Entrepreneurs and business leaders often have such traits as being motivated, creative, visionary, and highly driven. While those qualities are great and necessary in the business world, they can also be dangerous. This is because entrepreneurs are often so driven that they want to do everything on their own. It’s important for them to remember that they can help their business … [More]
Entrepreneurs: Failure Happens, But Don’t Let It Stop You!
New businesses fail by the thousands. They open to great fanfare in a strip shopping center, on a downtown street corner, or perhaps in someone’s garage. Then quietly they vanish, victim to a weak economy, poor planning, limited resources or simply because the entrepreneur’s vision was a bad idea right from the get-go. Yet, despite the potential woes involved in launching … [More]
Help for the Horrible Hybrid Meeting: Five Ailments and Remedies
Some people are in the office, some are home, others are on the road, and they’re all part of the same meeting. Who is looking forward to this hybrid get-together? Nobody, absolutely no one. What makes these blended meetings so bad? A lot of the same factors that cause in-person confabs to go south plus some new complications brought to us courtesy of the virtual world. What … [More]
Can Gig Apps Help Reduce Labor Shortages?
The pandemic devastated businesses in all industries last year, leaving many unemployed. In fact, at the height of the pandemic more than 1.6 million Arizonans were collecting unemployment in June 2020. Now more than a year later, many businesses are fully open but are struggling to hire new employees despite companies offering incentives like sign-on bonuses and improved pay. … [More]
Is Your Company In Culture Shock? How Leaders Can Practice What They Preach
As many workers flee their current jobs, burnout and lack of growth opportunities are being cited as two of the biggest reasons. These changing work dynamics and employee perspectives, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, are highlighting the importance of having a strong work culture that’s sustainable, says David Friedman, author of Culture by Design: How to Build a … [More]
Counterfeit Money: How to Spot Fake Bills
When retailers accept fake bills, they bear the entire burden of the loss. And although money printing techniques are improving, the bad bills can be detected. Here’s how to spot counterfeit money and protect your business from related losses. Unfortunately for businesses, not all counterfeit bills are found and seized before getting into distribution. And when a business … [More]
Putting Business Superpowers to Use in Times of Need
Airbnb saw an opportunity to render support when turmoil spread across Afghanistan as the U.S. announced withdrawal of military forces. The company offered to temporarily house as many as 20,000 Afghan refugees globally, with Airbnb’s chief executive expressing hope that others would be inspired to follow the company’s lead. The move was just one example of how many … [More]
EN NEGOCIOS: 3 áreas clave que la nueva ley de infraestructura ayudará a las pequeñas empresas
Se está generando entusiasmo en torno al nuevo acuerdo de infraestructura bipartidista que se aprobó en el Senado de los EE. UU. el 10 de agosto de 2021, también conocido como la Ley de Empleos de Inversión en Infraestructura, como parte del plan “Reconstruir mejor” del presidente Biden. Este proyecto de ley asignaría $1.2 billones en nuevos gastos para carreteras, puentes, … [More]
3 Key Areas the New Infrastructure Bill Will Help Small Businesses
Excitement is building around the new bipartisan infrastructure deal that was passed in the U.S. Senate on August 10, 2021, also known as the Infrastructure Investment Jobs Act, as part of President Biden’s “Build Back Better” plan. This bill would allocate $1.2 trillion in new spending for roads, bridges, public transportation, electric vehicle charging stations, broadband … [More]
It’s an Employee’s Market, Here’s How to Keep Them
Have employees ever had this much leverage? Employers are struggling to fill jobs in the wake of “The Great Resignation.” There were a record number of U.S. job openings in June – over 10 million – as nearly four million Americans quit in that month alone, reflecting confidence they can find better positions and places to work. Many employers are having to compete for … [More]












