Free Markets

Business Accounting

The Decentralization of Monopolized Marketplaces – How Technology Will Succeed Where Politics is Failing

The blockchain will decentralize established economic structures and return profits and power to the people.

By Kurt Ivy

Building a Business

Amid EpiPen Furor, a CEO Shows How Not to Swim Against the Tide

By Ray Hennessey

Business News

Guaranteed Basic Income Is Not Worth the Risks of Experimentation

By Ray Hennessey

Business News

California’s Minimum Wage Hike Puts Business Community at Risk

By Ray Hennessey

Building a Business

China Is a Problem, But Higher Tariffs Are Not the Solution

Pushing higher tariffs may win Trump some votes, but his politics would yield awful economic policy.

By Ray Hennessey

Thought Leaders

The One Line in the State of the Union That Shows Why Business Distrusts the President

Sorry, Mr. President. Companies that treat their employees well are the rule in American business, not the exception.

By Ray Hennessey

Building a Business

It’s Time for the Private Sector to Break States’ Stranglehold on Lotteries

All lotteries are simply taxes dressed as a way to better your financial health.

By Ray Hennessey

Thought Leaders

Entrepreneurs Need to Realize They’re All the C-Word

So many people like to identify as entrepreneurs while trying to ignore the economic system that got them there.

By Ray Hennessey

Business Accounting

What One Man’s Fight Against the IRS Teaches Us About Entrepreneurship

Irwin Schiff's wrongheaded pursuit of fighting federal taxes left a lasting legacy for modern business owners.

By Ray Hennessey

Building a Business

Danny Meyer’s Economically Nonsensical Solution to the Tipping ‘Problem’

In eliminating tipping at his restaurants, Danny Meyer just may have proven how necessary gratuities are.

By Ray Hennessey

Thought Leaders

Winning at All Costs Is Not True Leadership

When you set out to win and don't count the costs, you end up paying far more than you expected.

By Ray Hennessey

Building a Business

Why Politics and Business Don’t Mix

Executives and business leaders should be aware that expressing their views by nature exerts pressure on employees and associates to conform.

By Steve Tobak

Building a Business

How the NLRB’s Employment Ruling Could Hurt Jobs, Business Growth

The NLRB just penalized the only entities providing jobs in this country, in the name of increasing employment. How does that make sense?

By Ray Hennessey

Thought Leaders

Why There Aren’t More Entrepreneurs

If there's one thing every entrepreneur needs to be successful, it's the courage to confront the challenges that threaten to derail us and persevere.

By Steve Tobak

Business News

Researchers Find Uber Use Leads to a Decrease in DUI Deaths

A study of drunk-driving deaths shows Uber has a positive effect, provided the price is right.

By Ray Hennessey

Business Accounting

4 Ways Stock-Market Volatility Affects Every Business

Entrepreneurs and small-business owners need to pay attention to market swings, whether they like it or not.

By Ray Hennessey

Business Operations & Logistics

China Seeks to Control the Web and Your Business Is Caught in the Middle

American businesses cannot stay neutral in what is clearly now an all-out war over the future of the worldwide Internet.

By Ray Hennessey

Entrepreneurs

Kim Kardashian Is a Lot of Things, But Not an Entrepreneur

It takes more to hold the title of entrepreneur than simple business success, no matter how big it is.

By Ray Hennessey

Entrepreneurs

Want True Equality for All? Support Entrepreneurship.

You are about to read the most offensive and insensitive piece we've ever written. And that's sad.

By Ray Hennessey

Thought Leaders

Two California Farmers Just Stopped the Government From Stealing Your Products

The Supreme Court's ruling over raisins means regulators need to think twice about taking private property.

By Ray Hennessey

Marketing

Breeding Puppies to Blow Up Kittens

The more we try not to offend in marketing, the more people we encounter who find offense to everything.

By Ray Hennessey

Online Presence

No, Facebook Didn’t ‘Create’ 4.5M Jobs. But Its Impact Can’t Be Understated.

Facebook's hiring numbers are squishy, but the company continues to serve as a great example of how entrepreneurship can help the world.

By Ray Hennessey

Building a Business

Ban on Cuban Cigars Goes Up in a Puff of Smoke

A new policy by President Obama means that importing up to $100 worth of Cuban tobacco products will be legal.

By Ben Geier

Buying a Franchise

No, McDonald’s Won’t ‘Ruin’ Cuba

The lamentations of how McDonald's will somehow hurt Cuba are misplaced. You should be cheering on the Golden Arches.

By Ray Hennessey

Entrepreneurs

College Is Worth the Price. Just Not This Price.

A college president says economic models don't apply to college tuition. That theory wouldn't pass Econ 101.

By Ray Hennessey

Building a Business

The World Needs More of Richard Branson’s ‘Hubris’

The criticism of Sir Richard Branson's role in the SpaceShipTwo crash is a knock on entrepreneurship itself.

By Ray Hennessey

Thought Leaders

Tim Cook Is Wrong: You Really Can’t Fire Someone For Being Gay

Tim Cook, in acknowledging his homosexuality, perpetuated a politically charged myth about gays in the workplace.

By Ray Hennessey

Thought Leaders

Accidents Happen and Space Is Hard

Ignore the criticism over the private sector's role in the Antares rocket failure.

By Ray Hennessey

Thought Leaders

How Business Is Regulating Good Behavior in the NFL

The NFL and players needed sponsors to get serious about abuse. Thank capitalism for that.

By Ray Hennessey

Thought Leaders

Stop Playing So Nice With Your Competition

The criticism of Uber's disruption of Lyft is misplaced. We should all be so competitive.

By Ray Hennessey