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  • Are You Meeting (and Setting) Customers' Expectations?

    by ABK CORP
    My family and I went out for brunch recently in Miami. We ordered about $60 worth of food, and when the waiter asked what I’d like to drink, I said...

  • How Entrepreneurs Can Develop Healthier Holiday Work Habits

    by ABK CORP
    Don't let email and other work tasks eat up the time you should be spending with family. With year-end holidays less than two weeks away, how ar...

  • 7 Steps to Acquiring a Small Business

    by ABK CORP
    You don't have to start a business to own one. Owning a business is one of the best ways to create lasting wealth and freedom. But there’s a lo...

  • 5 Trends That Will Reshape Customer Service Over the Next 5 Years

    by ABK CORP
    If you're going to grow through the 2020s, you'll need to innovate. Customer service isn’t static. Phones replaced house calls. Email edged out ...

  • Women-led businesses are getting more VC funding than ever. But there's still a long way to go

    by ABK CORP
    Investments in female-founded startups are higher than ever. Women-led businesses, which make up just 20% of venture-capital backed companies, to...

  • Cyber Monday was the biggest shopping day in Amazon's history

    by ABK CORP
    This Cyber Monday set all kinds of sales records, including one that has become something of an annual tradition: Monday was Amazon's biggest shop...

  • Five Reasons for Small Businesses to Be Thankful This Thanksgiving

    by ABK CORP
    As Thanksgiving arrives, small business owners have a lot to be thankful for this year. The overall economy is booming. The Dow Jones has several t...

  • 1-on-1 Meetings Are the Key to Great Leadership. Here's How to Do Them Right.

    by ABK CORP
    As a leader, you need to take time to focus on your employees's development and needs. Managers have to do many things to become the leader thei...

  • How To Balance Work And The Holidays

    by ABK CORP
    Holiday season is ramping up, along with stress levels. If you consider yourself among the many who experience holiday-related stress, you are in g...

  • 3 Ways to Help Introverts Shine in an Extrovert-Leaning Workplace

    by ABK CORP
    It's up to leaders to ensure outspoken corporate cultures don't silence their quietest and brightest team players. When you think of a successfu...

  • How Leaders Can Deal With Getting Overwhelmed

    by ABK CORP
    Being the boss doesn't have to be a burden. As a leader, you have a lot on your plate. Sometimes it can seem too much. How often do you find it ...

  • How This Entrepreneur Started (and Re-Started) a Successful Baby Clothing Business

    by ABK CORP
    Paige Lauren shares the mindset it takes to create and run a clothing business (and take time off when you need it). In 2008, two things happene...