It’s 2026, we’re back in action, and we want to help you start your year with your best foot forward.

Using the energy of a new month and a new year, let’s get you on track in all areas of your business: finances, strategy, people ops, and marketing!

So, here is how you can prep your business for a great year ahead:

We’re ending off the year with some soul-searching…to an extent!

An end-of-year review is a typical business practice; you gather your numbers, examine the trends, and assess your growth. 

And all that data is great, more than great, but there’s an extra piece of the puzzle.

You.

Your self-reflection is just as important and necessary to truly understand you and your business’s growth. Which is why I ask myself these four questions:

Before you close your laptop and your office door (whether physical or virtual) for the holidays, OR before your year-end comes to a close, there are some things you need to do!

Yes, as much as we might want to make things a “next year” problem, wouldn’t you prefer to start the new year with a calm saunter back to work, instead of rushing, thinking of all the things you have to do?

Well, we know which one we’re choosing, but we’ve put together a list of essential end-of-year reviews, and what you do with it from here is a Choose Your Own Adventure story!

The times are changing, and our economy is too, more than we’d like.

Simple things like groceries are now becoming unaffordable, which is a “need” spend, not a want.

So what happens to our businesses during these ebbs and flows? Well, for one, we get creative.

And then, we re-evaluate.

There are a few things to review that are low-effort but make a massive impact on our businesses, and I’ve put together a short list of the essentials.

A business isn’t something you can just “wing” for a lot of reasons, one of those being funding, which is quite critical in the early development stages. It is important throughout your business owner journey, but we’re talking about the beginning when you have no money and are figuring out how to get started.