This week, we learned that Baby Boomers are farther away from retirement than they ever were. Maybe not as a whole, but to cast a blanket over everyone in this generation would be a mistake. In fact, a big mistake, based on the results of two recent surveys. We’re learning that many Baby Boomers have […]
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Another report surfaced this week. It suggests employees these days are more into working to find some kind of happiness rather than wealth. Well, at least happiness is first on the list. These surveys don’t suggest employees want to work for peanuts. But new data from Wrike this week suggests that more than half —
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The car buying season is heating up right along with the weather across the United States. And it’s not just car buying. It’s car and truck accessorizing. And it’s off-road vehicle season and marine vehicle season, too. Attached to these vehicles are tens of thousands of small business owners. They’re service shops, parts stores, and
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We’d be remiss if we let National Small Business Week go without mentioning the event’s champions, as it were. Small Business Trends was able to catch up with the duo the U.S. Small Business Administration named the 2019 National Small Business Persons of the Year. They’re Jennifer and Jeffrey Herbert. They own Superstition Meadery, a
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Another National Small Business Week comes to a close but not without another mention of it here in our weekly small business news roundup. In case you missed it, National Small Business Week started as it has since the 1960s, with a Presidential Proclamation. And this year was no different as President Donald Trump spirited
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If a customer walks through your door, you’ve likely told yourself or your employees — put on your happy face. Well, we learned this week, you need to start saying — put on your happier face. A new consumer survey found customers expect small businesses like yours to be friendlier than the big box store
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You’ll find hundreds — probably thousands — of social networks on the internet now. And those sites have something for everyone’s niche. But we always hear about the big players in the game. As a small business owner, you probably need to know more. You’ve become aware of the heavy weights, of course. These
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If you have virtual employees or even people who work remotely just some of the time, you’ll want to hear this. A new survey of those people this week revealed many of them feel left out of the workplace. The report comes from the company Igloo. It found 70% of remote workers feel left out
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Can you believe some small businesses in the U.S. still haven’t fully recovered from the government shutdown? Well, a new survey finds that 40% of companies who were impacted by the shutdown STILL struggle. And the survey comes from BizBuySell, which tracks sales and purchases of small businesses. Months have passed since the shutdown ended.
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Two years into the Trump Administration the economy is strong, and that’s good for business. With two more years to go, how can we expect this administration’s policies to work even more for small businesses? Brian Blase, Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, National Economic Council, gives us some answers. What is the Trump
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