Features


What AI Means to Small Businesses

If you keep abreast of the news on a regular basis, it's rare to go even one day without hearing about the spread of artificial intelligence. From customer service to cybersecurity to inventory Read More...

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Author: Terri Williams

Jumping Off the Corporate Ladder to Fulfill a Dream

As a young girl growing up in Valley Stream, New York, Lori Thomson dreamed of someday opening her own business. "I always wanted to build something for myself," she says. "Although at the time I Read More...

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Author: Nancy Collamer

Giving a Lift to Those in Need

Like millions of Americans, Steve Powell was a caregiver for his aging parents. "My mother and father both had a chronic falling problem," the former tech worker said in a phone interview. "It got to Read More...

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Author: Erin Jay

Should Gas Stations Become Charging Stations?

Jon Polonsky (in photo above) is CEO of Plaid Pantry, a chain of gas station/convenience stores in the Pacific Northwest.  My wife and I bought our first fully electric vehicle, a used, Read More...

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Author: John Wasik

Cashless Businesses Make Change

Companies that went cashless in the past few years, whether to increase the speed of transactions or reduce the theft of cash, are experiencing some whiplash. Take salad chain Sweetgreen, which Read More...

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Author: Hanna Horvath

Mid-Career Plot Twist: Opening a Bookstore

  Across the whole of America they come: the lawyers and financiers, marketers and architects, librarians (of course) and writers and teachers. In a second — or even third — career, they are Read More...

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Author: Ellen Ryan

Unexpected Career Pivots Can Lead to Job Satisfaction

Rick Bulan was watching television in 1994 when he saw something he wanted: A 1,000-pound, 12.5-foot-long piece of deteriorating handrail removed from the iconic Golden Gate Bridge a year earlier. "I Read More...

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Author: Patricia Corrigan

How to Turn a Hobby Into a Business

Courtney Burton has spent most of her career in the retail industry. She was a merchant for several major companies, including Target, CVS, Albertson's and Lane Bryant. For the last 11 years of her Read More...

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Author: Chris Farrell

A Sweet Dream Comes True

Maureen and Jim Elitzak are known around Scottsdale, Arizona, for their exquisite bonbons, bars, brownies and caramels, which can be found at Zak's Chocolate , the shiny shop where they make Read More...

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Author: Ellen Ryan

How to Handle the Stress of Entrepreneurship

Many older Americans dream about working for themselves. Yet new business owners often find entrepreneurship stressful, especially during the lean start-up years. Fortunately, experts say that while Read More...

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Author: Nancy Collamer