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The Importance of Risk Management – what I’ve learned

Hi – last week I shared a post on project governance – what I've learned from my experience as a Technology PM for a big 4 consulting firm. This week I'm sharing my key learnings on risk management:

(This is just my view – I’m sure you all have other experiences and tips and it would be great if you could share your learnings below)

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  1. Risk Management needs to serve the workstreams/teams, not be a burden. Often raising risks and providing risk updates is a burden for the project team. It's extra work and sometimes a risk will be escalated and little direction is received in return from project leadership. Leadership should be proactively looking to unblock so teams can deliver, and should quickly reacting to new risks being raised. Risk Management needs to be a loop that serves the teams/streams, as opposed to a one way reporting process

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Which business entity is best for an ecommerce company?

Disclaimer: This content should not be construed as legal or tax advice. Always consult an attorney or tax professional regarding your specific legal or tax situation.

Consumers spent $601.75 billion online with U.S. merchants in 2019, up 14.9{2a3e680f1439d15db2efa1f6e7ed882a5847e72ec9baddde754e69dd847cc2fd} from the year before, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. With online sales sure to increase in the coming years, it’s prime time to get moving on the ecommerce idea you’ve been itching to start. However, just like brick-and-mortar businesses, ecommerce companies also have legal and tax issues to consider when choosing a business entity type. Which business structure will offer the most advantages depends on a number of factors.

Which business entity is best for an ecommerce company?

Here are the options available to you and what to think about when structuring your new ecommerce business. There are also some insights on where to turn for help when making … Read more

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How to set up an international WooCommerce store: 5 steps for success

Editor’s note: The following is a guest post from our friends at Weglot.

Taking your WooCommerce store international can open you up to a huge potential customer base that’s interested in purchasing your products or services.

If your offerings are familiar and have appeal across different countries then the benefits of being able to sell to those customers hardly need to be elaborated on.

The only question is: how do you go about doing that?

In this post, we’ll go over the five key steps you need to follow in order to get started and set up a fully-functional WooCommerce store that can cater to customers across different countries, currencies, and languages.

The best part is that you can do all of this without setting up multiple sites, negatively impacting your site’s SEO, or incurring huge up-front costs.

How to set up an international WooCommerce store

  1. Design for different
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