One of my favorite Despair Demotivator posters is titled “Mistakes”and it pictures a sinking ship with the tagline: It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others. It’s not a new idea. In one of the oldest books in the Bible, Deuteronomy, it says, “You will […]
Matchmaker. It’s one of the oldest businesses known to man-and-woman-kind and with the boom in all kinds of dating sites, it’s obviously a service that has been pulled into the Internet Age. But, even some of the best high tech business models that don’t have anything to do with pulling together the lovelorn are actually, […]
It’s not everyday that we get to mention Rihanna and Jerry Maguire in the same article; today is one of those days. But more important than learning about them, you’ll get insights into marketing, where our economy is headed and how to pilot your small business to the next level of success. Leadership, management and […]
By Cliff Ennico Slowly but surely, the courts and government regulators are taking the stand that there is no middle ground between “employees” and “independent contractors.” If you are directing and controlling a person’s activities while they are working for you, that person is an “employee.” You must withhold federal and state income taxes from […]
By Cliff Ennico It’s amazing to me how many significant new legal and tax developments take place during the summer months. Each year, while most of us are baking on a beach, walking through the woods or treating ourselves to truffles at a trattoria in Taormina, lawmakers and judges are quite busy making disruptive changes […]