(This column originally appeared in The Guardian) An employee shares a video of her “real time, emotional reaction” to being one of 2,200 people laid off from her…
Gene MarksAugust 10, 2025
If you’re running a business in Pennsylvania, one new state law and two pieces of pending legislation could impact you and your employees. Here’s what…
Gene MarksJuly 15, 2025
(This column originally appeared in the Washington Times) The big, beautiful tax and spending bill signed into law last week by President Trump has its pros…
Gene MarksJuly 9, 2025
(This column originally appeared in The Guardian) Small businesses in the US account for approximately half of the country’s jobs, so when small businesses are doing well,…
Gene MarksJune 22, 2025
(This column originally appeared in Forbes) One of my favorite AI stories this year is the reckoning of Swedish Buy-Now-Pay-Later platform Klarna. “Klarna’s AI assistant handles…
Gene MarksMay 30, 2025
(This column originally appeared in The Washington Times) Diversity, Equity and Inclusion has become much more complicated, hasn’t it? DEI was the big thing a…
Gene MarksMay 4, 2025
(This column originally appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer) There’s been a lot of speculating how President Donald Trump ‘s economic policies will impact the nation’s…
Gene MarksApril 15, 2025
(This column originally appeared in The Guardian) The Trump administration recently announced that it would be laying off approximately 6,700 workers at the Internal Revenue Service,…
Gene MarksMarch 2, 2025
(This column originally appeared in the Inquirer) Small business optimism is at a six-year high, according to a new report from the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB).…
Gene MarksJanuary 21, 2025