Business Mentors

Starting up a new business is exciting while also being a frightening and difficult task. The Pew Research Center reports that more than 50 percent of startups fail in the first four years and fewer than 60 percent earn any profit after 10 years. More than 500,000 individuals in America close their businesses for good every year. […]

Dear Rusty: I will be 65 [in a month]. [My] husband will be 61 in August. If I started collecting Social Security now would I only be able to collect on myself? My husband plans on collecting at 62. Will I be able to collect some of his when he starts collecting at age 62? Also,

Over the past year, small-business owners have expressed record confidence in their local economies and as a result, many are attempting to expand their business or increase hiring. However, this growth has been somewhat tempered by one of the tightest labor markets in half a century.  With the low Syracuse–area unemployment rate [it was at

Some recent tweets that came across the @cnybj Twitter feed, offering various small business, tech, HR, career, and personal tips. SBA @SBAgovSBA launches 2019 Emerging Leaders initiative which provides free entrepreneurship education and training for executives of small businesses poised for growth. Get the details http://ow.ly/l4Q330nUKXA NFIB @NFIBOvertime regulations, tax reform, and healthcare are among

For a growing number of patients, a trip to the dentist isn’t what it used to be — and that’s how they want it. Rather than just a routine “drill-and-fill” for a cavity, they may receive a head massage, meditative advice, and diet suggestions that would seem more befitting a gastroenterologist. What they won’t receive

Congress passes the tax laws, the Treasury Department collects the Tax revenues, and the IRS oversees the reporting and collection process. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 added a new U.S. revenue stream — global intangible low-taxed income, or GILTI. Those owning an interest in a foreign corporation should take note, as

Editor’s Note: CNY Executive Q&A is a feature appearing periodically in The Central New York Business Journal, authored by guest writer Jeff Knauss, who is co-founder of his own digital-marketing firm. In each edition, Knauss chats with a different executive at a Central New York business or nonprofit, with the interview transcript appearing in a