How This Company Is Revolutionizing the Way Farmers Do Their Job

How This Company Is Revolutionizing the Way Farmers Do Their Job

Article by Jodi Helmer | Featured on Entrepreneur Image credit: Tom Mckenzie Growing up in rural Michigan, Jesse Vollmar watched as technology transformed the world around him, while life on the farm remained labor-intensive and…
Craft Beer

Millennials drive demand for craft beer, wine and spirits

Article by Janet Forgrieve | Featured on SmartBlogs Descriptions including “craft”, “small batch,” “custom,” “limited edition” and “artisan/artisanal” are more likely to influence the purchasing decisions of millennials…
Strategic Plan

7 Elements of a Strategic Plan

Article by Dan McCarthy | Featured on management.about.com A strategic plan is a document that establishes the direction of a company or work unit. It can be a single page or fill up a binder, depending on the size and complexity of the…
Citibank

Citibank will Pay $700 million for Illegal Credit Card Practices

Article by Vicki Needham | Featured on thehill.com | Image Credit: TungCheung / Shutterstock.com Citibank will pay $700 million to 8.8 million consumers for illegal credit card practices as part of a settlement with a federal government watchdog. The…
Technology Replacing Workers

The End of Work as We Know It

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PARIS – In 1983, the American economist and Nobel laureate Wassily Leontief made what was then a startling prediction. Machines, he said, are likely to replace human labor much in the same way that the tractor replaced the horse. Today, with…
US Employment Report June

US created 223,000 jobs in June vs. 230,000 expected; unemployment rate at 5.3%

Original Article by Jeff Cox on CNBC American companies kicked off the summer with modest growth in hiring, sending nonfarm payrolls up 223,000 in June, according to Labor Department numbers released Thursday. In addition to the…
4 Smart Things That Would Have Changed My Small Business Life

Dear Younger Me: 4 Smart Things That Would Have Changed My Small Business Life

Running a business was exciting at first. I felt the freedom of controlling my own destiny while working with my closest friends, daydreaming about the next big breakthrough and planning for the day that financial freedom would finally arrive. Unfortunately,…
Gravity Payments - Isler NW

This Entrepreneur Just Announced $70,000 Minimum Salaries for His Entire 120-Person Team

After receiving our Established Entrepreneur of 2014 award, Gravity Payments founder Dan Price has just announced yet another game-changing proposition. Over the next three years, the 30-year-old plans to raise the minimum salary for…
Why in the World Are Most Business Owners Happy With Their Accountants?

Why in the World Are Most Business Owners Happy With Their Accountants?

A survey this past week from Wasp Barcode--a client of mine who makes asset management systems (I am not being compensated to write this.)--caught my attention. Among other things, its biggest reveal was that 88 percent of the small business…
Apple's Health Tech Takes Early Lead Among Top Hospitals - Isler NW

Apple’s Healthcare Technology Takes Early Lead Among Top Hospitals

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Apple Inc's healthcare technology is spreading quickly among major U.S. hospitals, showing early promise as a way for doctors to monitor patients remotely and lower costs. Fourteen of 23 top hospitals contacted by Reuters said they have rolled…