Stress — it’s the leading cause of illness in the United States. And job stress is the major source of stress for the majority of American adults. Feeling out-of-control and overwhelmed can easily lead to a heart attack, hypertension and other serious illness. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) says stress is the number one […]
No one can understand the stress and frustration of building a business unless you’ve been there. Even your employees who work in the trenches with you daily can’t comprehend the amount of tension, concern, sometimes even fear you experience when it’s your tush that is on the line. Believe me I know! The high-level of […]
Since we’ve known for ages that a picture is worth a thousand words, it shouldn’t be any surprise that a picture beats out 140 characters. However, that’s not the only lesson we learned recently when Instagram users officially passed Twitter users on smartphones. A funny thing happened on Instagram’s way to smartphone supremacy over Twitter—business […]
Bartering is as old as commerce itself and today a variety of developments have brought renewed interest to this traditional practice. Challenging economic conditions combined with the ease of Internet-based exchanges have made bartering an attractive way of acquiring products and services, especially for newer small businesses. In its most simple form, a new health […]
So you want to go into business with someone. Good for you. Maybe your potential partner is a family member, long-time friend, investor or business associate. Whatever the relationship, the start of a partnership is much like the beginning of a romantic relationship. The parties are euphoric and it may seem as though nothing could […]