Recent industry research reveals that the most widely used AI detectors are wildly unreliable.

Everyone in business should know the famous quote from Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel, The Sun Also Rises, spoken by the character Mike Campbell when asked how he went bankrupt.

Your business is brimming with sales and so many solid leads, you can hardly keep up. So you start thinking about the future and imagining a bigger, better place. The idea of remodeling or expanding excites you to the point you’re ready to draw up construction plans on the spot.

Local brand recognition is the foundation of any successful small business, but achieving it often feels like an impossible climb—especially when every marketing dollar is precious. You need buzz and community goodwill, yet the price tag for high-profile advertising or lavish events can easily crush a modest budget.

Last week, we discussed how to deal with a backstabbing employee. But what happens when business owners don’t fire them, even though they continue to hurt their peers? Well, as you probably imagine, the results aren’t pleasant (and more than likely, horrible).

It’s happened again. You’re angry, but can’t erupt because doing so will only cause more problems. Having a responsibility to your brand, employees, and family, you can’t afford (both morally or monetarily) to ignore this thoroughly unpleasant situation—an employee who repeatedly backbites their fellow team members. Now, another episode has just surfaced, and you’ve been made aware of it. Unfortunately, it isn’t a one-off, and it’s up to you to deal with it. But how?

Solutions to common problems aren’t always self-evident. Sometimes, the answers lie in unusual places. For instance, one contradiction, known in artificial intelligence and robotics circles, states that machines can easily perform very complex calculations quickly, but cannot perform everyday functions that even small children can do effortlessly. This incongruity can actually help small business owners improve their operations and increase their profits. Read on to learn how.

Solutions to common problems aren’t always self-evident. Sometimes, the answers lie in unusual places. For instance, one contradiction, known in artificial intelligence and robotics circles, states that machines can easily perform very complex calculations quickly, but cannot perform everyday functions that even small children can do effortlessly. This incongruity can actually help small business owners improve their operations and increase their profits. Read on to learn how.