(This column originally appeared in The Hill) I love living in Philadelphia. But when people ask me if there’s any other place in the U.S.…
Gene MarksOctober 7, 2024
(This column originally appeared in The Guardian) Some 91% of the 1,290 business owners recently surveyed by the employee scheduling software maker Homebase said that they were happy…
Gene MarksJuly 14, 2024
(This column originally appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer) Twenty “historically disadvantaged” Philly businesses will be chosen to receive $50,000 zero-interest forgivable loans to help them…
Gene MarksJuly 9, 2024
(This column originally appeared in The Inquirer) Black residents make up approximately 43% of Philadelphia’s population yet only own about 6% of the city’s…
Gene MarksSeptember 19, 2023
(This column originally appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer) Millions in federal funding is earmarked for Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware to help small businesses. But…
Gene MarksMarch 28, 2023
(This post originally appeared on Philly.com) Despite its many problems rolling out, the Paycheck Protection Program has already delivered billions of (more…)
Gene MarksMay 5, 2020
(This post originally appeared on The Guardian) According to the Small Business Administration, more than 1.6m businesses received funding under the (more…)
Gene MarksMay 4, 2020
(This post originally appeared on Philly.com) We all know that the rollout of the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (more…)
Gene MarksApril 29, 2020
(This post originally appeared on Entrepreneur) Malcolm X, the masterpiece biographical film about the African-American activist -- which in my opinion) should've won the Academy Award…
Gene MarksMarch 2, 2019