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...
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...
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...
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...
by Maury Forman | Sep 8, 2014 | Education
I have always hated September. Most people love September because fall is in the air, baseball playoffs are exciting, football season begins (Go Hawks!) and Bumbershoot and other end-of-summer events entertain almost everybody. But I hated September as a young kid...
