(Akiit.com) These days, it’s common for most entrepreneurs to start their stores online. There are still many benefits of starting and running a physical store though. The challenges that come with it often but people off, but if you’re thinking of taking the plunge, here are some essential tips for ...
(Akiit.com) Last month, I celebrated the beginning of my 81st year of life. For nearly half that time, I have been writing a nationally syndicated column on many topics generating reader responses that go from supportive to quite ugly. So I thought a column making my vision, values and views ...
(Akiit.com) We’re turning into a world that seems to have a lot less training for the realities of life than before. The up-and-coming generation of millennials shows less awareness of many of the financial realities that will govern and change big parts of their lives. However, they’re not the first ...
(Akiit.com) The modern entrepreneur is expected, to a degree, to be able to apply their knowledge and expertise to all kinds of fields. One of those fields that is becoming a place of more interest to businessmen today is the food processing industry. Because of its high volume and marketability, ...
(Akiit.com) Educating employees is essential for business owners who want to take the next step. It’s impossible to improve an organization without first investing in the most valuable people. Considering that, it’s no surprise that company bosses are spending a fortune on training in 2016. However, most of them are ...
(Akiit.com) Let’s look at the political angst over trade deficits. A trade deficit is when people in one country buy more from another country than the other country’s people buy from them. There cannot be a trade deficit in a true economic sense. Let’s examine this. I buy more from ...
(Akiit.com) Today’s world revolves around the innovation and advances made in the technology and telecommunications industries. Yet, these industries continue to lag far behind when it comes to the participation and inclusion of people of color, and women, in all spheres. Silicon Valley — from the C-suite to the firms ...
(Akiit.com) Acupuncture is an ancient Chinese form of healing. Practised over thousands of years, millions of people use it to give their bodies a new lease of life. Rooted in traditional oriental medicine, acupuncture views health as a state of balance. Some people assume that acupuncture is just about sticking ...
(Akiit.com) In my experience, good public policy is best shaped by the dispassionate analysis of what in practice has worked, or not. Policy based on common assumptions and popular sentiments can become a recipe for mistaken prescriptions and misguided interventions. Nowhere is this divorce between rhetoric and reality more evident ...
(Akiit.com) When you set up a new business, you should consider completely abandoning the idea of a physical premises. Instead, you can set up your business entirely online. The first thing you’ll need to do is get a website up and running. But you may have noticed that there are ...
(Akiit.com) There are a lot of factors that have to combine when running a successful business. And one of the key ones is ensuring that you have the perfect office environment. A lot of the time you can choose the ideals office for you. But, often you may need to ...
(Akiit.com) This April marks the one-year anniversary of the 2015 Baltimore rebellion and the 48th anniversary of the Baltimore rebellion of 1968 . The 1968 rebellion started on April 6 and lasted for over a week, resulting in six deaths, 700 injuries, 5,800 arrested and in today’s dollars, nearly $80 ...