December should be a happy time for small business owners. Your cash registers should be full or you should be enjoying holiday parties. But to borrow a phrase, December, 2017 is going to be small business’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad month. This month, a number of decisions will be made or considered with …
20 Interview Questions to Never Ask
You’ve got a job opening in your small business you need filled immediately. You wrote a great ‘help wanted’ ad which you posted online and in your local newspaper. You’ve received a pile of resumes and some applicants seem promising. You’re ready to start interviewing. Hold on, there. Before you ask the very first question, …
Sex, Money and Entrepreneurs
If Steve Jobs had been Stephanie Jobs, would anyone have ever heard of her? That’s the type of question the sex discrimination case involving one of the most prestigious venture capital firms in the world has sparked here in Silicon Valley, where I live. The case has brought renewed attention to the glaring lack of …
