Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchGoogle's Mike Clark on What AI Agents Can Do for Small Business (and How to Get Started)
Season 6 Episode 48
AI has moved beyond chatbots. The next wave is agents, and they're already reshaping how small businesses operate. In this episode, Gene Marks talks …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
What’s Behind Optimism? Age Limits or Discrimination? AI Equals More Work?
Season 6 Episode 47
The National Federation of Independent Businesses’ monthly survey results show good news on the optimism front: the index reached its highest level i…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Resilient Labor Market, Tax Penalty Relief, Surge in Agentic AI Use in Shopping
Season 6 Episode 46
Despite economic uncertainty, the U.S. labor market stays stable, which includes a 3.14% growth – the highest increase in five years – in weekly hour…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Kevin Hassett on AI, Tariffs, and Small Business Growth
Season 6 Episode 45
Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council and top economic advisor in the White House, joins host Gene Marks to break down what today'…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Experts Eye Increased Hiring in 2026, Expect More I-9 Enforcement, AI Assists Restaurants
Season 6 Episode 44
Hiring managers forecast that more permanent jobs will be added in the second half of 2026. Gene Marks shares a report that 63% surveyed said that to…
2 months ago
More Taxes on Imports, Job Lock for Health Insurance, ChatGPT Training for SMBs
Season 6 Episode 43
Just when you thought it was safe to expand your budget and return to importing more products and goods from other countries, a change in policy will…
2 months, 1 week ago
Entrepreneur’s Jason Feifer: Practical AI Strategies for Busy Business Owners
Season 6 Episode 42
AI is reshaping how small businesses work, but knowing where to begin is the hard part. Entrepreneur Editor-in-Chief Jason Feifer joins Gene Marks fo…
2 months, 1 week ago
Boomerang Employees, Retirement Advice, AI Accelerates Freelancer Status
Season 6 Episode 41
More than one-third of new hires in March were boomerang employees. Host Gene Marks explains why people are returning to their former places of work,…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Top States for Business, a Social Security Surprise, Taking Wheel from Copilot
Season 6 Episode 40
A recent survey using 138 metrics – access to a skilled workforce, the cost of doing business, infrastructure, and cost of living, to name a few – fo…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
AI Expert Dan Chuparkoff: Try It Before You Fear It
Season 6 Episode 39
What if the best thing you did with AI this week wasn’t a big strategy overhaul, just one small experiment? Dan Chuparkoff spent three decades buildi…
2 months, 3 weeks ago