If you’re eyeing the prospect of taking over the business your boss owns, recent changes by the Small Business Administration (SBA) might make your goal more achievable. Whether your boss owns the business outright or you’re already a partial partner, the SBA has revised its rules to simplify the financing Read more
If you have decided to sell your business in two or three years, you likely need to change some of your strategies to suit this new vision. While your money-saving tactics have gotten you this far, a new approach is needed to ensure you maximize the sale of your business. Read more
In 2020, Colorado voters approved Proposition 118, opening the doors to a state-run Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI) program. The program ensures that all Colorado workers have access to paid leave in order to take care of themselves or their family during life circumstances that pull them away Read more
Suddenly, we are at midyear and still unsure about an impending recession. While the large corporate world has laid off employees, the middle market remains strong. However, signs of slowdowns are now appearing in the SMB market, and businesses are changing their plans for the back half of 2023 and Read more
With the recent failure of two banks in the US and one in Switzerland, the trust in the global banking system is in flux. Silicon Valley Bank customers could have lost $150 billion in unprotected deposits had the Treasury Department/FDIC not overridden the deposit insurance limits. There are several moves Read more
“Paying it forward” is a term people often use to show their willingness to help others without immediate reward. We, as a team, have absorbed this ethic into our company culture which we call “The C2 Way.” Our culture enables our team members in multiple ways, such as supporting charities, Read more
Paul Kovach and Craig Swiatek bring broad expertise to businesses and leaders who want to advance their companies DENVER – C Squared Solutions, a Denver-based business consultancy, announces the addition of Paul Kovach and Craig Swiatek to their C-suite team of business advisors. Focused on elevating the customer experience Read more
Last September, October, and November, we published a series of blogs focused on preparing for 2022, providing several actions for thriving in the coming year. How well you prepared for the increasing uncertainty with alternate plans will likely answer our title question. (Hopefully you are not currently operating an airline!) Read more
Nearly everyone has experienced the inability to buy needed supplies, from consumers to multi-national corporations. Just-in-time, single-source supply chains have unraveled and now thinking is changing to just-in-case, multiple supply chains. Is this pandemic effect on the supply chain transitory or permanent? If you factor in cold snaps in Read more
How effective is your management team? Are they doing the right things at the right time? Successful companies focus on their most important business drivers and conduct pragmatic assessments on how well they perform them. Guided Discovery Top performance comes from a clear strategy and defined implementation steps – enabling Read more