Nearly all American adults own a cellphone, so it’s likely your smartphone is your sidekick in a lot of mobile business you tend to: conference calls, emailing, and more. Smartphones come in a wide variety, but all share the commonality of expense, often costing over $1,000. Besides, there’s nothing like the attachment you grow for […]
Brian Wallace
The Millennial Workforce is Reshaping Healthcare
Traditionally speaking, and since the 1940s, American employees held the general expectation of receiving health care through employment. These expectations are quickly fading as younger generations are remodeling the job market and the way we work. The increasing stability of the gig economy has also influenced the shift in the job economy. Because of this, […]
The History of Phishing and How to Remain Protected
Although the earliest forms of electronic mail trace back to 1965, e-mail was never intended to be secure. That is, however, because there was never anything to secure email from. The service of electronic mail lingered problem-free until the infancy of spam, and later, phishing. Today, 92% of malware is delivered via email; simultaneously, spam […]
Using Technology to Gateway into Entrepreneurship
Your knowledge is unique to you, something no one can ever take away from you. Saying this, your knowledge can be one of your most beneficial assets in a plethora of scenarios. When finances are a burden, or if you simply have the desire to test the waters of entrepreneurship, consider capitalizing off your brain […]
Developing Leadership Skills as a Small Business Owner
Leadership is a crucial skill to develop when you own a small business. Oftentimes small business owners feel the weight of the world on their shoulders and it can show in their management tendencies. Instead of trusting the people they hired to get the job done, they micromanage and obsess about getting everything perfect, often […]
The Growing Problem of Employee Turnover
Reducing Turnover with Better Benefits Employee turnover is a costly problem and that cost is on the rise. Currently turnover costs $600 billion annually, but by 2020 that figure will balloon to $680 billion. What’s behind this rising business cost and what can businesses do to prevent it? The Strength of the Jobs Market is […]
Free Snacks in the Office of the Future
Offices have evolved over the decades, and employers who don’t keep up with the times are going to see it reflected in their turnover rates. Employees today have options, and they want an office with amenities to keep them around. It’s time to take a look at your company’s break room and ask yourself whether […]
Can the Sharing Economy Boost Happiness?
The sharing economy makes it possible for you to live a great lifestyle without owning the things you have the desire to use. Although the status of the American economy is thriving, the cost of living seems to be outpacing wage growth. In efforts to maintain a middle-class lifestyle when the economic times are tough, […]
Is the Gig Economy Doomed?
As the traditional workforce has deemed itself immortal, can the gig economy measure up? The gig economy sparked following the Great Recession of 2008 as the demand for temporary and quick-starting jobs increased. In the decade since, however, the gig economy as expanded at an exponential rate. There are as many as 75 million American […]
The Future of the Hemp Business
The 2018 Farm Bill legalized American production of industrial hemp, a non-psychoactive strain of cannabis sativa containing less than 0.3% THC. As hemp’s popularity increases, more than 1 in 4 Americans have consumed CBD to relieve pain, stress, and anxiety. Subsequently, the Cannabidiol industry is determined to hit $20 billion by 2024. The hemp market […]
