By Cliff Ennico I had the privilege last week of speaking at The Seller’s Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This event, formerly known as the Seller’s Conference for Online Entrepreneurs (SCOE), was and has always been the leading U.S. conference for people who sell merchandise on Amazon.com. But last week’s event demonstrates how a virtual team […]
By Cliff Ennico “We started a business some time ago, and have about 10 employees. “The business has done well, to the point where we want to give our employees options to acquire stock in our company. “We had our lawyer draw up a stock option plan and agreements granting options to our employees, but […]
By Cliff Ennico “Some friends and I formed a nonprofit organization 10 years ago to help at-risk youth in our community. “We had a few good years but then things fell apart. One of our board members left town because her husband got a new job. Another board member got divorced and stopped attending meetings […]
By Cliff Ennico Being cooped up in a New England house this time of year isn’t fun. To live up here one must have a rich interior life. If you don’t have a Netflix subscription, books become really important in maintaining a positive state of mind. Each winter I try to have a theme to […]
By Cliff Ennico The White House recently issued an executive order designed to reduce government regulation of small businesses (for the full text of the order, see www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/30/presidential-executive-order-reducing-regulation-and-controlling). The purpose of the order is simple: to reduce the number of regulations federal Government agencies issue each year and (eventually) slim down the Code of Federal […]