Ellen Stone had been running her business, Tiny Home Central, for six years when she considered stepping back from her work. Like many entrepreneurs, Stone felt overloaded by day-to-day operations, despite her passion for helping people in San Diego, California, who dream of owning or living in movable tiny houses. “I was feeling pretty overwhelmed, honestly,” Stone says. “How would I get from where I was standing to the vision that I had for the future?” That’s when Stone discovered Verizon Small Business Digital Ready, a free online program. She picked up a great deal of financial know-how from Setting Up Accounting Software and other live events and now uses a business credit card and automates many financial processes with software. “So all of those parts of accomplishing my financial and business needs happen without me having to tell them what to do,” Stone explains. It saves her over 50 hours of office work every year, which translates into just under $10,000 in consulting rate...