Startups and solopreneurs are constantly looking to do more with less. They need to stay as lean as possible and so they look to optimize their budget so the costs that they have are only the most essential. A huge cost for any business is the office space they rent, and cutting this cost is what drives startups to work from home or from their local coffee shop. And although these are both valid options to start from, they quickly become unsuitable. From there the next logical step for any business seems to be to sign a lease on some proper office space. This is just too expensive for many businesses, and so they continue to use their home address as their corporate address. A much …

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Versa is lucky enough to surround ourselves and our community with an amazing group of members! Each month we are excited to interview one of those great groups of people so that everyone has a chance to learn more about those within our community. This month we were able to speak with both Courtney and Andrea of Rooted Together! Take a look below to find out more: Let’s start with the basics; what is Rooted Together and what do you do? “Rooted Together is an event planning company that specializes in full-service wedding planning and offers month-of coordination.  We also serve corporate events, birthday parties, baby showers and so much more! We like to focus on the design, and …

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With new regulations, limitations, and rules coming in every few weeks, businesses everywhere are finding it hard to plan and set goals for 2021. This has been an ongoing theme since last year, and what worked back then will continue to be the way to go this year too. The companies that were able to quickly accept the new reality they faced, and adapted their whole operations, accordingly, were the companies that were able to weather the covid-19 pandemic better than others. Workers transformed into fully remote workers in just a few days, sales and marketing efforts migrated to the digital world, and the video conference became the new standard for communications, to name a few of the …

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At Versa, we consider ourselves lucky to have such an amazing community of members. Each month we have the pleasure of interviewing one of those great people and their business so that everyone has a chance to learn more about those within our community. This month we were able to speak with the team at Saviynt. Take a look below to learn more: Let’s start with the basics; what is Saviynt and what do you do? Saviynt enables enterprises to secure applications, data, and infrastructure in a single platform for cloud and enterprise. We are a US-headquartered software company with global operations and offices in Los Angeles, Columbus, Atlanta, London, The Netherlands, India, and …

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The holiday season can be a stressful and overwhelming time for many people. After all there are families to deal with, events to attend, gifts to purchase, and somehow you need to balance all of this and at the same time keep your mental health strong. This is not an easy task for many people, but it is by no means impossible if you take advantage of the resources around you. Here is a list of tools you can use to help you keep your mental health strong over the holidays: Therapy Whether virtual or in-person, therapy really is a great way of staying on top of your mental health. A therapist can help you deal with the difficult situations that come with the holidays. This can be …

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Although they are often used interchangeably, the words “manager” and “leader” are very different from one another. Leaders have people that follow them, managers have people who work for them. A manager may be a good leader, and a leader may be a good manager, but this is not necessarily so. There are leaders who make terrible managers, even if they do have a huge and loyal following, and there are managers who don’t have any leadership skills. But how to tell them apart? Here are some key differences between managers and leaders: Telling vs Selling A manager is somebody who tells people what they must do and expects them to perform the tasks they are given in a timely …

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