Tag: Business Columnists

7 PR Growth Strategy Tips for Startups in 2022

By Sim Aulakh With any luck, 2022 promises a continued wave of growth and prosperity. The startup space has been greatly affected by the pandemic, to be sure, but most enterprises have adapted to COVID-19 protocols, and investors have become more optimistic about fueling new businesses. And of course, a startup requires such capital for…


Time Is All We Have

When we say time is all we have, we’re not just talking about showing up to work on time every day all year long. Punctuality really means getting to work ahead of time. Punctuality, or being on time, is essential for workplace efficiency, and especially job interviews, but it might be even more critical for…


3 Lessons I Learned by Helping My Employee Become Financially Free

By Samuel Leeds As a property investor and owner of one of the UK’s biggest property-training companies, it can sometimes be hard to get people to understand that anyone can become financially free. Financial freedom simply means that you have enough passive income to cover your living expenses. To help people understand the possibilities, every…


Builders and Boosters—A Leader’s Guide to Forming a Resilient Team

By Linda Tong The thing I get most excited about in business is the opportunity to build rockets and to see exactly how far and how high they can go. Of course, I’m not talking about actual rocket ships—I’m referring to any new idea, product, or company that you build from the ground up that…


The Seasonal Labor Shortage Is a Harbinger of an Evolving Hourly Jobs Market

By Sumir Meghani U.S. seasonal job postings reached a record of almost 1 million as major retailers scramble to stock shelves and brace for the demands of an American public that is increasingly willing to conduct their holiday shopping in-store. Some of our nation’s largest retailers are looking for short-term fixes by offering bonuses and…


Personal Growth Means Recognizing You’re the Sum of Your Inputs

By Dylan Ogline Watch an interview with a celebrity chef sometime. The interviewer will almost always ask, “What’s your big secret?” You get the impression that they want to hear about a secret seasoning, a twist of the wrist when chopping, or a golden-ratio cook time calculated down to the decimal. Some magical kitchen jiu-jitsu…


Help Your New Year’s Resolutions Stick

Dear Dave, I thought I was going to get control of my money and make a lot of other positive changes in my life this year, but very few of the things I wanted to accomplish happened. I started strong, and began with serious intentions, but somewhere along the way I lost focus. Can you…


What’s the Best Thing?

Dear Dave, My wife and I are trying to help our son and daughter-in-law. They are both 29 years old, and they have been married for three years. They have good jobs, but the problem is they ask for money on a regular basis. Helping them out hasn’t been a strain, because we’re in good…


Vets Being Misled by Internet Come-Ons

Not a week goes by when I don’t get emails from veterans who have been led to believe that they are missing out on some extra Social Security benefits allegedly payable to people who served in the military. Here is a very typical example of such an email. “I read on the internet that as…


Top 10 Components of a Financial Plan

No matter what your goals are in life, if you want to succeed in achieving them, then proper planning is a must. After all, like Benjamin Franklin, once said, “If You Fail to Plan, You Are Planning to Fail.” Even though there’s actually little evidence that Franklin coined the adage, over the years there have…