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Guardian

It’s time to take politics out of the Small Business Administration

(This column originally appeared in The Guardian) Kelly Loeffler, the new administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), announced recently that the agency charged with supporting the businesses…

Gene MarksMarch 22, 2026

Guardian

AI could give us our lives back — if we don’t blow it

(This column originally appeared in The Guardian) The other day I pulled into the parking lot of a client’s offices and in the spot next to…

Gene MarksMarch 15, 2026

Entrepreneur

Why I Cancelled a Candidate’s Interview 15 Minutes Before It Started

(This column originally appeared in Entrepreneur) Key Takeaways A last-minute complication before a scheduled interview highlighted how candidates handle unexpected problems in real time. The situation…

Gene MarksMarch 11, 2026

Guardian

Even amid rising economic uncertainty, now is not the time to hug your job

After all the employee protests over the past few years — the “great resignations”, the “quiet quittings”, the “bare-minimum Mondays” and “coffee badgings” — we…

Gene MarksFebruary 15, 2026

The Hill

No one wants to admit the real reason corporations are laying off thousands

(This column originally appeared in The Hill) Everyone’s wringing their hands about the latest rounds of corporate layoffs. But no one is talking about the real…

Gene MarksFebruary 9, 2026

Guardian

Want job security in the age of AI? Get a state license — any state license

(This column originally appeared in The Guardian) When I was in college and didn’t know what to do with my life, my dad offered this career…

Gene MarksDecember 14, 2025

The Hill

All those corporate layoffs? Don’t blame AI.

(This column originally appeared in The Hill) Over the last few months, a number of well-known companies have announced layoffs of tens of thousands of workers. UPS said…

Gene MarksNovember 7, 2025

Guardian

Boomerang hires are highly valuable. Don’t insult them by paying them less

(This column originally appeared in The Guardian) Say you’re running a business and you bump into a favored former employee and find out she’s interested in…

Gene MarksOctober 5, 2025

Guardian

Alternative data suggest uneven inflation amid Trump’s numbers skepticism

(This column originally appeared in The Guardian) Donald Trump has a lot of questions about the official government statistics these days. And while his skepticism of bad…

Gene MarksSeptember 28, 2025

The Hill

All of these things are ‘killing’ small businesses — so why are they optimistic?

(This column originally appeared in The Hill) Wow, there are certainly a lot of things “killing” small businesses today, don’t you think? The Wall Street Journal says…

Gene MarksSeptember 25, 2025