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Guardian

What could be better than unlimited paid vacation? Well, this …

(This post originally appeared on The Guardian) A recent study from Metropolitan Life about trends in US employee benefits revealed a very unsurprising fact: 72% of…

Gene MarksApril 2, 2019

Guardian

Republicans need more than tax cuts to woo small business

(This post originally appeared on The Guardian) Reducing taxes can certainly help a small business. But it’s becoming increasingly clear that a tax reduction is…

Gene MarksMarch 30, 2019

Inc

An IT Guy Gets Fired And Promptly Torches 23 Amazon Web Servers

(This post originally appeared on Inc) Thinking of terminating that under-performing or problematic employee? If you do, just make sure protect yourself...and your data. That…

Gene MarksMarch 30, 2019

Entrepreneur

How Did Ulysses S. Grant Make Life-and-Death Decisions? Very Quickly.

(This post originally appeared on Entrepreneur) In December, 1863, General Ulysses. S. Grant had many big decision to make as he made his plans for the…

Gene MarksMarch 29, 2019

The Hill

Universal health care would benefit my small business

(This post originally appeared on The Hill) Ask someone living in Canada, the U.K., Australia or any other country that has a universal, single-payer or…

Gene MarksMarch 27, 2019

Guardian

Business owners, hedge your March Madness bets: it’s costing you $13.3bn

(This post originally appeared on The Guardian) If you’re a business owner and putting some bets on your favorite college team during the NCAA tournament,…

Gene MarksMarch 26, 2019

client posts

Logistics Plays Larger Role in Business Success: What smart businesses are doing

By Gene Marks It's almost a miracle that I can ship a product from Philadelphia to Miami and it can get there safely, in one…

Gene MarksMarch 26, 2019

client posts

3 Technologies That Help Me Meet My Business Challenges

This post was sponsored by Brother. All opinions are my own. Running your own small business is rewarding, but as most entrepreneurs will tell you,…

Gene MarksMarch 25, 2019

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.