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Forbes

Your Website Was Built For Humans. Now It Needs To Work For AI Agents.

(This column originally appeared in Forbes) Within five years, your website’s most important visitor won’t be a person. It’ll be an AI agent. That was my…

Gene MarksJuly 21, 2026

Philly.com

Philadelphia offers forgivable $50,000 loans to help small businesses expand

(This column originally appeared in the Inquirer) Want $50K for your business, along with coaching and advice to help it grow? The City of Philadelphia has…

Gene MarksJuly 21, 2026

Guardian

Why a modest US interest rate rise won’t change much for most businesses

(This column originally appeared in The Guardian) With the appointment of a new Federal Reserve chair, the latest concern is that interest rates will go…

Gene MarksJuly 20, 2026

Forbes

Small Business Technology News Roundup: IBM Shares Crash, ChatGPT To Replace Wall Street Analysts

(This column originally appeared in Forbes) Let’s Recap: IBM shares collapse OpenAI says AI will replace workers Upwork says AI is reshaping freelancing Microsoft will let…

Gene MarksJuly 20, 2026

Philly.com

Selling your business? Consider these two strategies to defer or reduce your taxes

(This column originally appeared in the Inquirer) You’ve built up your business over years. Now it’s time to sell. You’ve found a buyer. You’ve negotiated a…

Gene MarksJuly 15, 2026

Forbes

Small Business Technology News Roundup: Microsoft Makes A Major AI U-Turn

(This column originally appeared in Forbes) Let’s Recap: Microsoft is giving more controls over AI back to humans AI actor Tilly Norwood lands a starring role…

Gene MarksJuly 12, 2026

The Hill

Remember, as midterm season heats up, politics and business just don’t mix

(This column originally appeared in The Hill) A Brooklyn coffee shop recently made global news, but not because of its great coffee. It was because the owner…

Gene MarksJuly 11, 2026

Forbes

AI & Franchises: 10 Great AI Applications And Technologies Every Franchise Operator Should Know

(This column originally appeared in Forbes) Franchise operators across the country face a myriad of challenges including finding and retaining good staff and squeezing profits in…

Gene MarksJuly 8, 2026

Philly.com

Main Street is doing better than the headlines suggest

(This column originally appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer) Wars. Inflation. Tariffs. Labor shortages. High interest rates. Political uncertainty. If you only read the headlines, you’d think…

Gene MarksJuly 7, 2026

Forbes

Small Business Tech News: Big Brands Rolling Out Robotics And Rolling Back AI

(This column originally appeared in Forbes) Let’s Recap: GM fired more than 1,000 worker and replaced them with robots. Some employers who replaced workers with Ai…

Gene MarksJuly 5, 2026

ONLINE AND IN PRINTA past columnist for both The New York Times and The Washington Post, Gene now writes regularly for The Hill, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Forbes, Inc. Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine and The Guardian.