Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPositive Jobs Data, Blue-Collar Millennials, AI Deployment Gets Assist
Season 6 Episode 38
Multiple sources show job growth trending upward, including the Paychex Small Business Employment Watch that showed a fourth consecutive month of imp…
7 hours ago
Spending and Inflation, Procurement Expenses, Impatience with AI Service Bots
Season 6 Episode 37
Americans seem undeterred by inflation hovering at 3.4%, as the personal consumption expenditures index rose 0.7% in May and is up 4.1% year over yea…
1 week ago
Celebrity Interior Designer Nate Berkus: Hiring, Hard Clients, and Knowing What You’re Bad At
Season 6 Episode 36
At 24, Nate Berkus launched an interior design firm with no business plan and a whole lot of nerve. Thirty years later? Offices in three cities, 50 e…
1 week, 2 days ago
Business Applications Up 3.7%, Cascading Healthcare Costs, AI Resource Credits
Season 6 Episode 35
Entrepreneurs continue to make a go of it despite current economic uncertainty, with business applications increasing 3.7% in May. Host Gene Marks sa…
2 weeks ago
Appeals Could Hurt Refunds, Policies Limiting Contractors, AI and ROI
Season 6 Episode 34
Businesses that got in on the front end of requesting refunds for illegal tariffs are better off than those applying now. Why? As host Gene Marks exp…
3 weeks ago
Scoring New Fans for Your Business During the World Cup
Season 6 Episode 33
Every town has its big moment. A global tournament, a hometown festival, a parade that fills the streets. The question is whether your business is re…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
Positive Jobs Data from Paychex, JOLTS Hints at Divide, State AI Laws Are Key
Season 6 Episode 32
How’s the labor market? Depends on who you ask. Host Gene Marks highlights that in this week’s episode, pointing to the steady increase in job growth…
4 weeks ago
Optimism Wanes but SMB Health Solid, Burnout on Rise, States Step Up AI Laws
Season 6 Episode 31
The construction sector takes the least of a hit on the National Federation of Independent Businesses’ Optimism Index, while retail suffers worst dec…
1 month ago
Savannah Bananas Owner Jesse Cole: The $0 Marketing Strategy That Built a 35-Million-Follower Brand
Season 6 Episode 30
Jesse Cole built the Savannah Bananas into a 35-million-follower brand without spending a single dollar on marketing. His secret? Stop marketing. Sta…
1 month, 1 week ago
Profitability Falls 1.3%, Employees Expect Financial Guidance, AI Drives B2B Growth
Season 6 Episode 29
Small businesses always have challenges, but these days none is more damaging than the costs of doing business jacked up by inflation. Gene Marks, a …
1 month, 1 week ago