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The Hill

Why I don’t care if my employees get vaccinated (but think they should)

(This article originally appeared on The Hill) A recent study by Reimagine Main Street, a nonprofit that supports small businesses, is encouraging their community of business…

Gene MarksApril 8, 2021

Guardian

The evidence is in: working from home is a failed experiment

(This article originally appeared in The Guardian) I have a client who runs a business that was not considered to be “essential” and therefore had…

Gene MarksApril 8, 2021

Podcasts

How Goldman Sachs is Educating Small Businesses with Their “10,000 Small Businesses” Progra‪m‬

Goldman Sachs saw the large impact that the small business community has on the U.S. economy and on our communities, and decided to launch…

Gene MarksApril 6, 2021

Podcasts

Mental Health in the Workplace

Over the past few years, there has been a significant shift in the way that small business owners approach the mental health of their employees.…

Gene MarksApril 6, 2021

Philly.com

Feds set aside $29 billion to help restaurants, bars — even food trucks. Chains can’t apply.

(This article originally appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer) Few business sectors have been pummeled as hard as the restaurant trade by the pandemic. Now, some…

Gene MarksApril 6, 2021

Forbes

On CRM: Whatever Happened To LinkedIn’s Integration With Microsoft Dynamics?

(This article originally appeared in Forbes) When Microsoft first purchased the professional social media site LinkedIn back in 2016 I remember the excitement amongst my…

Gene MarksApril 5, 2021

Forbes

The Best Apple MacBook Pro Alternatives For 2021 …And Other Small Business Tech News

(This article originally appeared in Forbes) Here are five things in technology that happened this past week and how they affect your business. Did you…

Gene MarksApril 4, 2021

Guardian

The robots are coming to small businesses – and for business owners

(This article originally appeared in The Guardian) We read a lot about the “typical” small business owner. The store owner on Main Street. The talented…

Gene MarksApril 1, 2021

Washington Times

Six ways small businesses can stay ahead of the Biden tax increases

(This article originally appeared in the Washington Times) If there’s one thing you can say about Joe Biden is that, when it comes to tax…

Gene MarksApril 1, 2021

Podcasts

How Social Media and Networking Helped the Box of Oddities Podcast Reach 10 Million Download‪s‬

What started out as a “side job” for Kat and Jethro Gilligan Toth, quickly turned into a focus for both. Their “Box of Oddities” podcast,…

Gene MarksMarch 31, 2021

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.