Tag: Legal

March 3, 2021

Anxiety is difficult enough to deal with on its own. When you add in managing a heavy workload or interviewing for a new job, it can become debilitating. Working With Anxiety 101 You cannot be fired for having severe or […]

March 2, 2021

A fellow business owner said to me recently, “I need somebody to drag the IP (intellectual property) out of me.” We were talking about thought leadership, intellectual property, and the problem so many of us have making the time and […]

February 26, 2021

Earlier this week, President Joe Biden put in place new rules for the Paycheck Protection Program that gives exclusive access to these PPP loans to the smallest of small businesses in America. Starting on Wednesday, companies with less than 20 […]

February 4, 2021

The effects of the pandemic have been devastating for thousands of companies across the country, but alongside their financial problems there have been various legal complications. One of them was the increase in requests for bankruptcies or possible bankruptcies, given […]

January 14, 2021

What’s the most important investment you can make in your brand? Hint, it’s not marketing, packaging, sales, or even your team. Give up? The most important investment you can make is in yourself. The single most critical contributing factor to […]

January 14, 2021

We did it! We made it through 2020. Congrats to everyone for overcoming one of the most challenging years. We’re optimistic 2021 will be filled with positivity and growth for your business and the world. A new year brings new […]

January 13, 2021

As we jump into the new year – and more people jump into freelancing – there are a lot of questions. One big one: should freelancers charge late fees? I’ve been freelancing for half a decade now, and have struggled […]

January 7, 2021

With the spread of Covid-19 (novel coronavirus) throughout 2020, this year became a difficult year for business worldwide. Forced quarantine saw people staying home as frequently as possible. This translated into many non-essential businesses being forced to either severely limit […]

January 6, 2021

U.S. intelligence agencies and the FBI said a major hack of the federal government and some corporations was likely undertaken by Russia — contradicting President Donald Trump’s efforts to suggest China might be responsible — and “will require a sustained […]

January 5, 2021

The country with the longest history of negative central bank rates is offering homeowners 20-year loans at a fixed interest rate of zero. Customers at the Danish home-finance unit of Nordea Bank Abp can, as of Tuesday, get the mortgages, […]

December 21, 2020

Assets managed with environmental, social and governance considerations continue to surge. And while still largely driven by institutional investors, the retail side is growing dramatically. In fact, money managers who use ESG factors in their investment analysis say climate change […]

December 21, 2020

One industry after another saw activity grind to a near halt in March as the pandemic broke out in the United States. Retailers contended with stores closed for weeks and shoppers too shellshocked to spend on anything but essentials; energy […]

December 21, 2020

Investment management has seen major digital transformation in the past decade. That transformation has disrupted the way investors and wealth managers interact, as well as the very business model of investment management companies. In order to compete in today’s digital […]

December 18, 2020

A healthier bottom line is what every company strives for, and maintaining an active focus and strategy on managing financial debt is a critical factor in reaching that goal. As I counsel my clients, “debt” need not be a dirty […]

December 18, 2020

Most business leaders and Marketing and Sales professionals today understand the impact that peer reviews and stories make on the customer bying journey, including the B2B purchase journey. This trend has certainly added more twists and turns to the buying […]

December 17, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed the business landscape, with some businesses thriving as a result (e.g., Amazon, Walmart and Zoom) and others seeking bankruptcy protection (e.g., Neiman Marcus, Hertz and J. Crew). Many businesses – particularly in industries like […]

December 17, 2020

Texas and nine other states sued Google on Wednesday, accusing it of working with Facebook in an unlawful manner that violated antitrust law to boost its already-dominant online advertising business. The states asked that the Alphabet-owned company, which controls a […]

December 14, 2020

If today’s shoppers don’t see many (or any) reviews on an Amazon product, they might be less inclined to trust it — but what if your product just launched? Here’s how to encourage Amazon sales for your new product, even […]

December 10, 2020

The Federal Trade Commission and 46 state attorneys general are calling on the court to potentially break up Facebook over claims the company has an illegal monopoly over the social networking industry. On Wednesday, the FTC and a coalition of […]

December 8, 2020

In December 2016, Fortune and our then-sister publication, Time, took 100 CEOs from the world’s largest companies to Rome, to deliberate on things the private sector could do to address global social problems. The event culminated in an inspiring meeting […]