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Season 5 Episode 22
As the on-again, off-again, and then partial pause on tariffs dominate the news, Gene Marks level sets which ones are in effect and what businesses n…
1 year, 2 months ago
Labor Market Steady, Pay Raises Iffy, SBA Changing Loan Program
Season 5 Episode 21
U.S. Labor Department data shows job starts exceeding expectation in March, while the Paychex Small Business Employment Watch indicates job levels ar…
1 year, 2 months ago
FutureThink's CEO Lisa Bodell: How Simplicity Drives Business Success
Season 5 Episode 20
Is complexity holding your team back? On this episode of THRIVE, Gene Marks chats with Lisa Bodell, keynote speaker, author of Why Simple Wins, and C…
1 year, 3 months ago
Small Business Concerns: Economic Stability, Cybersecurity, Inflation, and Succession Planning
Season 5 Episode 19
On this week's episode of the Paychex THRIVE Week in Review, host Gene Marks talks about key news items affecting small businesses. Recent surveys fr…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Fed on Interest Rates, EEOC on DEI, Small Businesses on AI
Season 5 Episode 18
The outlook from the Federal Reserve is that everything is on target, so they aren’t budging interest rates. Not great news, according to Gene Marks,…
1 year, 3 months ago
Paychex's Sarah Faye Pierce: Breaking Down Key Executive Orders & What They Mean for Your Business
Season 5 Episode 17
How will the latest executive orders affect your business? Tune into this episode of THRIVE, where Gene chats with Sarah Faye Pierce, Head of Governm…
1 year, 3 months ago
Optimism Drops, Amazon Boycotts Hit Small Businesses, Botox Discrimination
Season 5 Episode 16
Despite being at historic high levels, small businesses optimism dropped last month and recorded its second-lowest reading for uncertainty in the his…
1 year, 3 months ago
Fed Talks Inflation and Uncertainty, Job Growth Moderate, OT Rule Appealed
Season 5 Episode 15
The chair of the Federal Reserve said that Americans should expect economic fluctuation and inflation while adjusting to the implementation of new po…
1 year, 3 months ago
Author Jason Dorsey: Generational Clashes at Work — How to Bridge the Divide
Season 5 Episode 14
Do you know which generation is most frustrated with Gen Z? Or why millennials seem to get such a bad reputation? Join Gene Marks as he chats with Ja…
1 year, 3 months ago
A Tariff Workaround, SBA Leader Sets Agenda, and Impact of Mass IRS Layoffs
Season 5 Episode 12
Another week, another set of tariffs against normal trading partners – and these steeper than the previous ones. However, host Gene Marks says busine…
1 year, 4 months ago