Small Business
A Case Study: Timing isn’t Everything, But it’s Important
When it comes to selling a small business, timing is an important element that many local businessowners don’t factor into their decision-making. “Timing isn’t everything, but it is very important,” said Bill Ilgenfritz, head of BEAM’s EducationalPrograms. “Furthermore, it’s something that many small business owners don’t frequently factor intotheir decisions when they’re considering selling their…
Read MoreSweat Equity Is Not a Tangible Asset
That small business you started ten, twenty, perhaps forty years ago, is not just where you workand what you do. It is far more – it is who you are. It defines you. Success came at a high price – you missed family celebrations, worked holidays and handledeverything from supply chain disruptions to labor shortages.…
Read MoreSuccess Story: Reed Building Supply
By Joel Burstein, CEO, BEAM Collaborative It’s a known fact – when dollars are spent at local small businesses, they generally stay withinthe community. But that becomes more challenging when you’re dealing with a huge corporatesupplier. By leveraging its reputation and relationship with the University of Pittsburgh, BEAM was ableto realign the university’s need for…
Read MoreA Small Business Successfully Evolves to Meet a Changing Marketplace
Blayre Britton is, by almost any measure, the walking personification of small business success.She has that rare ability to use today’s reality as a lens to focus on tomorrow’s possibilities. But Britton says she has had help. She said BEAM Collaborative helped her not only in seeing those possibilities, but in turning them into a…
Read MoreThe tariffs are killing Pittsburgh’s small businesses
By Joel Burstein, CEO, BEAM Collaborative If Pennsylvania’s small businesses are the canary in the coal mine in gauging the effects of Trump’s trade war on our state, we should worry, because the canary is now on life support. The Trump administration’s immediate rejection of a request by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to exempt…
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