Entrepreneurship is constantly on the rise, with over half a million Americans starting a company each month. However, as the industry grows, it’s also rapidly changing. Brick-and-mortar storefronts and offices are on the decline as internet commerce continues to rise, and in expensive locales, prices for renting out an office space can reach as high as $20,000 per month. Obviously for most small businesses, paying that much just for rent is completely unrealistic, so unique solutions have emerged to help remedy the issue.

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Is your team experiencing low levels of morale? If you’re finding that employees are disengaged or unmotivated, the answer is probably yes. Maybe your team has had a poor sales quarter, or you recently let a member of your staff go, but no matter the reason, it’s important to acknowledge when your employees aren’t performing at their best so that you can remedy the situation.

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Thanksgiving and Christmas and New Year’s, oh my! The holidays are quickly approaching, which means it’s time for the corporate world’s most anticipated event of the year: the office holiday party.

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Team building gets a bad rap, but it’s crucial for the success of any business. When managers have teams that work productively and cooperatively together, they can sleep easier knowing that they don’t have to constantly micromanage them. Team building helps your employees find their place on the team, as well as establish a “groove,” or an efficient system of working.

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More companies are leaning into the idea of establishing a company culture, or a  set of values and behaviors that employees of a workplace build, share, and sustain. It can be difficult to do this during the workday, of course, as there’s important work to be done, so many managers have turned to corporate outings as a tool for increasing company culture. Baseball games, happy hours, and spa retreats are all great ways to get employees together and focused on something not related to work, but if your employees are spending forty or more hours a week in the workplace, they might not be very keen to spend their personal time surrounded by coworkers.

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