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Ask ACEAsk ACE: How do I prepare myself financially for running a business?
Updated: January 21, 2022A guest consultant advises a reader on what financial steps to take now in order to be ready for starting a business tomorrow.
Updated: January 21, 2022
How ToHow to find the right trucking partner for your business
Updated: July 8, 2021Businesspeople frequently find themselves worrying about trucking: late pickups, late deliveries, damaged product, poor customer service and other concerns. An expert explains what to consider when outsourcing your trucking operations.
Updated: July 8, 2021
Ask ACEAsk ACE: What is the best way to deal with the possibility of future emergency shutdowns?
Updated: July 22, 2021A guest consultant advises a Mainebiz reader on what businesses can do now to prepare for COVID closures (or other crises) in days to come.
Updated: July 22, 2021- Ask ACE
Ask ACE: Can an organization manager become an entrepreneur?
Updated: August 31, 2021A guest consultant advises a reader on making the leap from a "typical organization" to entrepreneurship in a different field. It's possible, but the challenge is developing the right attitude and outlook.
Updated: August 31, 2021 
How toHow to make a difference with your business giving
Updated: December 20, 2021As the country continues to face economic and social crises, supporting community-based organizations has never been more important. To meet this moment, donors are giving in smart ways.
Updated: December 20, 2021
How ToHow to adapt your communications plan during times of change
Updated: June 8, 2021This has been the year of the pivot. Amid a host of changes in business — including slashed budgets, reduced staff and overwhelming feelings of unrest — communications may seem like a low priority. A guest expert writes: Think again.
Updated: June 8, 2021- Ask ACE
Ask ACE: But what is the gig economy?
Updated: September 21, 2020A contributing expert responds to a reader by discussing what the gig economy is all about, and the increasingly critical role it plays within the entrepreneur community today.
Updated: September 21, 2020 - Ask ACE
Ask ACE: How to innovate successfully
Updated: May 27, 2021The secret to success is to study the matter in detail, working out with all key participants just what is expected, the specific actions it will take to achieve it, the challenges to be met, who is going to do what — and especially how progress is
Updated: May 27, 2021 
Ask ACEAsk ACE: Get to know what your employees do
Updated: January 28, 2022A guest consultant advises a reader on how to learn about the day-to-day work of employees, the upside of asking about it, and how to do so without embarrassment.
Updated: January 28, 2022
How ToHow to know when to trademark — and when not to
Updated: May 14, 2021There is no shortage of advice available from trademark attorneys urging you to register your latest and greatest logo, product name or brand. Although there are often good reasons to consider applying for a trademark, there can be good reasons not
Updated: May 14, 2021- How To
How to build a conscious business
Updated: August 20, 2021For over a year, businesses have doing things once thought impossible to rise to the challenge of COVID-19, a Mainebiz contributor writes. The lesson has often been about prioritizing health over money. Businesses focused purely on profit do so at
Updated: August 20, 2021 
How ToHow to strengthen your board and improve your competitive edge
Updated: June 11, 2021A good board can provide a competitive advantage to your business. But companies need to periodically evaluate what skills they need on their board in order to make use of that advantage.
Updated: June 11, 2021
How ToHow to choose the best commercial lease for your business
Updated: June 23, 2021Even in the best of times, commercial leases can be challenging to navigate. In the wake of COVID-19, most business owners are reconsidering a number of factors as they work their way back to something that resembles normal.
Updated: June 23, 2021
How ToHow to weather this crisis as a nonprofit
Updated: December 1, 2021Despite the recent economic upheaval, there are steps that every not-for-profit can take to feel better prepared and buttress an endowment against the next round of market stressors.
Updated: December 1, 2021- Ask ACE
Ask ACE: How to communicate successfully with a team
Updated: July 27, 2020A guest consultant from the Association for Consulting Expertise addresses a familiar business challenge by first asking, "Who needs to know?"
Updated: July 27, 2020 - Ask ACE
Ask ACE: How to handle the new, serious role of manager
Updated: July 13, 2020A guest consultant from the Association for Consulting Expertise advises a reader who's been promoted to a new management role but is struggling to be taken seriously by subordinates — formerly, peers.
Updated: July 13, 2020
