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The Problem: It’s a Battle of the Ages
In marketing and in business, age is often seen as a negative. If you get too old, you need to retire. If you are too young, you don’t have experience. Millennials are addicted to social media and Baby Boomers are addicted to the “good old days”. In the job m Read More

I was writing in my office one day and was totally stumped for ideas. Really, really stumped. But I’m a stubborn guy when it comes to writing and decided that, darn it, my brain owed me one more cartoon!
So I played a game I use sometimes where I just look around the office, pick two things, and p Read More

Over the past decade, the global marketplace has undergone a substantial shift. No longer are businesses limited by geographical borders or location, but more by the amount of creativity they can marshal and their willingness to adapt to new technologies.
In particular, entrepreneurs and business Read More

The importance of being fresh, focused and formidable is undeniable in life and business.
Building personal relationships and connections, tribes and communities is a fact of professional life, both in person and online. We have these two amazingly diverse and complementary worlds that we live, wo Read More

If your small business has a presence on Facebook, and it certainly ought to, you should know about a pending policy change set for this week.
On April 30, Facebook will no longer allow third-party apps to export your data — including your Facebook contacts, profile photos and messages — into othe Read More

Before launching a business, entrepreneurs often hone their skills and gather life experience that can help make their businesses successful. Those experiences can come from school, working for others, or some more unconventional sources. For Jeff Ma, many of the lessons he learned that helped him Read More

The October deadline created by Visa and Mastercard is looming for small businesses to accept EMV chip card payments or face fraud liability. But you may not have to navigate these unknown waters alone. First Data has announced an expanded agreement with Sam’s Club to improve its merchant services Read More

Blending in-person and online networking and building active, engaged and loyal communities are key factors in today’s small business success.
We should have an online presence but we cannot hide behind our websites, blogs, or social media platforms. People want to know, like, and trust who they a Read More

In emerging marijuana businesses both the opportunities and the risks are, pardon the pun, high. The same could be said for the industry’s startup potential.
And even though traditional banks are not getting behind the industry just yet, there are investors in the marijuana industry. But even if y Read More

RebelMouse, a content management system designed to enable startups, media sites and brands to expand their online presence across social media, is in growth mode.
The company has raised $6 million from previous investors Softbank Capital and Oak Investment Partners, with Buddy Media’s Mike Lazero Read More