Local Business Advantage
When you’ve been at the top of a company for a while, you might forget what it’s like to be as part of a team. Even if there’s cooperation among team members, morale can be hurt by ineffective and unsupportive leadership. When you want to keep employee retention in check, proper leadership techniques like these…
As a manager, you set the culture and tone of the company. The way you treat others, especially those on your team can have a huge impact on their work. Very few managers set out to make life miserable for their team, but there may be some things you aren’t thinking about that may be…
Entrepreneurs are often worried about the people they’re going to be bringing into their company. Hiring the right person can bring you extortionary results or additional stress if that person ends up being a dud. Understandably, entrepreneurs want to make sure that they are implementing every strategy possible to get the right person, but many…
On this week’s Members Corner blog, we’re excited to introduce Tyler Doherty of On Par Golf Networking. Tyler is an active member of the Avontage community. He loves connecting local business owners and playing golf. Matter of fact he loves doing both so much that he founded On Par Golf Networking (OPGC) to combine both…
The working world is different than it was a few decades ago. Technology is constantly changing, and investing in technology is the best means of dealing with these changes. This extends to your current workforce. Unemployment is presently low, and people have more aspirations for improvement and learning. Job-hopping to find better opportunities is more…
This week’s Members Corner blog is a very special one. As we are building and growing the Avontage community, we’re deliberate about the values and the culture we’re creating for our community. We are a collaborative community for creative and growth-minded local business owners and freelancers in service of others. We’re building a trusted online…
You may or may have not noticed that we skipped a couple of weeks of our weekly Members Corner Blog series. That’s because we are a bootstrapped startup and had a few things to juggle; stay tuned as we have some exciting news to be announced soon. On this week’s Members Corner blog series, we…
Any business leader and local business owner understands that risk is a part of any type of business and that it’s often required to succeed and stand out amongst the competition. Although it can be difficult to avoid risk, there are ways to minimize it to all parts of a business, and it typically follows…
Our CEO & Founder, Sean Sarram, was recently on Rise, Grind, Repeat podcast speaking with Dustin at EIC. In this episode, Sean and Dustin talk about the vision and the mission behind Avontage and discuss the challenges & the opportunities for Arizona local business community. Both Sean and Dustin are passionate about helping Arizona local business owners…
Owning a startup business is very challenging. Having enough capital and a good business plan is critical to get your business off the ground, but to withstand the numerous challenges in the marketplace your startup has to adhere to proven strategies. The strategies in this article are critical to the success of any new business.…