by David Kiger | Mar 16, 2015 | Women-owned Businesses
Balancing work and motherhood has been a hot topic in the news recently. First, working mom Katharine Zaleski wrote an open letter to “all the mothers [she] used to work with” apologizing to them for her attitude towards their work-life balance. A week later, telecom...
by David Kiger | Mar 9, 2015 | Business Insight
Optimism among small business owners is at its highest point in seven years, according to a recent poll by the Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index. Among the reasons for the spike: increases in revenue, hiring, cash flow and access to credit. Lisa Stevens, head of...
by David Kiger | Mar 2, 2015 | Business Insight
Being an entrepreneur usually requires wearing many hats, and the role that seems the scariest to a lot of people is sales. As a business owner, you need to make people think you’ve got what they need, and that requires putting yourself out there and being persistent....
by David Kiger | Feb 23, 2015 | Business Insight
The CBS show Undercover Boss, now in its sixth season, is an entertaining look at how different businesses operate and offers some insights for business owners. Each episode focuses on an executive of a different company who goes, you guessed it, undercover to take a...
by David Kiger | Feb 16, 2015 | Business Insight
For a lot of employees, meetings are just obligatory formalities they’ve learned to accept. Too many meetings are filled with more hot air blowing, thumb twiddling, clockwatching and daydreaming than anything else. That’s not just a harsh reality for the employees who...
