How Local Businesses can make New Orleans Great in 2021 By Jeff Thomas For the last few years, I have written about how to make our city great in each…
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STRIKING HOPPERS CONTINUE THE FIGHT FOR HAZARD PAY
By C.C. Campbell-Rock On his second trip to Memphis to support striking sanitation workers, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. lost his life on the frontlines in the fight for…
Metro Disposal Labor Pains
What Happens When a Growing Black Business is in the Crosshairs of a National Union By Jeff Thomas Brothers Jimmie and Glenn Woods started Metro Disposal (a/k/a Metro Service Group,…
How small-business owners and the self-employed can take advantage of the coronavirus stimulus package
Stimulus package: Small business owner loans, self-employed unemployment benefits, 401k penalties waived and more in coronavirus relief CARES Act | Fortune By Kate Rockwood At a whopping 57 million, self-employed people make…
WBOK – The Best Talk Radio in New Orleans
Why You Should be Listening All Day By Jeff Thomas What do Mayor LaToya Cantrell, NFL Hall of Famers Lawrence Taylor, Willie Roaf, Earl Campbell, Freedom Rider Doadie Smith, Mardi…
Business: Ten Laws of Prime Business Preparation
Are you prepared to do business? by Jim Taylor Ph.D. Success in the business world is not about who is the smartest; research shows that IQ is largely unrelated to status in…
Oprah Winfrey said her ‘secret to success’ lies in a single question
Sara McCord, Yesterday was Oprah Winfrey’s 66th birthday. In 2017, she delivered a college commencement speech that revealed what she called “the secret to her success,” and the three steps…
3 Ways to Stay Motivated as You Start a Business
by Amanda Abella One question that keeps coming through my inbox has to do with how to stay motivated. It seems as if many beginning business owners are fired up…
How to Start a Home-Based Business That Will Succeed
You Can Start a Successful Home-Based Business of Your Own By Susan Ward The best home-based business is the one you start with your own two hands – not the one in…