PARIS, FRANCE – OCTOBER 07: In this photo illustration, social media, Instagram and Threads … [+]
Here are five things in tech that happened this week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them?
1 – Threads – Instagram’s Twitter
PARIS, FRANCE – OCTOBER 07: In this photo illustration, social media, Instagram and Threads … [+]
Here are five things in tech that happened this week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them?
1 – Threads – Instagram’s Twitter
Jennifer Dawn’s client had built her company to $750,000 in revenue but was losing enthusiasm for the business. “It had sucked the life out of her,” says Dawn, who runs Jennifer Dawn Coaching in New York City. “She started to hate the business and it was tanking.”
Revenue gradually slipped to $500,000. Dawn worked with her on marketing and other key areas of the business rebuilding her sales—and also encouraged her to start exercising and otherwise taking care of herself. The client gradually built sales back to $1 million.
Then the pandemic hit—and the schools the clients served in the

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The average Alberta small business is still carrying $85,000 to $100,000 worth of pandemic-related debt, according to the CFIB
A pandemic lifeline may now be dragging local businesses to their demise.
The leisure and hospitality sector continues to struggle to hire back to pre-pandemic levels
The rate of small business hiring slowed modestly in June as hourly earnings growth across the US decelerated to 4.02% from 4.24% in May, according to the Paychex | IHS Markit Small Business Employment Watch. The national Small Business Jobs Index — which measures the rate of small business job growth in the US — registered 99.21 in June, virtually unchanged so far in 2023.
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At 99.21, the national jobs index decreased 0.24% in June,
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People with physical disabilities hold limited positions as scholars, teachers, or leaders in physical education, recreation, and sports. Perhaps the reason is that the field is flooded with able-bodied people who think they know best. But do they? Michael Oliver, imminent writer, and scholar argued that people with physical disabilities should be the only ones in the field of disability studies because they have a bodily experience with disabilities. The following five-part article series shares the perspective of a scholar in the field of sports disability who has his own physical limitations. In each article, he

Colleen Slappendel (pictured, center) opened her Pelham hair salon at the height of the pandemic in October 2020. Despite the inherent challenges in starting a small business, plus the added pressures of recurrent lockdowns and restrictions, she and her business prevailed, and continues to grow. Photo credit: Rooted Hair Studio
2020 was undoubtedly one of the toughest years on record for small business owners. However, even a global pandemic couldn’t stop Colleen Slappendel from pursuing her dream of opening a hair salon in her home community of Fenwick.
“I had always wanted to stay in my hometown,” Slappendel, owner of