How Do I Know If I Should Start A New Business?

How Do I Know If I Should Start A New Business?

Starting a new business is a serious undertaking. It’s filled with risk and uncertainty. No one can offer you a magic formula for success. I’m certainly not about to try. What I can offer are some carefully crafted questions to help you evaluate whether starting your...
Start-up Advice For New Small Business Owners

Start-up Advice For New Small Business Owners

Sometimes just getting started is the hardest part. Or is it? Launching a new business is filled with uncertainty and risk. You don’t always know the right questions to ask or if you do have the right questions, you don’t always know who can answer them...
What’s In A Name? Phlox Partners

What’s In A Name? Phlox Partners

Before we launched Phlox Partners, back when we decided to join forces and build a strategic marketing agency, some steps were easy. We decided quickly how we wanted to divide responsibilities. We were easily able to focus our efforts on our areas of strength –...
7 Tips For Pivoting During Uncertain Times

7 Tips For Pivoting During Uncertain Times

From major corporations to local small retailers, everyone’s feeling the effect of fear and social distancing related to COVID-19. While we all want to do our part in slowing the spread of the virus, it can be frustrating to be a small business person for whom this...