There are always three June events that keep Americans entertained: The Stanley Cup series, the NBA championship playoffs, and the release of Supreme Court decisions. This year the decision in King v. Burwell, with its potentially profound effect on the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is giving the NHL and NBA a run for their money […]
The most experienced group of small business owners working today are the Baby Boomers and in Bank of America’s spring 2015 Small Business Owner Report, 71 percent said that the relationships they have developed with their customer base has given them repeat business. That’s not a surprise, although Millennials and Gen-Xers aren’t so sure. They attribute […]
On the bus. To the 1960’s “Love Generation,” the phrase referred to Ken Kesey’s infamous drug-addled cross-country trip with the self-proclaimed Merry Pranksters. Today anyone using the phrase is more likely referring to the StartupBus which takes groups of entrepreneurs, software developers, and designers on a once-a-year journey of designing products and business models. The […]
This post brought to you by MetLife. The content and opinions expressed below are that of Susan Solovic. I’ve been chronicling the ups and downs of small business optimism for many months and sometimes it resembles one of those championship prize fights where the spunky challenger refuses to be beaten by the champ: He’s […]
Whenever it looks like we’re in an economic downturn, a handful of optimistic and hard-working small business owners and entrepreneurs charge ahead behind the rallying cry: I refuse to participate in a recession! We aren’t currently in a recession, but according to the most reliable economic indicators, we aren’t in a boom cycle either. However, […]