Cooking with AI Ann Swanson – Idaho SBDC | Sep 16, 2025 I wrote my first article on AI and small business in May. Fast forward four months, and our Small Business Development Center staff here in Southeast Idaho has added AI elements to our consulting almost daily. With AI use spreading quickly in the
Free bookkeeping help Ann Swanson – Idaho SBDC | Jul 30, 2024 Where do you keep your books? In a nook? Or in a box? On a spreadsheet? Or with your socks? Apologies to Dr. Seuss. When I talk to small business owners about bookkeeping, almost no one ever says, “Yes, that’s my favorite part!”
Culture wins for employee retention Ann Swanson – Idaho SBDC | Aug 29, 2023 Culture eats strategy for breakfast. Strategy eats marketing for breakfast. Marketing eats sales for breakfast. What are you serving your salespeople for breakfast? Culture. If you followed my flashy analogy this far, thanks! I’ve read a lot on culture and its
Idaho SBDC: Innovation for Small Businesses Ann Swanson – Idaho SBDC | Nov 26, 2024 The “I” word is a business world darling, but it is thrown around so often, its meaning gets fuzzy and often reserved for the elite. Innovation comes up on the covers of slick magazines and posts about the wonders of Silicon
“The SBDC has been monumentally helpful to the survival of my small business during the pandemic.” Herbs of the World was started in 1996 by Loryhl Davis when she saw a need to supply competitive horses with herbal formulas to enhance performance and stamina while minimizing drug use. Because the company started from the ground
