Small Business Pricing Strategy: What 5.5 Years of Data Reveals About Profitability

by Admin | Aug 21, 2025 | Business Strategy, Economic Insight, Strategy Planning

NFIB data from 2020 through July 2025 reveals a pattern that challenges expectations that pricing increases lead to improved profitability. The Pricing-Profit Disconnect During this period, the net percentage of businesses raising prices and their reported net profit...

The Cautious Recovery: When Relief Doesn’t Equal Growth Confidence

by Admin | Aug 14, 2025 | Business Strategy, Economic Insight, SMB Leadership, Strategy Planning

When two major organizations independently report the same business trend, smart leaders pay attention. The latest US Chamber of Commerce Small Business Index (Q2 2025) confirms what I analyzed last month in my post based on June 2025 NFIB data: small businesses are...

The Modern Management Shift: 40 Years of Women’s Growth in Leadership Roles

by Admin | Aug 7, 2025 | Business Strategy, Economic Insight, SMB Leadership

A July 2025 Pew Research report shows that in 1980, women held 29% of management roles in American businesses. By 2023, that figure had risen to 46%, a welcome 17-percentage-point increase over four decades. Women’s educational gains drove much of this shift,...

Is Your Business Lender-Ready? Capital Readiness for Small Business in Today’s Tight Credit Market

by Admin | Jul 17, 2025 | Becoming Bankable, Business Strategy, Profitability, SMB Leadership

A Goldman Sachs survey published this past June confirmed what many business owners already know — affordable capital is getting harder to access. Even established, employer-based businesses ready to grow, expand, or hire are being forced to pause. Not because of lack...