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Employee vs. Contractor: What's the Difference, and Why It Matters for Your Shopify Business
As a Shopify seller, one of the decisions you’ll face is classifying the people who help you: employee or contractor.
Jacob Curtis
Jan 63 min read
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How to Prevent Overspending During the Holidays: Practical Steps to Keep Finances on Track
Holiday spending can quickly spiral out of control, affecting both your business and personal finances.
Jacob Curtis
Nov 18, 20244 min read
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Escaping the Crushing Weight of Debt Can Only Happen with Profit
Well-dressed poverty is still poverty. Just because your business is making a lot of money doesn’t mean you’re keeping it. Often, we...
Jacob Curtis
Feb 19, 20244 min read
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How Small Business Owners Break the Cycle of Constantly Doing the Work (Part 2 of 3)
People tend to stick with something they've invested a lot of time or money in, even when it's not working out. This is called the sunk...
Jacob Curtis
Oct 2, 20237 min read
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How to Escape from Your Jail-Cell Store
Do you feel shackled to your business? Are you the CEO–chief everything officer? Do you think to yourself, “Just one more day and soon...
Jacob Curtis
Aug 21, 20236 min read
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How to Get Off the Struggle Bus
Suppose you are out in the forest and come across someone working feverishly to cut down a tree with a saw. "You look exhausted," you...
Jacob Curtis
Aug 7, 20236 min read
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How to avoid frustration with your team
Suppose you've been having trouble with your eyes lately and decide to see an optometrist for help. After briefly listening to your...
Jacob Curtis
Jul 24, 20237 min read
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The first habit of highly effective people
Close your eyes and project your consciousness up into the corner of the room, in your mind’s eye. Imagine you are someone else watching...
Jacob Curtis
Jun 12, 20236 min read
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The 7 Spokes of Life
The 7 spokes of life and how to rate yourself.
Jacob Curtis
Jan 2, 20232 min read
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How to Get Your Business Out of Survival Mode
Identifying real and fake business opportunities will bring us much more growth and profitability. It's our job as business owners to...
Jacob Curtis
Aug 15, 20223 min read
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Productive vs. Being Busy What is the Difference?
Being busy isn’t the same thing as being productive. Productivity means working towards a goal. It means tangible progress, a timeline...
Jacob Curtis
May 23, 20223 min read
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How To Make Your Marketing Stand Out
Better is not better. Different is better. At least, it is when it comes to your marketing. If you believe in your business, in your...
Jacob Curtis
May 16, 20223 min read
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A Hack for Beating Inflation
So as a business owner, you have to ask yourself: How do I beat inflation? Beating inflation starts with having a solid foundation.
Jacob Curtis
May 9, 20223 min read
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The Importance of Lifelong Learning
Did you know that Warren Buffett reads five hundred pages a day? I think that’s astounding. It probably takes him at least a few hours...
Jacob Curtis
Apr 28, 20223 min read
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What to fix next to grow your quilt shop
Have you ever felt stuck in your business? I've got just the thing to help you figure out what to do next in your quilt shop.
Jacob Curtis
Aug 30, 20213 min read
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4 Things You’ve Never Thought of To Create a Thriving Quilt Shop
As a small business owner, there are many resources available to help you grow a thriving quilt shop. I'm sharing some of my favorite ones.
Jacob Curtis
Aug 3, 20213 min read
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