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Here are some recent tweets that came across the @cnybj Twitter feed, offering small business, COVID-19, HR, and leadership tips. NFIB @NFIBFrom NFIB’s July #SmallBiz Optimism Index: “Nearly a quarter of small business owners said they will have to close if economic conditions do not improve over the next six months. Another 22% warned they […]

How long will the Damocles Sword of the coronavirus pandemic hang over our heads? As the days drag on, will it threaten to upend us indefinitely? Even though we try to avoid thinking about the troubling possibilities, they keep creeping into our minds, creating more stress, clouding our ability to stay focused, and leaving us

When I went to grade school in the 1970s, the curriculum was still based on “The 3 R’s” of Readin’, wRitin’ and ‘Rithmatic.” These cornerstone fundamentals of education were not my favorite and of the three, I gravitated the most to reading. Like so many others, I enjoyed the adventure of new places, people, and

The business world has produced a veritable graveyard of once magificently successful companies that came, conquered, and thrived — but ultimately perished.  In many cases, those businesses share a common reason for their demise: Times changed. They didn’t.  I have always been fond of the saying that if you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance

Here are some recent tweets that came across the @cnybj Twitter feed, offering small business, COVID-19, HR, and leadership tips. SBA @SBAgovAre you interested in taking export training workshops but can’t afford it? SBA’s State Trade Expansion Program can help! Learn more at http://sba.gov/step Jumbiz @JumbizNews6 Easy Ways Your Small Business Can Save Money This

Large corporate meetings and industry events, so much a part of the American business ecosystem, remain on hold, have been postponed, or have been cancelled altogether. When they will happen again is anybody’s guess. COVID-19’s spikes in many states have prompted pauses and rollbacks to business re-openings and shifted large gatherings further out into the future.

Here are some recent tweets that came across the @cnybj Twitter feed, offering small business, COVID-19, HR, and leadership tips. SBA @SBAgovThe U.S. government awards at least 3% of all federal contracting dollars to small businesses in historically underutilized business zones. Read this fact sheet to learn how you can participate: https://sba.gov/brand/assets/sba/resource-partners/hubzone-fact-sheet.pdf. More about #HUBZone: