Business

Insuring your fleet of trucks is one major requirement of operating a drain cleaning business. Accidents can happen at any time, and...

Once upon a time, a drain cleaner could place an ad in the Yellow Pages, slap a logo and phone number on...

Dalton Coveyou has not been in the drain cleaning business long, having founded his company Hotshots Drain Cleaning of Petoskey, Michigan, only...

The team is exhausted. They’re burned out, and I am too. I don’t know if we can recover. We’ve been working at...

These days, we’re all sort of culturally conditioned to believe we have to be all things to all people. And when you’re...

After I graduated college, I got an entry-level job at a manufacturing plant. I lifted and carried heavy things all day. Even...

For years, people calling Timothy A. Giard & Son Plumbing & Heating for septic pumping were referred to other local contractors. That...

The Greek philosopher Heraclitus once observed that the only thing that is constant is change. That’s particularly true in today’s business world,...

Business owners typically take a lot of pride in their independence, their autonomy and their ability to get things done — and...

For more than half a year, we’ve been living with the tension of this pandemic. It’s wearing on all of us. Living under...

Your company’s trademark is its brand name. You’ve worked hard to establish your brand, so how can you protect it from infringement? Gary...

Hiring has never been simple. In 2019, the employment rate was at an all-time high and top candidates were able to negotiate...

For years, Joey Howze did jobs on a time-and-materials basis, running the risk of occasional sticker-shocked customers expressing unhappiness and surprise about...

No matter what your plans were for your business at the start of 2020, none of us could have guessed what this...

Most of us have people who just rub us the wrong way. It’s part of human nature. You’re not going to like...

Depending on how old you are, how tech savvy you are and how much you enjoy arguing politics, your opinion of Facebook...

The impact felt when an employee leaves is exacerbated when labor markets are tight. Leaders at all levels in a company need...