not survive this way. For your business to stay afloat even amid off-season months, you have to strategize, maximize what you have, diversify your offers, and expand your market reach. Although […]

Every decision you make in your life is a result of the factors that surround and influence you. Your favorite food might be a delicacy introduced to you by your closest friend, or you chose the university you went to because you aspire to be as great as the people who graduated from it. This

At the April 2021 climate summit, U.S. President Joe Biden announced an ambitious goal: to cut the nation’s emissions by 50-52% by 2030. Such an aggressive target immediately had the skeptics abuzz. They pointed out that it would entail radical transformation in every aspect of our lives. And they questioned whether it was really reasonable

More often than not, we think of garbage as dirt. And as such, we stay as far away from it as possible. It’s but natural. But when you’re in the industry, thinking of waste as the end of the line may not be helpful. A timely paradigm shift should therefore be in order. When you

Businesses everywhere are forced to adapt to the new changes for workplace health and safety. Although new laws and policies are constantly changing, two facts remain constant: stay home and stay away from people. Knowing this, modern entrepreneurs have to invest in a business that thrives in a smaller scope and setting. Everyone has spent

According to some studies, more than half of the businesses fail due to poor cash flow management. Small businesses with a lack of free cash flow are likely to accumulate more debt and even bankruptcy. This is what basically happens in the recent corporate bankruptcies. Due to the pandemic and lack of sufficient cash reserves,

When people talk about money-making strategies in business, they think of marketing techniques. They come up with innovative ways to introduce their products and services to the market. Most entrepreneurs focus on selling and gaining profit to bring in money to the business. For them, this is the most straightforward approach for cash to flow

Being good with money is one of the basic skills that every young entrepreneur should learn before taking on big business ventures. But before you can be good at handling a steady cash flow or managing turnover ratios of materials, you need to master the everyday practices in managing your personal and professional finances. For