Business Mentors

In the 1991 movie “City Slickers,” the cowboy Curly Washburn — played by Jack Palance — tells Billy Crystal’s character, Mitch Robbins that “like so many others, you just don’t get it in life.” The secret to life, Curly stated, is one thing. “Once you figure out what that one thing is, everything else will […]

Some recent tweets that came across the @cnybj Twitter feed, offering various small business, marketing, tech, HR, career, and personal tips. SBA @SBAgovSBA’s MaTCH Pilot Competition will help address the job skills and placement gaps faced by U.S. businesses. And, there’s up to $1 million in total prizes to fund selected winning proposals — http://ow.ly/wWFh50ustEF

Some recent tweets that came across the @cnybj Twitter feed, offering various small business, tech, HR, career, and personal tips. SBA @SBAgovDetermine if exporting, as a business strategy, makes sense for your #smallbusiness — http://ow.ly/FS7k50un4P6  Kate Rogers @katerogersA tight labor market is holding small businesses back from expanding in this hot economy: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/17/a-tight-labor-market-is-holding-small-businesses-back-from-expanding-in-this-hot-economy.html  Small Business

New York produced less electricity from renewable sources in 2018 than it did the year before despite significant intervention by state government. Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Public Service Commission (PSC) in August 2016 ordered utilities and large electricity customers to subsidize new renewable projects by purchasing renewable-energy credits (RECs), with an eye toward having half the

Changing the sales narrative “Don’t fall into the trap of thinking like a customer. If you do, you’re done.” This warning has been pounded into the heads of salespeople — and it will follow them until their last day on the job. Why is thinking like a customer dangerous? It’s the noxious notion that leads

Studies show that green space and landscaping contribute to health, happiness, and intellect. It’s natural to long for spring when it’s cold outside. But did you know there’s a good reason why you may pine for green? Living landscapes are an important part of the outdoor lifestyle that Americans enjoy, but the benefits go beyond

Our Central New York region has had remarkable success through the Regional Economic Development Council (REDC) process, receiving the most funding to date out of all 10 council regions. This funding has advanced hundreds of projects and allowed businesses in our community to expand and create thousands of new jobs. Again this year, more than

Across Central New York, thousands of graduating high-school seniors will soon begin preparing for the next chapter of their lives as incoming members of the college class of 2023. They enter a higher-education system that has been shaken to its core. Like peeling the layers of an onion, Los Angeles federal prosecutors in May announced