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Business owners: Over the last few weeks, you have faced many difficult decisions and undoubtedly, there will be more in the weeks and months to come. You already know that owning a business and being responsible for the welfare and ...

As I write this, much of the country is on lock-down due to the coronavirus. Schools, bars and restaurants are empty; people not in essential services are staying home and avoiding even small gatherings; the stock market has lost over ...

As we adjust to life during, and after, the COVID-19 outbreak, families and businesses alike are faced with worrisome financial uncertainty. Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s order requiring that all “non-essential” workers in New York state remain at home and certain businesses ...

Businesses ranging from restaurants to contractors, hotels and clothing stores rely heavily on reviews and commendations from previous customers and clients to attract future business, and many companies are increasingly seeking ways to encourage consumers to share positive experiences across ...

Corporations of all shapes and sizes are subject to millions, if not billions, of statutes, regulations, rules, directives, guidelines, decrees and executive orders. Given the pervasive and encyclopedic nature of legal mandates on corporations, one question business professionals may rightly ...

Peloton Interactive Inc., the popular fitness enterprise, came under scrutiny last holiday season for its commercial depicting a man gifting one of the company’s stationary bikes to his wife.  Before most could “work off” those festive foods consumed during the ...

There are a number of ways small businesses can leverage new technologies on a limited budget that will help boost their bottom lines, area experts say. They range from leveraging e-commerce by creating a mobile application for customers to sharing ...

In a noteworthy article in the New York Times Magazine in 1970, the prominent economist Milton Friedman argued that the social responsibility of business is to increase its profits. Even though many would now disagree with this contention, there is ...

In a matter of days, the coronavirus pandemic shifted to front and center in the public psyche. The first two weeks of March saw the crisis escalate from a newsworthy concern in a few global hotspots to a global pandemic. ...

Rhett VanScoter jumps at the chance to talk about his profession, especially since it is one that most people do not think about as a career. For some, particularly teens and young adults just starting out in the workforce, being ...

Now more than ever, the combination of the current interest rate environment along with economic uncertainty calls for a more active approach to managing cash. In fact, while many companies have taken a passive approach while focused on growing their ...

I am extremely pleased that the Small Business Council of Rochester has decided to fully realign with Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce after operating as an independent membership organization under the Rochester Chamber affiliate umbrella for more than a decade.  The ...

“I’m on a new cross-departmental team that is working on an important new initiative in the company that has the potential to help improve company revenue long into the future. Unfortunately, one team member dominates every meeting, even to the point of trying ...

Owning a business can be lucrative and rewarding. That’s the good news. The bad news is having a business is fraught with peril both seen and unforeseen, and a business owner must be protected from as much danger as possible ...

Timothy Pullis knows no two commercial clients are the same. “No customer experience is the same as another,” says Pullis, construction practice leader for Brown & Brown of NY Inc. To help create an individualized approach, insurance companies such as ...