Welcome to Small Business Matters, a resource for Northeast Ohio small business owners. Below are a list of topics that have recently been featured in COSE’s Small Business Matters page in Crain’s Cleveland Business. Check back each week for more helpful resources for your small business.
December 21, 2015 Small Business Matters
Tips for your business – Source a supply of interns
Greater Cleveland Partnership internship survey
Cuyahoga Community College
5 ways to boost cybersecurity at your firm
Cyber security tips for 2016
By the Numbers
Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education
Connection Calendar
Find out all of the exciting opportunities to connect with other small business owners at COSE education and networking events.
December 14, 2015 Small Business Matters
Tips for your business – Market to the Millennial Consumer and Employee
Millennials pass Gen Xers as the largest generation in US labor force
Millennials at work: Reshaping the workplace
Tips for your business – Motivate your Team
How to motivate employees in less than 5 minutes
By the Numbers
National Federation of Independent Business
Connection Calendar
Find out all of the exciting opportunities to connect with other small business owners at COSE education and networking events.
December 7, 2015 Small Business Matters
Benefit from Cyber Security and Privacy Training
BlueBridge Networks
Department of Homeland Security, cyber security exercises
Keep Your Long-Term Growth in Focus
VSP Vision Care
COSE Health Advocates
By the Numbers: Small Business Saturday
National Federation of Independent Business stats
Connection Calendar
Find out all of the exciting opportunities to connect with other small business owners at COSE education and networking events.
November 30, 2015 Small Business Matters
ESOPs
The questions to ask before adopting an ESOP
Going ESOP: Why one HVAC rep firm is glad it did
Expert Network
Leadership lessons: Be real with your team
COSE Expert Network
By the Numbers
National Center for Employee Ownership
Connection Calendar
Find out all of the exciting opportunities to connect with other small business owners at COSE education and networking events.
November 23, 2015 Small Business Matters
Small Business Saturday makes BIG Impact:
Learn more about shopping small
List of local communities participating in this year’s Small Business Saturday
Why Small Businesses Should Care About Wellness Programs for Employees
Employee wellness programs are due for an overhaul
Connection Calendar
Find out all of the exciting opportunities to connect with other small business owners at COSE education and networking events.
November 16, 2015 Small Business Matters
How to build your brand and engage with customers
Advice on building an authentic brand from Gwyneth Paltrow
New research shows Black Friday marketers are engaging customers at the wrong time
5 takes on the value of internships
Take the survey
By the Numbers
National Association of Colleges and Employers internship study
Connection Calendar
Find out all of the exciting opportunities to connect with other small business owners at COSE education and networking events.
November 9, 2015 Small Business Matters
How to build your brand and engage with customers
10 ways to build a brand for your small business
The five ways top-performing companies engage customers
Tips for your business: Understand the ins and outs of your retirement plan
One participant 401(k) plans
By the Numbers
The 2015 Retirement Confidence Survey (Employee Benefit Research Institute)
Connection Calendar
Find out all of the exciting opportunities to connect with other small business owners at COSE education and networking events.
November 2, 2015 Small Business Matters
Smoke Out: How Legal Marijuana Will Change How You Do Business
COSE’s Issue 3 Resource Center
Steve Millard, President and Executive Director of COSE, and other business and addiction experts discuss how marijuana could change the business landscape in Ohio (free registration required)
Tips for your business: Entrepreneurship Lessons From the Small Business Convention
Small Business Convention
COSE Voting Guide
4 Issues to Know in November: A Voting Guide
Connection Calendar
Find out all of the exciting opportunities to connect with other small business owners at COSE education and networking events.
View Past Issues of Small Business Matters:
October 2015
September 2015
August 2015
July 2015
June 2015
May 2015
April 2015
March 2015
February 2015
January 2015