Tools to help entrepreneurs stay productive

small business productivityThe ability to handle multiple demands for many hours a day, most days of the week, requires a commitment by a small business owner to invest in products and systems that will enhance their own productivity.

There are many products and services available that claim to make our lives easier and more efficient. Here are some of them. Do some research to decide what’s right for you and your business:

  • ActiveWords – Saves time in daily Windows tasks.
  • Dragon NaturallySpeaking – Speech recognition software.
  • GTD (Getting Things Done) Methodology – A work-life management system by David Allen.
  • OneNote – Digital note-taking app.
  • TheBrain – Mind mapping software that helps you map key thoughts, ideas and concept relationship to one another.
  • Snagit – Capture, edit and share exactly what you see on a website.
  • ThumbsPlus – Find and maintain graphics, clip art, fonts and animation files.
  • inFlow Inventory – A free inventory management system that allows 100 customers and products, unlimited numbers of sales orders and purchase orders, printable/exportable documents, customer information tracking, sales quotation issues, customer returns, stock levels, eight different business reports as well as online forum support.

Do you have any productivity resources to share? Let us know!

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Discover Entrepreneurship! app now in App Store

We would like to congratulate our partners at GoRobos Inc. for the release of their first educational, gamified app in the iTunes App Store! They have created a world first in entrepreneurship education and we are excited to see their app in the hands of students around the world. A heartfelt thanks to our education partner, Olds College – their commitment to innovative learning is truly inspiring!

Check out Discover Entrepreneurship! in the App Store, here.

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Small business blog posts we liked this week

From customer service to holiday sales (yes, the winter holidays!), we found some good business blog posts this week that we wanted to share with our fellow entrepreneurs:

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