Mom and pop shops are a big part of our American culture. It’s the picture many of us conjure up when we visualize main street America– very Normal Rockwell. But today technology has dramatically changed the small business landscape to the point where you might think the family-owned business — the corner grocery store so […]
The state of the small business economy might be a bit ghoulish this season, but not when it comes to Halloween sales. Consumers are spending in a big way on Halloween costumes. According to the National Retail Federation’s Halloween Consumer Spending Survey more than two-thirds (67.4%) of celebrants will buy Halloween costumes for the holiday. […]
Many of us are familiar with Rick Harrison from the hit reality TV show Pawn Stars and for years we’ve listened to him gripe about the amount of work he’s able to squeeze out of his son Corey and his employee ChumLee. But on his recent Fox & Friends visit, it was the Affordable Care […]
My parents were in business for themselves and they wanted nothing more than for me to go to college, get a good job with a big company, and work there until I retired with a gold watch and a nice pension. While I tried to live the life they envisioned for me, two forces came […]
Are you planning for a mild winter, or a long, cold and snowy one? Before we get into the details of what I want to share with you, I’d like to ask one more question: What do you think is the most important word in my first question? If you think it’s one of the […]