Business Mentors

In today’s business world, the days of being set in your ways — as an employee and a manager — are long over. Change is a near-constant.  Takeovers, downsizing, and reorganizing can turn a company upside-down overnight, and those who remain have to embrace change in order to survive. More than ever, managers have to […]

Here are some recent tweets that came across the @cnybj Twitter feed, offering various business, career, personal, and digital/social-media tips. NFIB‏ @NFIB Being careless with your #smallbiz #branding strategy can cost your business and investors. Avoid these mistakes: http://bit.ly/2iMRZl2 Vanessa Dunford @vaniccilondon http://ow.ly/co7h30gdjDZ 5 tips on how to get back up when life knocks you

Well, it’s that time of year again. Time to figure out new ways to grow in the next year. Time to do more with less. Time to make some time to figure out how to make more time.  The trouble is, try as we might, we can’t make time. The number 8,760 might ring a

This is my fourth visit to Central New York as president of the New York Fed, and I always look forward to coming back as part of our regular visits to different parts of our district. These trips and our meetings with stakeholders in the region give me and my colleagues important insight into what’s

Here are some recent tweets that came across the @cnybj Twitter feed, offering various business, career, personal, and digital/social-media tips. Mitch Mitchell‏ @Mitch_M Business #Writing For Consultants http://pcaofcny.com/consulting/business-writing-for-consultants … #consulting #contracts #USBiz @USA_Biz Branding Advice for Smallbiz https://goo.gl/RJDSm7 #business #smallbiz Hannah Morgan‏ @careersherpa 7 Steps to Creating a Powerful 30-Second Elevator Pitch http://dlvr.it/PvJgL9 via @YouTern

I began my career at what is now a publicly owned investment management firm that trades on the New York Stock Exchange. It was a typical large corporation with several hundred employees. It was a fine place to work, but most employees had no sense of ownership — no skin in the game. I then

Often when purchasing a company, certain assets pose issues not easy to discern. For example, a purchaser can buy real estate through a purchase contract and perhaps even personal property such as furniture and furnishings, fairly easily. When purchasing real estate, title insurance can be ordered, surveys re-dated, and abstracts renewed. Information on mortgages can be

Many affluent professionals and business owners put estate planning on hold. Only the courts and lawyers stand to benefit from their procrastination. While inaction is the biggest estate-planning error, several other major mistakes can occur. The following four blunders can lead to major problems. Failing to revise an estate plan after a spouse or child

Here are some recent tweets that came across the @cnybj Twitter feed, offering various business, career, personal, and digital/social-media tips. NFIB‏ @NFIB How to be more #productive as a #smallbiz owner by using the powerful to-do list Action Method: http://bit.ly/2g9AKtq Mitch Mitchell‏ @Mitch_M  #Writing – How Important Is It For Your #Business? http://www.imjustsharing.com/writing-how-important-is-it-for-your-business/ … #marketing

Here are some recent tweets that came across the @cnybj Twitter feed, offering various business, career, personal, and digital/social-media tips. Mitch Mitchell‏ @Mitch_M Is Your Business Hard To Work With? https://youtu.be/-_LW1XmC2ZA #business #customerservice SBA‏ @SBAgov SBA has resources to help women entrepreneurs start & grow a business. Get the details → http://owl.li/5vrq30fmkv9 #AmericanBusinessWomensDay NFIB‏ @NFIB