Louis's Small Business Blog

  Senior living project underway at former quarry - Westfair Communications

  Second Yonkers movie campus moves ahead with school lease approval - Westfair Communications

Groundbreaking for $200M mixed-use Yonkers project - Westfair Communications  

  Restaurants Send More Customer Calls to Voice Bots Amid Staffing Shortages - WSJ

  The Slow Death of the Traditional Business Card In its place are QR codes, jewelry with your business details or implanted chips. ‘I was some kind of cyborg.’

  America’s Office Glut Started Decades Before Pandemic Federal tax breaks dating to the Reagan years, and low interest rates, spurred developers to build too many office towers

  Coffee and Pastry Shops Avoid Inflation Backlash Punishing Restaurants Nation’s cafes benefited in June as patrons returned to the office and hung on to their favored indulgences

 Private Equity Wants to Wash Your Car - WSJ

  Workers in the Catskills Can’t Find Housing. Bosses Are Trying to Help

Bosses Swear by the 90-Day Rule to Keep Workers Long Term

  If the Job Market Is So Good, Why Is Gig Work Thriving? Conventional employment opportunities abound, but online platforms still have appeal — for flexibility or additional income.

  Where Money Meets Feelings: Financial Therapy Finds Its Footing Planners weren’t equipped to address the emotional roots of how clients dealt with money. Therapists couldn’t guide finances. Now, there’s a bridge.

  Crazy Eddie’s Life Was Insane! In “Retail Gangster,” Gary Weiss explores the life and sketchy business practices of Eddie Antar, whose commercials are the stuff of legend.

 Have You Seen This Table Lamp? If You Eat Out in New York, You Will - The New York Times

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  JOURNAL REPORTS: SMALL BUSINESS The Challenges of Buying a Town’s Beloved Small Business When a business changes hands, the revenue drop can be devastating. Here’s how one couple tried to make sure that didn’t happen.

  How Small Businesses Can Tell if They’re Underpricing Their Offerings It’s gratifying that you have more work than you can handle. But it’s also a worrisome sign. LINK 

  The Perfect Professional Headshot Is Worth $1,000, and Maybe Even a Job Professionals pursuing that ‘just right’ look for LinkedIn profiles and résumés are tapping high-end headshot photographers who say they can help clients look better, feel better—and boost their careers LINK