From Solo Entrepreneur to Industry Leader Founded in 2017, Desert Creative Group (DCG) began as a one-person marketing and creative agency led by Janeale Dean. For the first two years, Janeale operated as a sole proprietor, offering services aligned with her expertise, including strategic marketing planning, graphic design, and website development. As demand grew,
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
“Bringing Essential Services to Pocatello’s Underserved: The Laundry Barn Story” Ed Welsh first came to the SBDC in 2021 for advice on buying a business. After consultant Claudia Allen helped him and his partner realize it was overpriced and had zoning issues, they decided not to buy it. In May of 2023, he again
You Have Another Form to File. Regulations. Forms. Registrations Not the best hook for news of great importance to the entire business community. How about this? Five hundred dollars a day for non-compliance. Penalties are steep for the new law under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) that requires all corporations (LLCs, S-Corps and C-Corps)
