National Small Business Week

I am sure you know by now, as it is already Wednesday, but I wanted to still wish everyone a Happy National Small Business Week.

What? You didn’t hang the banner outside your house?

Yes, this is just another of those crafted ‘holidays’ instituted by whoever stands to benefit by bringing attention to something – this time it comes to you via the Small Business Administration. It unfortunately doesn’t mean that the SBA Fairy is going to come down to small businesses that have behaved themselves and leave a suitcase full of money. But we can still use the time to say something.

That fact that ‘small business’ is included in our company’s name shows just how important such entities are to us. Heck, we are a small business ourselves. And granted, the definition of a small business covers many different entities, from someone selling a few crafts they enjoy making in their free time to an enterprise that sees millions of dollars go through its accounts in a year. They do generally share some things that draw them all together, though.

I think that common thread often comes down to a sense of connectedness. For those who are in the business, it can be the sense of knowing the owner of the company knows who you are. With that often comes a sense that you matter to them both as a part of the business, but possibly more importantly, as an individual.

Once a small business starts to grow, though, they must shuffle some tasks to others so that the owner is no longer doing everything. It is better if they can spend their time in the operating part of the business, the reasons they started it in the first place, instead of just trying to make the business run as a business, and that is where we can come in.

These owners don’t want to worry about tracking bank balances, processing payroll, or sending checks to vendors. Those aren’t the things one envisions doing when they start a business. But being willing to pay others to do some tasks you don’t want to do yourself can be a long-term investment good both for one’s mindset and personal wellbeing and for the success of a business in the future.

We love the way this dynamic allows us to work together, so wanted to use this a chance to say thank you to our current clients. And we also want to let this serve as an invitation to anyone new who may be reading this to come say hi and see if we can help you on your journey. Also, please feel free to recommend us to anyone you know who may benefit from our services. Let’s use this week to help bring success to small businesses, both yours and others, in any way we can.

Warmly,

Josh Bousquet
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