5 Business Lessons You Can Learn from Everyday Life

Human beings love to compartmentalise.  Tucked away in English provincial towns you can still find Victorian museums and in them you’ll find hundreds of drawers each containing hundreds of species of butterflies or beetles.  It’s a model of compartmentalisation which still haunts us.  Think about your school experience: maths at nine, geography at ten, science […]

What Makes Up An Effective Social Media Strategy

We’ve all heard it: social media is one of the most effective channels for advertisement and it can help you increase your client base and monthly traffic. And, if we look at numbers, we can understand why. I mean, if we take a quick look at some Facebook stats, we’ll see that there are 1.65 […]

How Pokémon Go Could Have Been an Even Bigger Success

Everybody is talking about Pokémon Go, and whether you are an avid player looking to catch those elusive rare Pokémon, or are a bit bewildered by the trend, you can’t fail to appreciate its impact. When we come to review 2016 at the end of the year, amid all of the sad celebrity deaths, crazy […]

Why Small Business Owners Say All Their Hard Work is Worth It

By Michelle Di Gangi, executive vice president of small and medium size enterprise banking at Bank of the West Small businesses are the backbone of the American economy. Always on the job, small business owners throw themselves into their work in order to build financial stability and ultimately create a lasting legacy for their families. […]

How Fintech Supports Small Business Funding

Financial technology, or fintech, has revolutionized the lending industry. Fintech startupsmade a splash in the business world in 2015 by disrupting the traditional financial services sector. Fintech companies, including alternative online lenders, are transforming the industry and making it easier for small businesses to obtain adequate funding and operate efficiently. There are many ways that […]