Starting a new business is a process that comes with equal amounts of reward and stress. Getting caught up in hiring employees, recruiting accountants, conducting research, and acquiring legal protections for your company can cause you to neglect investing in the fundamental technology that your business needs to operate smoothly.
Even businesses that are untechnical in nature, like flower boutiques or dog grooming shops, require technology for record keeping and overall organization. Here are some essential pieces of technology that you need to most efficiently start and run your new business!
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1. High-Speed Internet Access
There’s nothing more frustrating than slow internet 
when submitting important documents to a financial institution or even when leisurely browsing the internet.
Don’t allow these frustrations to transfer into the workplace. All businesses, especially ones based solely online, need fast internet to run smoothly.
Obtaining access to high-speed internet will allow you and your workers to increase productivity.
Research the best wireless routers for your company based on your budget and requirements. Choose an internet service vendor that has a good reputation and exceptional customer service. Checking off all these factors will efficiently combat any unforeseen issues with your internet experience.
2. Enhanced Data Security
This aspect of a business will prevent client, 
financial, and company records and transactions from falling into the hands of people with malicious intents.
Your local network should be protected by a hardware firewall, and each individual computer at your company should have a software-based firewall.
These precautions will ensure your data is both backed-up and secured.
It is also worth considering investing in anti-virus software that will detect online threats like pharming, spamming, and spyware.
Ensuring you have the proper data security will allow you to conduct business in a way that will set yourself and your employees, partners, and clients at ease.
3. A Business Website
A website serves to validate a business as a reliable operation.
A website allows your employees, partners, clients, and potential investors to see your business’s values, products, pricing, and successes all in one convenient online realm.
There are many web hosting companies available that will allow you to build and customize your business’s website to the vision you have for it.
If this seems like a task that is outside of your skillset, you can hire a web developer to work with you. A web developer will collaborate with you to create a website that will highlight all of your business’s positive characteristics.
While building a website, consider creating an official company email with your company’s name.
Don’t risk looking unprofessional by having an email address that any individual person could make. Obtaining a company email is simple, and a web-hosting company will be able to set you up with one.
4. A Technology Consultant
While this piece of “technology” is a person, they are the backbone to the technological side of your business. A technology consultant will help your company grow.
They will suggest plans to streamline or improve business practices, implement your ideas and vision to elevate your business, and familiarize your workers with any unfamiliar aspects of a new technology that is being used in your workplace.
These consultants can replace technological systems, implement new ones, and customize software for your business’s unique setup.
We suggest finding a local technology consultant. This will allow for face-to-face interaction that will minimize misunderstandings and allow your consultant to become intimately familiar with your company.
When hiring a technology consultant, get references to make sure your candidates have had success in their past work experiences. Hiring more than one consultant is ideal, especially when just starting a business. A team of consultants will prepare you and your employees to successfully operate your new practice.
Avoid starting your business unprepared. Invest in these technological essentials to smoothly transition into a being the owner of a new business!
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