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Hiring and Retaining Gen Z in the Workplace

Hiring and Retaining Gen Z in the Workplace

by Molly Jay | Nov 1, 2023 | Education, Entrepreneurship, Uncategorized

I’m solidly Gen X (who cares, whatever) and have for decades worked with various generations including some Silent Gens, many Boomers, scads of Millennials, and now, Gen Z. A few years ago, I started to work with my first clients from Gen Z who were entering the...
3 Interviewer Mistakes Entrepreneurs Can Avoid

3 Interviewer Mistakes Entrepreneurs Can Avoid

by Molly Jay | Aug 1, 2023 | Education, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Mentoring, Starting a Business

Take a second to answer the below questions. Are you human? Does your heart beat? If you answered yes to both questions, chances are you stink at both sides of interviewing. And you’re not alone. Interviews are unnatural. They aren’t normal for human physiology....
Small Businesses Offering Larger Incentives

Small Businesses Offering Larger Incentives

by Molly Jay | Nov 4, 2022 | Education, Entrepreneurship

Almost two-thirds of small businesses were hiring or trying to hire in September, according to a report from the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), but 46% reported they couldn’t fill those job openings, well above the 48-year historical average...
The Crucial Counterpunch of Strategic Planning

The Crucial Counterpunch of Strategic Planning

by Molly Jay | Oct 4, 2022 | Education, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Starting a Business

We’ve all seen wickedly smart, creative and successful people torpedo their small business into the ground. They typically look upon their strategic business plan as a straight, unfettered, golden path to success. Their entrepreneurial hopes and dreams march in unison...
Protect the value of your intellectual property.

Protect the value of your intellectual property.

by Molly Jay | Jul 5, 2022 | Education, Entrepreneurship, Intellectual Property, Marketing, Starting a Business

Most creatives are in the idea business and our currency is often naivety in our own worth. We tend to think we can’t possibly be the first person to come up with an original thought, recipe, tattoo, line of code, slogan, illustration or music hook. Surely it’s all...
Calling all creatives!

Calling all creatives!

by Molly Jay | Apr 4, 2022 | Education, Entrepreneurship, Starting a Business

It was an unlikely pairing, Big Tech and me. She’s a steely loud behemoth, I’m a sensitive writer.  I knew from the beginning she probably wasn’t the one, but we looked good on paper. My friends and family liked the life she afforded us. Over the decades we built a...
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