Images of rioting, looting and vandalism of businesses makes most of us angry. As you are no doubt aware, riots, vandalism and looting are a hazard that can strike any business without warning. Businesses in urban areas are especially vulnerable. These hazards can damage buildings, personal and business property, and can be personally dangerous to 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

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

If the coronavirus affects you, family, friends or employees, there is nothing more important than recovery. Coronavirus has halted social activity and commerce around the globe, fast. It is time to plan for the possibility that social activity and commerce will resume fast. Why? In China, coronavirus patients are recovering and resuming their lives. Temporary Read More

If you have a great boss and a satisfying, well-paying job that is 100 percent secure, stop reading now. Oh, you’re still here? Even if the above is true, your great boss could be replaced by a bad one at any time. Bad bosses are a major cause of employer turnover. According to a Gallup Read More

How does it feel when a good situation rapidly turns uncertain? You may have had a steady paycheck, contract, or supply chain with a large “reliable” company, institution or government. After watching large gatherings, contracts and jobs vanish on short notice due to coronavirus, you are unlikely to ever take these things for granted again. Read More

Although we may not have met, you have our sympathies for loss of your job. It’s a shock and leaves you with a great deal of uncertainty and loss. It’s depressing. It sucks. But in the long term, the news is good. Life goes on. If your job caused dread and anxiety, that’s gone. If Read More

No doubt, this strange virus is causing a panic around the world. At a death rate of 2.5 percent, but with 82 percent of cases classified as “mild”, needing no medical intervention,  the actual number of deaths is low relative to active cases. However, airlines, governments, and millions of people are treating the coronavirus with Read More

According to often published statistics, more than 80 percent of small businesses fail. On the surface, this is lamentable and common scapegoats for small business failure are often “the economy” or “systemic disadvantages for small businesses” or “lack of access to capital”. However, the causes for business failure are quite often preventable through sound practices, Read More