2015 Trends and Predictions Guide for Small Business: Everything you need to know to run a successful business in 2015

By Kimberly Deas

This guide highlights the changes in each of the 12 keys areas of a small business as well as the key concerns and what to do to protect and grow your business in 2015.

These key areas include: Overall Economic Climate, Banking / Lending Climate, Insurance Climate, Healthcare Climate, Human Resources and Compliance, Hiring Climate, Technology Climate, Marketing Climate, Financial Planning, Financial / Bookkeeping / Tax Climate, Legal Climate, and Exit Planning Climate.
Each chapter has Statistics / graphs, Trends / predictions or changes for 2015 and top concerns that a small business needs to be aware of to stay successful and lastly, expert tips for how to protect your business in the coming year. These topics are reviewed from a national perspective.

At the very end is a section specifically dedicated to local resources for the great Jacksonville Florida area to further guide small business owners in the growth and development of their business. Many of these resources are at no cost or are a low cost option and are specific to businesses.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kimberly Deas
• Release date: Mar 7, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310088070

Kimberly Deas

Kimberly Deas is a small business expert that specializes in helping business owners to buy or sell businesses and increase the value of a business. Kim ran a successful marketing company with over a decade of experience spanning 20 countries. As a small business owner, she developed large distribution generating over $18M of sales in less than 4 years. She is now a business broker that works with baby boomers to turn around their business as well as assists business owners in the buying, selling and retiring from a business. Her business savvy and creative methods make her highly sought after by small business owners. Kimberly is a loving wife and mother who enjoys ballroom dancing and spending time by the ocean when she is not working.

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2015 Trends and Predictions Guide

for Small Business

Everything you need to know to run a successful business in 2015

By: Kimberly Deas, Murphy Business and Financial Services

Published at Smashwords

Introduction

This guide highlights the changes in each of the 12 keys areas of a small business as well as the key concerns and what to do to protect your business.

These key areas include:

Overall Economic Climate

Banking / Lending Climate

Insurance Climate

Healthcare Climate

Human Resources and Compliance

Hiring Climate

Technology Climate

Marketing Climate

Financial Planning

Financial / Bookkeeping / Tax Climate

Legal Climate

Exit Planning Climate

Each chapter has the following components:

Statistics, graphs and other insights,

Trends, predictions or changes for 2015

Top concerns that a small business needs to be aware of

Expert tips for how to protect your business in the coming year.

At the very end is a section specifically dedicated to local resources to further guide small business owners in the growth and development of their business. Many of these resources are at no cost or are a low cost option and are specific to businesses in the greater Jacksonville Area.

I hope you find this guide helpful and if you have tips to share, feel free to email us at [e-mail].

Overall Economic Update

The confidence of small business owners is at the highest level since 2008.

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Source: Bank of America’s small business owner survey.

2015 Trends / Predictions / Changes

The recovery is underway.

Growing sales is