(This column originally appeared in The Hill) There’s an ongoing labor shortage, which makes it very difficult for small businesses to find and retain talented workers. So won’t President-elect…
Gene MarksDecember 19, 2024
(This column originally appeared in Forbes) Surveys are touting the “high adoption rates” of AI in small businesses. But this is just hype. Most of my…
Gene MarksNovember 14, 2024
(This column originally appeared in Entrepreneur) Donald Trump will be the country’s 47th president in January. He comes with a lot of baggage, and there are many reasons…
Gene MarksNovember 12, 2024
(This column originally appeared in The Hill) In South Africa’s first free elections in 1994 after apartheid ended, millions of black people perished in bombings in order to…
Gene MarksNovember 1, 2024
(This column originally appeared in The Guardian) Excuse my ignorance, but I thought etiquette guides had gone the same way as spats and suspenders. An anachronistic…
Gene MarksOctober 20, 2024
(This column originally appeared in the Inquirer) Lawsuits filed against small businesses that are accused of violating the Americans With Disabilities Act or ADA are growing in number.…
Gene MarksOctober 8, 2024
(This column originally appeared in the Inquirer) In the past few months big companies like Amazon, Starbucks, Dell, Walmart and JP Morgan Chase have started requiring their employees to come back to…
Gene MarksOctober 1, 2024
(This column originally appeared in The Guardian) A mysterious person leaving miniature ducks around the office. An employee who eats the food at a potluck lunch…
Gene MarksAugust 4, 2024
(This column originally appeared in Entrepreneur) If you ever want to watch a single minute of a television show that succinctly demonstrates the differences between today’s…
Gene MarksJuly 12, 2024