A new Accenture survey of nearly 2,000 technology and business executives in 10 countries revealed deep uncertainty about next-generation mobile network technology, known as 5G. Few of those surveyed, for example, believe industry predictions about the dramatically improved speeds of 5G networks. And more than half don’t expect the technology will enable them to ... Read More »
Thousands of people waited in lines to chow down at food trucks and explore the wares of more than 250 small businesses and independent retailers at Detroit’s Eastern Market on Sunday. The All Things Detroit Shopping Experience and Food Truck Rally — founded by Jennyfer Crawford who specializes in branding and promotions for small ... Read More »
We’ve reported how Millennials are looking for something more than money and benefits from their jobs. These are areas where small businesses often fail to keep pace with larger companies. Those bigger employers are able to wave a little more cash around and offer things like health insurance and 401k retirement plans ... Read More »
While big booms of new businesses can be bad in times of economic crisis, there are times and places where new businesses are important to the overall growth and goodness of a solid economy. How so? Read on for a few examples of how some new businesses are good things ... Read More »
Whether small or big, technology downtime is a concern for all types of businesses. Cost of a Tech Fail According to a new report by Ireland-based IT solutions company, ERS IT Solutions, on average IT downtime costs businesses $1.55 million every year. Technology Downtime Causes Loss of Work Hours Businesses do ... Read More »
© Tierney – Fotolia.com For every essential business function, there’s an app or cloud-based service to help. There’s no question that we have more apps and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) tools at our disposal today than ever before. If there’s a function your business does or needs to do, there’s a good ... Read More »
A few nationwide headlines over the past couple of weeks could have small business implications — or at least lessons to be learned. The United Airlines PR disaster is one that might not impact small businesses directly. But it can still teach businesses a few valuable lessons about how to ... Read More »
Many people are aware that big companies are much more likely than small businesses to offer employer-sponsored health insurance to their employees. The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), an annual effort to query nearly 40,000 establishments, conducted by the Federal Government’s Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality shows that only ... Read More »
Hundreds of businesses such as Starbucks, General Mills and Hewlett Packard are asking President-elect Donald Trump to follow through on U.S. commitments to combat climate change. They argue it’s good for business. More than 360 companies and investors made their plea in an open letter to Trump, President Obama and ... Read More »
The chief technology officer at Callaghan Innovation returned home four months ago after 20 years of working in the United States, and is now touring the country advising Kiwis how to integrate newer technologies with their businesses. “I noticed when I came back that our distance and isolation doesn’t have to hurt us,” he said. ... Read More »
The chairman of Cawston Press, who turned the New Covent Garden Soup Company and Green & Black’s into major brands, talks to Anna Isaac about building a crack team, selling your first company and why a minute without a good finance person is a minute wasted. How did you get ... Read More »
Turkish riot police have raided the offices of 51 businesses and detained dozens of executives the government accuses of aiding an exiled cleric blamed by PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdogan for a failed coup. The raids were part of a sweepinggovernment crackdown in which 17,800 people, including journalists, academics, military personnel and ... Read More »
