56% of Small Business Owners Have a College Degree | Small Business Trends

June 24, 2019June 22, 2019 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

Digital technology is disrupting almost everything, which includes education. According to the self employment statistics in FreshBooks’ 2019 Self-Employment in America Report, college education is becoming less of a prerequisite.

The percentage of self-employed professionals with college degrees has decreased considerably in the last couple years. In 2017 it was 64%, followed by 60% in 2018 and it now stands at 56% in 2019. This doesn’t mean people are not getting educated. The only thing that has changed is how they’re getting this education.

A fact which supports this point is how much those with and without college degrees earn. In the past the earning disparity between high school and college graduates was significant, this is no longer the case. The report reveals there is no difference in revenue between businesses founded in the last two years for both groups.

Delegation is Crucial for Your Small Business’s Health [Use These Tips to Start Delegating Today] | crowdspring Blog

June 24, 2019June 22, 2019 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

Small business owners often find themselves taking on every task in their company.

But, as a business grows, this hands-on approach becomes harder to maintain.

A business’s ability to evolve depends on its leader’s ability to let go of that death grip on… everything… and learn to delegate without micromanaging.

But, despite the fact that hoarding tasks is exhausting and detrimental to business, it’s still a hard habit to break.

3 Tips to Gain 2 Extra Hours a Day | David A. Fields

June 21, 2019June 18, 2019 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

As a consulting firm leader, you’re constantly wrestling with the clock. You somehow have to balance project work with finding clients and annoying administrivia. Oh, and your family would like a minute here or there with you.

Aaaack!

Look, if finding extra time were as easy chunking your day into time blocks, or starting with the “big rocks” you’d already be finishing up your project load by noon and strolling out of the office at 5:00 every day with a clear desk and a clear mind. (Or, at least a clear gin and tonic.)

Small Businesses Must Think About Taxes All Year Long | Business

June 21, 2019June 18, 2019 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

Fold tax planning into your overall business strategy to efficiently tackle your taxes.

For many small businesses, tax season is a grueling time of year. It’s often associated with stress, record-combing and exhaustion. This is one of the key reasons why small businesses should be thinking about their taxes year-round and prepare long before it comes time to file. By folding tax planning into your overall business strategy, small business owners can tackle their taxes far more effectively (and may even end up with bigger deductions than they anticipated!). Here are some of the best tips for keeping taxes a priority for your small business 365 days a year.

You’re Wrong: The New Acura NSX is Just Like the Old NSX | Digital Trends

June 20, 2019June 18, 2019 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

Nobody likes the new Acura NSX. Well it’s not that nobody likes it, it’s that nobody is buying one. This of course means nobody likes it enough to part with their retirement savings to get one. And what are people pilfering their 401Ks for? The old NSX, that’s what. The classic NSX’s values have doubled over the last 6 years, and images of the cars are currently adorning countless walls, garages, and phone screens everywhere.

KFC’s vegan burger: could it wean you off chicken? | BBC News

June 19, 2019June 17, 2019 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

Jordan would normally choose KFC’s standard chicken fillet burger but the 32-year-old has come with a colleague from the Medway in Kent to try out the fast food chain’s temporary vegan addition to its menu.

“It’s alright,” is his verdict on the “Imposter Burger”, although he could tell it wasn’t chicken.

“It’s a bit lighter,” he tells me patting his stomach. He doesn’t think he’d have it again, it might leave him too hungry.

Here’s the 1 Eye-Opening Statistic About Millennials That Big Companies Are Finally Beginning to Notice | Inc.com

June 19, 2019June 17, 2019 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

Millennials outnumber everyone else in America. On paper they should be the perfect consumers to help a robust economy well into the second half of the 21t century.

But a new report suggests that big companies are having a sudden realization–something that almost every one of the 83.1 million Millennial Americans knew a long time ago, and in fact that they’ve been screaming from the proverbial rooftops.

It’s that while as a generation Millennials are “digitally native, mobile oriented, media savvy, politically progressive, ethnically diverse, well-educated and culturally savvy,” as Adweek put it recently, they also have one other giant defining characteristic:

They’re kinda broke.

Is your product’s AI annoying people? | TechCrunch

June 18, 2019June 17, 2019 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

Artificial intelligence is allowing us all to consider surprising new ways to simplify the lives of our customers. As a product developer, your central focus is always on the customer. But new problems can arise when the specific solution under development helps one customer while alienating others.

We tend to think of AI as an incredible dream assistant to our lives and business operations, when that’s not always the case. Designers of new AI services should consider in what ways and for whom might these services be annoying, burdensome or problematic, and whether it involves the direct customer or others who are intertwined with the customer. When we apply AI services to make tasks easier for our customers that end up making things more difficult for others, that outcome can ultimately cause real harm to our brand perception.

Tricky Scam Plants Phishing Links in Your Google Calendar | WIRED

June 18, 2019June 17, 2019 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

AT THIS POINT, you’re probably keeping an eye out for possible phishing messages in your email. You know the drill: If you have any doubts, don’t click links or download attachments. That’s difficult enough to adhere to in practice. Now, thanks to new findings from the threat intelligence firm Kaspersky, along with phishing texts, phishing tweets, and phishing pop-ups, you need to worry about one more thing: phishing in your calendar.