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OPINION: Shop Local this Holiday Season and Support Community Small Businesses

[This year’s] holiday shopping season will undoubtedly look different from those in years’ past as normal commerce and retail activities have been disrupted to a significant degree. For this reason, m Read More
OPINION: The Pandemic Lays Bare Our Information Problems

When the history of this era is written, special attention should be reserved for the prominent U.S. politicians who dismissed or misrepresented the COVID-19 pandemic for political purposes. The coro Read More
OPINION: IRS Issues Guidance Denying Tax Deductions for PPP Loans

The IRS has released guidance on the deductibility of payments for otherwise-deductible expenses using funds from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The guidance, although not unexpected, is not taxpayer friendly. Read More
OPINION: 5 Ways For Companies To Give Back — And Still Make Bucks

As the coronavirus pandemic turns much of the business world upside down, numerous companies have pivoted while reevaluating their purpose, products, and relationships with customers. Read More
Opinion: Why Buying A Small Business Now Is A Bad Idea

Normally, I am a proponent of buying small businesses. The data shows they make the world go ‘round. The U.S. Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy, which defines a small business as a fir Read More
Opinion: Election Takeaways

Every year right after an election, I would find a small pile of requests waiting for me from journalists. They wanted some sort of comment on what it all meant. “What are the voters telling us?” they Read More
OPINION: Time to Get Back to Business

The National Small Business Association (NSBA) congratulates all of the winners of the 2020 elections and looks forward to a productive nonpartisan working relationship that can address the many issue Read More
OPINION: America Needs to Step Up to the Challenges

Having won the election for U.S. President, Joe Biden now has an opportunity to take stock of America, to assess where we have been and where we are going. With voting now behind us, I see several tre Read More
Election Numbers Encouraging Sign for Democracy, Assembly Minority Conference

[November 3rd’s] historic election was the culmination of a truly remarkable effort from representatives at every level of government. Despite the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis, an enormous number Read More

Business Calendar

Learn@Lunch 4/12/2021 12:00 PM - 4/12/2021 12:45 PM Read More
Intro to Negotiation: A Crucial Startup Skill 4/14/2021 12:00 PM - 4/14/2021 1:00 PM Read More
17th Annual Symposium on Energy in the 21st Century 4/16/2021 8:00 AM - 4/16/2021 1:00 PM Read More

Opinion

OPINION: As New York Slips Further into Unrest, Democrats do Nothing to Make Streets Safer New York State’s criminal-justice system has deteriorated to dangerous levels. At the direction of Democrats in the state legislature and New York City, we have seen drastic changes to parole and bail Read More
OPINION: U.S.-China Relationship is Essential, Challenging The relationship between the United States and China is the most important bilateral relationship in the world. When it goes smoothly, global tensions are low. When the relationship hits the rocks, te Read More
OPINION: Budget Priorities that Will Break the Bank The process of developing the annual New York State Budget officially begins when the governor presents his spending proposal in late January. But the terms of negotiations become clearer once legisla Read More

Business Mentors

VIEWPOINT: COVID Puts More Pressure on Already Stressed Nonprofits “In every crisis, doubt or confusion, take the higher path – the path of compassion, courage, understanding, and love.” — Amit Ray The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our world in many ways. The frustr Read More
Seven Great Ways to Create a Really Inclusive Workplace In a recent article in Harvard Business Review, Elisabeth Kelan writes about “gender fatigue,” which she describes as the phenomenon of people acknowledging that gender inequality exists in general, b Read More
VIEWPOINT: The Work-From-Home Vs. Return-To-Office Debate What employees, bosses should consider Many Americans have been working from home full time for a year now since COVID-19 hit the U.S. And many prefer that arrangement to a traditional office. In a s Read More

People on the Move

LESTER BURT LESTER BURT recently joined Dermody, Burke & Brown, CPAs, LLC as a senior manager in the firm’s audit and accounting department. He has more than 11 years of experience in public accounting. Burt’ Read More
JENNIFER BRILLANTE JENNIFER BRILLANTE has been named partner at C & D Advertising. She has been with the firm for 10 years as VP of business development. Brillante has been instrumental in generating significant gro Read More
BLAKE PENN BLAKE PENN recently joined Colgate University as its first chief information security officer (CISO) and director of information security. He previously served as information security policy and compl Read More