Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSome Non-Competes Invalidated, Final OT Rule, and Net Neutrality is Back
Season 4 Episode 149
Federal agencies got on a roll last week by announcing three new regulations that will change how businesses deal with protecting proprietary informa…
2 years, 2 months ago
PA CPA Spotlight: Accounting Firm Challenges – Modernization, Talent Gap, and More
Season 4 Episode 148
Jennifer Cryder, CEO of the Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs (PICPA), spells out some of the challenges facing CPAs and their firms, largely around hot…
2 years, 2 months ago
A Future Fueled by AI: Major Shifts in the Labor Market
Season 4 Episode 147
Quickly evolving technology such as artificial intelligence coupled with changing labor dynamics have altered the workplace. Labor economist and MIT …
2 years, 2 months ago
Starters Buying Businesses, Tipping is Tiring, and What is the Best State to Open a Business?
Season 4 Episode 146
Looking to start a business? The trend is to buy a business rather than start from scratch, and a recent report shows small-business acquisitions up …
2 years, 2 months ago
Texas Restaurant Association CEO Dishes on Membership Value, Tipping, and Childcare Initiative
Season 4 Episode 145
President and CEO Emily Williams Knight helped guide the Texas Restaurant Association and its tens of thousands of members through the COVID-19 pande…
2 years, 2 months ago
Small Business Confidence Lags, Prep for New OT Rule, and West is Best for Women Owners
Season 4 Episode 144
Who wouldn’t take an 88.5 on a test? It’s passing. Sadly, the National Federation of Independent Small Businesses Optimism survey isn’t a test – and …
2 years, 2 months ago
WNBA Drafted a Business Pioneer and Advocate for Women Leaders
Season 4 Episode 143
Cathy Engelbert has shattered a few glass ceilings in her career – first woman CEO of Deloitte and first WNBA commissioner – while still battling the…
2 years, 2 months ago
Midwest Tops in Job Growth, Help Wanted in Manufacturing, and CA Disconnects
Season 4 Episode 142
If you’re in the Midwest, job prospects have ticked up slightly – the first increase in 2024 – and every region has seen growth in all but one indust…
2 years, 2 months ago
Economic Growth and Public Policy: Data, Not Debt, is the Solution
Season 4 Episode 141
Kent Smetters has experienced public policy on the economy from inside and outside the federal government. The economist and Wharton school professor…
2 years, 3 months ago
CA Minimum Wage Hike (sort of), Portal Connects Fund Sources, and Inflation is Bananas
Season 4 Episode 140
Fast-food restaurants with a national footprint gain an exemption via the law as California raises its minimum wage. Gene Marks discusses the issues …
2 years, 3 months ago