You’ve launched a new company. It’s got a beautiful new website, a fresh new logo, stunning SEO copy, and thieves eyeing your every move. Wait, what was that last one? Yes, all brands are at risk constantly from everything from outright thieves who rip your copy off of your web pages to competitors who create…
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In one of our latest blogs, we spoke of Intellectual Property Rights and how we need to shift focus and retool our compliance strategy. This blog will focus on supply chain security and how that affects your profit margin, and how we can use updated trade regulations to refocus our just-in-time deliveries and third-party seller/buyer,…
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I began writing this piece to discuss how the latest tariffs imposed by the United States and China are unfairly affecting Small Business and how large corporations garner support from the Administration, specifically the Department of Commerce to circumvent these newly imposed tariffs, i.e., Apple. The tech giant was able to convince the Administration that…
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As the global market continues to expand, and e-trade and e-commerce overshadow our traditional brick and mortar businesses, companies and corporations need to rethink and retool their compliance posture. Intellectual property theft, especially from source and manufacturing countries such as China, Russia and India, have increased exponentially over the past 5 to 10 years. This…
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No matter how small your company is, hiring someone is a big decision. You’ll want to make that big decision on someone who is the right fit for the job; someone who works well with the team, knows the trade, and is trustworthy. Hiring is a stressful process for any group, large or small. Hiring…
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Knowing what’s yours is one of the earliest things that you learn as a child. You know you can’t take another kid’s building block in daycare just like how you know you can’t walk into your neighbor’s house and steal their TV. This is the most basic form of property rights: this is mine, not…
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If you were going to hire a plumber, would you go for someone who read a plumbing manual a few years ago or someone who has years of experience in the field? What about going to a restaurant – would you be satisfied if your cook has made breakfast for his family a few times…
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The chances of a business making it through its entire lifecycle without having any issue requiring professional investigation are slim to none. Whether it is from numbers not adding up on the accounting sheet, leaks that come from the company server, or a lawsuit threatening to take your reputation to subterranean levels, the odds of…
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In an age where the vast majority of businesses use some form of e-commerce or communication via the internet, e-security has become a must. Many businesses fail to recognize the importance of e-security despite repeated warning signs from other corporations having their data breached, primarily by foreign criminal enterprises, which makes enforcement and prosecution more…
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Does the name ‘Amy’s Baking Company’ ring a bell? If you were anywhere on the internet or picked up a newspaper in 2014, you’ll remember the public backlash against a very poorly handled bout of bad publicity. The restaurant appeared on Gordon Ramsay’s television show ‘Kitchen Nightmares’ that year, and they were portrayed as less…
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