New Chuck Krugel Presentation Part of Crain’s Chicago Small Business Week, 10/5/11
Thanks to Illinois WorkNet of Northern Cook County & Crain’s Chicago Business, I’ll be presenting on social media & legal & HR issues as part of Crain’s Chicago Small Business Week. This will be at IL WorkNet’s Arlington Heights office on Wednesday, October 5, 2011, from 8:30 AM – 11:30 Am, 723 W. Algonquin Rd., AH, [...]
Illinois Tax System Analysis-Statistics & Ideas for Needed Reform
The Small Business Advocacy Council (SBAC; I’m a member & board member) has been examining Illinois’ convoluted & corrupted tax system (commercial, consumer, etc.). One of our members, Steve Banke, CEO of 3Points, an IT service provider, did an amazing analysis of Illinois’ tax system & points out the following: 1. In January 2011, the State [...]
New Seminar-Panel Presentation
On Thursday, July 28, from 8 AM until about 11 AM, I’ll be part of a panel discussing early stage business growth & how expanding businesses can properly build-out their infrastructure, train their staff and market their services. This is a free seminar & sponsored by the Small Business Advocacy Council in Chicago. Here’s the [...]
The Impact of the Mid-Term Elections on Small-to-Medium Sized Business Regarding Labor and Employment Relations
Excerpts from the following article are also available on Slate.com’s BizBox small business blog at http://bizbox.slate.com/blog. It appears that our mid-term election results will probably have little impact for small-to-medium sized businesses in the immediate future (the remainder of 2010 into the first quarter of 2011). More specifically, there doesn’t appear to be any clear [...]
A PRACTITIONER’S PERSPECTIVE: RESPONDING TO REGULATORY AGENCY COMPLAINTS
The below article, written by me, will soon be published, in two parts, on a few different online law and business websites. Once published, I’ll provide direct links to those articles. However, the entire article is presented below. A PRACTITIONER’S PERSPECTIVE: RESPONDING TO REGULATORY AGENCY COMPLAINTS For business owners, one of the most troubling aspects [...]
