Almost 30 percent of the small business owners surveyed in the last NFIB Small Business Economic Trends Report said they had at least one job opening they hadn’t been able to fill. That was one of the highest numbers reported in the last 40 years. If you count yourself among those looking to hire, you […]
Occupational health and safety: There’s an app for that – and there’s also a month for that! Every spring we tip our caps to National Occupational Safety Month, so it’s a good time to revisit what you are doing to help protect the safety and health of your employees. Not only is protecting your employees from […]
Small business owners are blessed by legions of customers and clients who pay their bills on time without ever having to be reminded. However, sometimes that’s not the case so you need to be ready to deal with people who are ignoring their financial responsibility to you. And because the majority of our customers are […]
Can you picture your business without any bosses or formal management hierarchy? Can you picture buying your next pair of shoes from an online company with no bosses or formal management hierarchy? While the first question I posed may be entirely rhetorical, it seems many will be answering “yes” to the second question: Zappos has […]
As you have probably noticed, we’re heading into a presidential election cycle and that means we’ll be getting about 72X the news stories out of New Hampshire than we normally receive. One of the things I like best about this season, is when candidates and reporters head into New Hampshire’s local coffee shops to talk […]