BUSINESS RESOURCES
BUSINESS RESOURCES
🛠️ The daily grind. Being an entrepreneur sometimes means being the “CEO" - Chief Everything Officer. Behind every great business, there are great systems.
Here are some resources to help you manage the day-to-day operations of your business. Now go get to work!
“YOU DO NOT RISE TO THE LEVEL OF YOUR GOALS, YOU FALL TO THE LEVEL OF YOUR SYSTEMS”
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OPERATIONS AND SYSTEMS
POINT OF SALE (POS) SYSTEMS
LIGHTSPEED (FORMERLY SHOPKEEP) - Point of sale for retail, restaurants and golf.
CLOVER - Point of sale system that is customizable and scalable as you grow.
SQUARE - Easy and free to get started and easy to take on-the-go. Integrates into tons of different platforms.
TOAST - POS originally designed for food services like restaurants and food trucks, but now offers a retail system as well.
TEAM COMMUNICATION & hiring
CLICKUP - Project management app for team collaboration, communication and pretty much anything you want your entire team to be working on.
MONDAY - Workflow platform that streamlines communication and delegation across your business.
TOPTAL - Hire the top 3 percent of freelance software developers, designers, marketing experts, management consultants (and more) in the world.
FREEUP - Hire pre-vetted freelancers and virtual assistants
TRAINUAL - Onboarding, training and operations made easy. Stop repeating yourself over and over and over!
SCORE.ORG - Personnel and Hiring resources including e-guides, recorded webinars and more
PAYROLL AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
GUSTO - Payroll, HR and employee benefits. Simple to onboard employees, easy to understand user-interface and automatic filings for local, state and federal.
GUIDELINE - Affordable 401(k) Plans and IRAs for small businesses. Easy to integrate into many payroll platforms.
RIPPLING - Workforce management system that combines payroll, HR, IT, benefits and more.
JUSTWORKS - Payroll, benefits and compliance all in one system.
CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT (CRM) SYSTEMS
SALESFORCE - Highly customizable and highly scalable, Salesforce helps you nurture your relationships with your clients in every area of your business
HUBSPOT CRM - Userfriendly interface and free to start, easily manage your customers across multiple platforms
PIPEDRIVE - Sales-focused CRM that helps you visualize the sales process