Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchInflation, Jobs, and Confidence Create Mixed Economic Message, AI Training Expands
Season 6 Episode 58
Employers are holding on to their workforce and working them longer hours, according to the Paychex Small Business Employment Watch data from Septemb…
9 hours ago
Laundromats, Private Equity, and Seller Financing: Inside Today’s Business Sales Market
Season 6 Episode 57
Buying or selling a business takes more than finding the right match. It takes good timing, realistic expectations, and a clear read on the market. H…
2 days, 9 hours ago
Rates Reshape Housing Market, the Retirement Gap, AI Botches Financial Tests
Season 6 Episode 56
With mortgage rates surpassing 7%, it’s created a ripple effect within the housing market for buyers, sellers, and even the industries that are direc…
1 week ago
Unemployment Is Down, Proposed Bills to Help SMBs, AI Not Leading to Mass Layoffs
Season 6 Episode 55
Unemployment claims have dropped to their lowest level since mid-July, which is a good indicator that layoffs aren’t imminent. Host Gene Marks talks …
2 weeks ago
How Data, Adoption, and Agentic Tools Deliver Business Value — with HubSpot’s Angie O’Dowd
Season 6 Episode 54
Gene Marks talks with Angie O’Dowd, Global VP of Partner Ecosystem at HubSpot, about how HubSpot has evolved into a full CRM and “agentic customer pl…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Managing Annual Compensation, Your Retiring Employees, and Underuse of AI Tools
Season 6 Episode 53
A Korn Ferry survey found that at least half of employers expect to provide raises at least equal to the rate of inflation (3%). Host Gene Marks advi…
3 weeks ago
Labor Market Tightens, Gen Z Avoids Managing, Open AI Launches Astra
Season 6 Episode 52
Data from the Paychex Small Business Employment Watch and the federal government show weekly hours worked increasing and job openings maintaining. Ho…
4 weeks ago
Can Small Businesses Win at Search in 2026? Moz's Tom Capper Explains How
Season 6 Episode 51
Search engine optimization, or SEO, has changed more in the last two years than the previous ten, and small businesses are feeling it. Gene Marks sit…
1 month ago
SBA Redefining ‘Small’, U.S.-Canada Trade Dispute Widens, AI Sticker Shock
Season 6 Episode 50
As if small businesses didn’t have enough daily challenges, now the federal agency that’s supposed to have their back is redefining what it is to be …
1 month ago
Impact of $40T in U.S. Debt, Tips to Avoid Scammers, Get AI Workplace Training
Season 6 Episode 49
The amount of U.S. debt has reached the unfathomable, and at $40-trillion-plus, federal government is left with little choice but to print money. Hos…
1 month, 1 week ago