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Thought Leaders

Is a Robot the 'New Entrepreneur'?

Hint: Check-out jobs are threatened. But service jobs with distinct cognitive skills are safe. "Terminator 2" isn't here yet.

Business News

Apple Faces a Big Dilemma If It Wants to Become a Services Business

In its current form, Apple is in no way equipped to get in the notoriously tricky enterprise-services game.

Business News

Orders for Amazon's Home Services Have Grown 20 Percent Each Month

With more than 85 million U.S. customers, the company's local service marketplace has seen a healthy expansion.

Growth Strategies

Why On-Demand Service is a Great Startup Opportunity

How this startup is poised to make online home services an integral part of evolution process.

Franchise

Married Business Partners Find Themselves Not in Kansas Anymore With Window Genie

Brent and Melissa Windsor relocated to the Arizona desert to provide their new community with window-washing services through the franchise.

Entrepreneurs

Startup mrUsta Offers A MENA-based Platform For Your Service Needs

As a platform that aims to provide an easy way to find service maintenance companies or quality trades people based on customer feedback, mrUsta can be your go-to place in ensuring services.

Business News

How to Get Your Business on Amazon's New Home Services Platform

Amazon is giving small businesses a way to reach customers, but is looking for a particular set of criteria.

Growing a Business

5 Ways Service Companies Can Be Innovative

Much public love goes to product companies, but service providers can also be imaginative and exciting.

Growing a Business

10 Ways to Keep Making Your Clients Happier and Happier

Research and common sense agree. The least expensive and most effective marketing is retaining the clients you already have.

Business News

11 Startups That Will Let You Enjoy a Life of Leisure

These budding companies can make you feel like a king without ever leaving home.

Growing a Business

How (and Why) to Pivot From Services to Products

Service businesses have an inherent flaw: they're hard to scale. It's far easier to build and grow a sustainable product business.

Growing a Business

To Be a Successful Service Company, Shift Your Focus to Tech

This pivot from service to tech is a strategy more firms are adopting. And those that do will experience a competitive edge.

Growing a Business

How Mobile Payment Apps Are Energizing Businesses That Live On Cash Flow

Instant payment can free small businesses from the worry of unpaid invoices, making it likelier more will thrive.

Branding

Why Traditional Branding Is Useless for Service Providers

If you are not likely to generate a client through an Internet search or advertisement, but do so through a connection, take a guess as to where you should be spending your time.

Growing a Business

The 7 Critical Success Factors for a Services Business

Unlike with products, whether your business thrives depends almost entirely on you and your skills.