At The Lakeside Park, we serve a variety of small businesses in different industries. Our office spaces are ideal for many small local businesses and organizations, from Boston area start-ups to established businesses expanding into the Wakefield area.
We take pride in helping small businesses and their owners to thrive and prosper in today’s competitive market. Here, we share some of the ideas and insight we find to be most relevant for small business owners, like those found in our office park community. These articles are great resources for small business owners looking to continue learning and improving themselves and their businesses.
It’s that time of year again when we all draw names from a hat and need to come up with something clever and inexpensive for an office Secret Santa we may or may not know very well. Whatever type of gift exchange you’re participating in, we’ve come up with some holiday gift exchange ideas for…
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At The Lakeside Park, we’ve worked with many small businesses and startups. In fact, many of those small businesses and startups continue to grow and thrive right here in our Boston area office park. When an entrepreneur comes to us to discuss renting office space, one of the first things we learn about their business…
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Small businesses are just that: small. For many startups and entrepreneurial endeavors, keeping the employee roster relatively limited is key. Even when the workload begins to pick up, many small companies avoid hiring additional full time help in an effort to avoid extra expenses and overhead that could reduce profitability. As a result, we’ve begun…
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Investing in your team through professional development can be a costly endeavor. Conferences, seminars and team building exercises can be expensive to attend. Add in the fact that time away from the office amounts to lost productivity for your business, and it’s no wonder why so many employers put professional development opportunities for their staff…
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Small businesses are at higher risk for security threats, since most hackers and thieves have experience breaking down much larger security systems. The most common security breaches involve computer systems and customer data, however, physical security is equally as important as protecting your digital presence. To make sure no one unlocks your doors or your…
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As a small business owner, chances are you have more than enough on your plate on a day to day basis. In fact, you may be at the point where certain responsibilities and tasks you prioritized previously are beginning to move to the back burner. One thing that often falls by the wayside for small…
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From the moment you opened your business, you hoped (or maybe even half-dreaded), but always knew that the day would come when you would have to hire employees. What you might not have predicted, is that it’s not always that easy to know when the time is right. Hiring is a huge step, and a…
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If you’re thinking about leasing office space, you may be wondering if it’s better to sign a long-term lease or a short-term lease. This is particularly important if you are a small business whose very success or failure could be riding on the decision. Not surprisingly, the answer varies depending on your company’s specific needs…
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It’s summer at the office, and you’ve got all the usual activities planned – ice cream socials, potluck picnics and company softball games – but all anyone is talking about is what they don’t have: Summer Hours. While the concept of closing the office early on Fridays just because it’s nice outside might seem like…
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When you’re first starting out as entrepreneur, it makes sense to work from home or the local coffee shop, but as your business grows, so does the need for professional office space. (Read: 5 Signs it’s Time to Move Out of Your Home Office.) Unfortunately, many small businesses and entrepreneurs just don’t think they have…
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