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Finally! Congress took its time, and President Trump held it up, but a new stimulus package has finally been signed into law. Fortunately, it contains some help for small business owners and the self-employed. Below are details of small business provisions of the new stimulus package and as importantly: What you should do immediately to …
What’s in the Stimulus Package for Your Small Business?Read More
Only a handful of days remain before Christmas, and you still have lots of gifts to buy. Wait! Step away from your computer. Don’t click on that massive online retailer. If you’re a small business owner, or you just want to help save your community, there’s still time to get great gifts at reasonable prices …
Whether you’ve been in business 10 days, 10 months, or 10 years, it’s time for a “make-over” for your small business. If you’re going to survive and thrive in the Covid-dominated economy, it’s time to think of your small business as a startup. Remember what it was like? You had an idea, a dream. You …
Bye, bye Black Friday—hello “#BuyBlack Friday.” There’s a new holiday shopping tradition, and I’m encouraging everyone to join in. Let’s spend some of our holiday dollars at black-owned businesses, especially on the Friday after Thanksgiving, November 27. Eleven years ago, when Small Business Saturday launched, it raised the visibility of small businesses during the all-important …
A New Small Business Holiday Tradition – #BuyBlack FridayRead More
If you’re a small business owner, how do you launch a new product in a Covid-dominated world? A world where most customers are sitting behind their screens instead of going into stores? That’s the challenge I’m facing right now, as I and my team launch our newest book, The Sh*t’s Hit the Fan: Now What?! …
For most small businesses, the number one issue is always “How do I make more sales?” With so many customers now turning to online shopping, that’s tougher than it used to be. If you aren’t selling digitally in your small business, what can you do to start—easily and cheaply—making online sales? I want to share …
I’ve been a small business owner and small business advocate for over 25 years. In all that time, I’ve never publicly endorsed a candidate for President, until now. In this election, I urge you to vote for Joe Biden for President. Even if you’ve never voted for a Democrat before. Hundreds of thousands—perhaps millions—of small …
President Donald Trump not only ignored the needs of small business, his Administration actively made things worse for those of us who own small businesses. There were times when it seemed as if senior members of his Administration were actually antagonistic to small businesses. Of course, Trump’s biggest failure was his refusal to develop a …
How Trump and His Administration Failed Small BusinessRead More
“What would you have done differently?” That’s the reasonable question a reader asked me after I outlined the many ways Trump had let the nation—and small businesses—down in his bungled response to the coronavirus. So let me respond… First, let me say that no one would have handled this perfectly—it was after all a novel …
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