By James Chittenden Everyone wants free money or loans, and owners of startups and small businesses have pursued imagined prizes of grants and easy loans for decades. In reality, free money to start a small business is very rare. However, the political environment is favorable for economic relief for small businesses and self-employed people.  The Read More

By James Chittenden There are many recruiting and job search sites that help connect employers with talent, and Indeed and ZipRecruiter are two leading sites. They both have a reputation for being easy to use, and for reaching a wide number of candidates. Indeed has a free plan and ZipRecruiter’s plan is a paid plan Read More

By James Chittenden Hiring employees is always a challenge, and a cash-strapped startup or small business needs help finding good talent. Recruiting software helps businesses by posting open positions to job boards while keeping track of applicants. There are several, and many wonder what the difference between them is. We will focus on ZipRecruiter, Glassdoor Read More

As you may have noticed, secure, well-paying employment is hard to find and keep. Coronavirus made job insecurity far worse, forcing millions to find a path from employment to business ownership. Perhaps you know the feeling of wanting to quit the 9-5 or fearing the 9-5 will quit you first. In 1990, America’s three largest Read More

“If you can get people to work for you for free, you must be really good.” Founders should expect to work for free, without a salary, for an indefinite period of time, for something that has an 80 percent chance of failure. That is why most people won’t do it. Sure, some solopreneur founders will Read More

From OneClickAdvisor to you. Stay safe, comply with instructions from authorities and experts, keep your hands clean, and prepare for the inevitable recovery. It remains to be seen whether or not our worst fears about coronavirus come true. Or if the unprecedented measures in place slows the spread of the virus to a point where Read More

By James Chittenden Crazy ideas in the hands of imaginative people who know how to get things done can change the world. The biography of this once obscure government employee offers a road map to make yourself and your descendants wealthy and to make history. Yes, a side hustle can become a new industry. “Any Read More

“You can make your life whatever you want it to be” — Wally Amos Wally Amos isn’t the sort of entrepreneurial hero you are used to. He’s more like the rest of us. He didn’t start a tech empire from a dorm room at Harvard. He has little formal education, much less an MBA. His Read More

“Improvise, adapt and overcome”is a line from the 1986 film Heartbreak Ridge, starring Clint Eastwood. In a bad economy, all a business needs to do is to improvise, adapt, and overcome. In other words, get creative and find ways around, under, over, or through barriers. Find the keys to success in a bad economy where Read More

By James Chittenden If you just lost a corporate job, or are about to, we are sorry for your misfortune. If this has been your career and you knew little else, this is a tough time. It is even worse if you have a family, and people depending on you. You are feeling pressure, rejection, Read More