The LivePlan Blog

As you look toward growing and planning for your business in 2018, check out some of our best articles from 2017—including our updated series on Lean Planning.

The Internet of Things (or IoT) can help boost your company’s productivity and efficiency—and here’s how to take advantage of it.

Successful businesses continue even through uncertain conditions. Find out how one small business owner persevered in the face of possible business failure.

On one hand, it’s good to be busy—but at the same time, there are serious disadvantages to having a packed schedule. Here’s how to implement a leaner, more efficient schedule.

The environment in which we work is crucially important. With this in mind, I reached out to entrepreneurs with a simple question: What does your workspace look like, and why does it make you feel productive, creative, and inspired?

You can learn a lot from the morning routines of successful entrepreneurs. From favorite breakfasts to workouts for both body and mind, here are their daily rituals.

Goal setting is a delicate balance between managing realistic expectations and thinking big. Here’s how to set goals and actually achieve them.

Do nothing, be more productive. It sounds counterintuitive, right? However, it turns out the secret to a more productive day might not be trying to do more, but doing less.

On the surface, the 8-hour workday is the accepted norm across North America and in many countries around the world, but is this the way people really work? With a global shift into the age of technology, this question is more valid than ever. Here’s why.

Monday is not the worst day of the week. Instead, Tuesday—and even Thursday—take this not so coveted accolade. But, on which day are we most productive?