“They say that breaking up is hard to do.” – Neil Sedaka. The end of any relationship is painful, especially when it comes as a surprise. When it’s an employer-employee relationship, not only is it painful, it can cause a variety of logistical problems that make it even worse. I recently discussed ways small business […]
Is anyone shocked to discover that consumers opt to do business with the seller offering the lower net price when they are shopping for a particular item? If that was the only thing a recent Ohio State survey found, it wouldn’t be news. But this particular research was looking at the impact of sales tax […]
There has been a lot of news recently about multi-level marketing companies. However, most of it has appeared in investment articles, not on the business pages. Billionaire hedge fund manager William Ackman has been waging a public battle against the huge MLM company Herbalife, claiming that it’s a pyramid scheme. Holding a short position on […]
For years we’ve seen legions of Japanese workers doing their morning exercises together at work. They’ve been far ahead of the US in workplace health and wellness awareness. Fortunately, it looks like we’re starting to get serious about wellness at work and I think it’s important that your small business keeps up with the trend. […]
According to a recent report from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, entrepreneurial activity is down overall for the second straight year. The only exception preventing this from being an “across-the-board” phenomenon is older Americans — Baby Boomers — who registered an uptick in their rate of startup creation. There are a variety of reasons older […]