business management Archives

Forbes

Small Businesses Adopting AI? Don’t Believe It.

(This column originally appeared in Forbes) A new report from Goldman Sachs caught my eye. The survey, as reported in Fox News, found that about 68 percent…

Gene MarksSeptember 1, 2025

Guardian

Why are 91% of small business owners so darned happy?

(This column originally appeared in The Guardian) Some 91% of the 1,290 business owners recently surveyed by the employee scheduling software maker Homebase said that they were happy…

Gene MarksJuly 14, 2024

Philly.com

A program geared toward Latino business owners proves entrepreneurship is not a ‘do-it-yourself project’

(This column originally appeared in The Inquirer) There are approximately 12,000 Latino-owned businesses in Philadelphia and as many as 23,000 in the region. The…

Gene MarksNovember 9, 2023

Guardian

Yes, bankruptcies are on the rise in the US – but there’s no need to panic

(This column originally appeared in The Guardian) It should come as no surprise that commercial bankruptcy filings are up but the bigger picture tells a…

Gene MarksSeptember 17, 2023