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Ask ACEAsk ACE: Is there a list of legal deadlines I should keep in mind for 2025?
Updated: December 16, 2024As your business prepares for 2025, Ask ACE columnist and attorney Carrie Yardley offers a list of helpful deadlines to keep in mind.
Updated: December 16, 2024
Ask ACEAsk ACE: How do I connect with alternative financing sources?
Updated: December 2, 2024Startups looking for growth capital can now call on the Maine Funding Network for help locating resources.
Updated: December 2, 2024
Ask ACEAsk ACE: We haven’t rejected remote work, but are losing company culture. What do you suggest?
Updated: November 18, 2024With so many workplaces offering remote options, ACE offers advice on how to improve office culture and employee engagement.
Updated: November 18, 2024
Ask ACEAsk ACE: Employees balked about coming back to the workplace. What can we do?
Updated: November 4, 2024As an expert from ACE advises, communicating about such topics is complicated by today's workplace communication channels. And each of the five generations now working manages information differently.
Updated: November 4, 2024
Ask ACEAsk ACE: Why do I need a strategic plan for my business?
Updated: October 21, 2024Creating, implementing and maintaining a good plan requires a significant investment of time. It is essential to business success, and well worth the time spent.
Updated: October 21, 2024-
Ask ACEAsk ACE: Advice for outsourcing POS, payment processing and payroll solutions
Updated: October 7, 2024POS, payment processing and payroll solutions simply are not one-size-fits-all, and every business is different, writes ACE consultant Crystal Cole.
Updated: October 7, 2024
Ask ACEAsk ACE: If I use AI to write something, do I hold a copyright in the content?
Updated: September 16, 2024'Hamlet' and 'The Lion King' share many plot elements, but If Shakespeare were still alive, he would not have an infringement action against Disney.
Updated: September 16, 2024
Ask ACEAsk ACE: How do we encourage energy and ambition without causing burnout and turnover?
Updated: September 2, 2024Today’s employees want work that makes them happy. Instead of providing work-life balance, they want to be living life, whether at work and at home, writes consultant Holly Smevog.
Updated: September 2, 2024
Ask ACEAsk ACE: How can we choose a benefits package that will help us retain employees?
Updated: August 19, 2024An expert from the Association for Consulting Expertise advises a reader whose business is looking to hold onto its workforce.
Updated: August 19, 2024
How ToInvesting in relationships takes time, so don’t expect immediate results
Updated: October 2, 2024In the fast-paced business world, relationships can seem transactional. But guest columnists Nancy Marshall and Ann Leamon offer ideas about how to form lasting business relations and friendships.
Updated: October 2, 2024
Ask ACEAsk ACE: How can I amplify my coaching impact with AI without losing the human connection?
Updated: August 5, 2024As ACE guest columnist Cassie Crosby writes, the most effective use of artificial intelligence is as a tool to augment human expertise.
Updated: August 5, 2024
Ask ACEAsk ACE: What goes into a contractor’s quoted price?
Updated: July 22, 2024The Association for Consulting Expertise tackles the issue of contractor estimates and what questions to ask. Contractor and ACE member Warren O’Shea of O’Shea Builders offers guidance.
Updated: July 22, 2024
Ask ACEAsk ACE: How should I set up a partnership with another entrepreneur?
Updated: July 8, 2024Business partnerships can be fraught with issues, but Ask ACE columnist Carrie Yardley offers advice on how to avoid pitfalls.
Updated: July 8, 2024
Ask ACEAsk ACE: How do I achieve work-life balance while working in a family business?
Updated: June 10, 2024Living and working with your partner comes with challenges. But a guest contributor from ACE explains how setting boundaries between work and home can help keep the peace.
Updated: June 10, 2024
Ask ACEAsk ACE: Do all agreements need to be in writing now?
Updated: August 12, 2024The handshake agreement sustained its first defeat in 1677, in an English court. Today, erring on the side of a written agreement is still a good idea, ACE advises.
Updated: August 12, 2024
Ask ACEAsk ACE: How can my company make a real commitment to ESG goals?
Updated: August 16, 2024Investors are taking a closer look at environmental, social and governance factors to assess a company's viability. ACE columnist Carrie Green Yardley outlines how to address ESG.
Updated: August 16, 2024
