The Morning Report Weekly Wrap Up
Every Friday, "The Morning Report Weekly Wrap Up" highlights the most important news, insights, and analysis for business owners and entrepreneurs from the 21 Hats daily Morning Report newsletter. Subscribe to the free, daily Morning Report email newsletter at 21Hats.com.
Episodes
September 10, 2021 • 10 mins
We discuss implications of Biden vaccine/testing mandate for small business; a handful of states now require employers to disclose salaries; what happens now for small businesses that thought we'd be "past" Covid by now?
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August 20, 2021 • 11 mins
We discuss essential changes in hiring for today's workforce shortage; how to shift from commodity to value pricing; Loren discusses 21Hats pricing challenges; we highlight info in today's SBE Council podcast on self employment for wealth creation.
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August 13, 2021 • 11 mins
The recently enhanced Employee Retention Tax Credit for small biz; two interesting stories about how the Amazon platform gives birth to new startups rolling up other Amazon sellers and Amazon delivery partners; SBE Council's new tax policy survey.
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August 6, 2021 • 9 mins
How to leverage entrepreneurial employees as assets for your company; private equity experiment shows big spread on valuations; airlines still expect business travel to return this fall, but what about the Delta variant and Zoom?
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July 30, 2021 • 8 mins
We talk masks, vaccines and the Delta variant, and what small businesses can do to manage it all effectively; we also pay tribute to master pitchman/entrepreneur Ron Popeil and discuss both personal and business lessons we can learn from him.
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July 23, 2021 • 10 mins
We talk about how, deep in Missouri and Delta variant hotspot, Jack Stack and his team from SCR Holdings are using the "MiniGame" strategy from his "Great Game of Business" fame to motivate employees to get vaccinated.
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July 16, 2021 • 9 mins
We talk about Mel Gravely, CEO of TriVersity Construction, and his upcoming book for biz leaders called “Dear White Friend”; Former Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly once opposed remote work, now he wants to "fix" capitalism. And biz lessons from Ted Lasso.
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July 9, 2021 • 15 mins
Could there be a silver lining to the worker shortage? Why some CEOs cut their pay during the pandemic (women), as others gave themselves a raise (men). Are you ready to sell to Costco? California to help small businesses buy their own buildings.
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June 18, 2021 • 9 mins
More VC funds for Black-owned biz + we focus on Holmes Mouthwatering Applesauce; SBE Council podcast: STEP Act's impact on small biz/minority-owned biz; more startups offer alt Amazon platforms; 21 Hats Podcast: Citibin ponders new growth strategy.
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June 11, 2021 • 9 mins
Some businesses are addressing labor shortage by increasing wages (and also profits); Built In asks: Can you build an effective sales team without quotas and commissions?; SurveyMonkey changes its name, we bet on how long the new name will last.
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June 4, 2021 • 8 mins
White House memo on cybersecurity + resources for small business; find out what happened when this Texas burger chain hiked their minimum wage to $15; here's why VCs are now in love with nail salons; new SBE Council podcast went live this morning.
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May 21, 2021 • 9 mins
WEEKLY NEWS WRAP-UP: PPP chaos, and how to prepare an appeal if your forgiveness application is denied; more advice from Carey Smith (BigAssFans) on giving away equity too fast; Liz Picarazzi (Citibin) on creating your own PR coup.
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May 20, 2021 • 4 mins
Gene Marks on how to use CARES Act to pay down workers' student debt; how companies are using automation to overcome worker shortage; Ami Kassar’s EIDL extension update; Carey Smith, who built & sold Big Ass Fans, on giving away equity too quickly.
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May 19, 2021 • 4 mins
Bank of America to raise minimum wage to $25 by 2025; WeWork says demand for space now exceeds pre-Covid levels; CNBC explainer on digital ad revenue; NPR talks to small biz about mask policies; 21 Hats Podcast: "We’re Raising Wages for Everybody."
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May 18, 2021 • 5 mins
Commercial real estate doing much better than after Great Recession; small, independent businesses popping up in malls; great marketing lessons you can learn...from a bidet company; 21 Hats Podcast: Is it fair to say employers take all the risks?
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May 17, 2021 • 4 mins
New CDC guidance, and rethinking office plans; unemployment job search requirements being reinstated; digital ads on Google, Facebook, Instagram increasingly effective in 2020; new 21 Hats and SBE Council resources for digital marketing and growth.
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May 14, 2021 • 9 mins
WEEKLY NEWS WRAP-UP: What do new CDC guidelines mean for small biz?; Is it time to rethink what marketing is and can do?; Why Jack Stack thinks a recession is great time to grow & transform your business; SBECouncil Podcast: More on new mask rules.
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May 13, 2021 • 4 mins
We're getting back to pre-Covid normal; Yelp data shows car-free streets boosted business during Covid; Is it post-pandemic inflation?; Gene Marks predicts cause of pipeline hack; 21 Hats Podcast: Are we headed back to old normal or to new normal?
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May 12, 2021 • 4 mins
Vaccines unleash wedding boom; Gene Marks on using tax credit as hiring bonus; CPI rose faster than expected in April; Jack Stack says a recession is great opportunity to transform your business; 21 Hats Podcast: Hiring pitfalls to avoid right now.
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May 11, 2021 • 4 mins
Chipotle raising avg wage to $15; Don’t let employees choose which days they work from home; Pypestream is attempting to kill the call center; mini golf from Topgolf founders raises $60M; 21 Hats Podcast: "Are you ready to go back to the office?"
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