Crowdfunding is a hot topic among start-up companies. In a recent special series created by NRP addressing the state of the American small business, crowdfunding was addressed as a way to generate investment capital. As with any investing, crowdfunding has both its risk and reward. In addition to raising capital, Samet Consulting has a extensive track...

There are numerous challenges when managing a labor force to balance quality service and rising expenses. The New Yorker reported in an August 20, 2014 article entitled The Flextime Blues that managing labor costs account for most variable costs and without a quality balance of part time and full time employees, a poorly implemented labor cost plan can...

The New York Time released an excellent article title "How to Be a CEO, From a Decade's Worth of Them". The author, Adam Bryant, has interviewed 525 chief executives over his years of writing. In this article he shared a number of the standouts asking the CEO's about their companies, how they lead, how they hire and most interesting, the life advice they...

Starting new business or launching a new project requires a well thought-out business plan. Yes, it can be time consuming, especially for small business owners, but the lack of a business plan eliminates that critical tracking tool needed to map a successful launch. The August 26, 2016 Entrepreneur released an excellent article on the 7 Steps to a...

Entrepreneur discovered what high achievers consider to be mistakes made as a public speaker. Avoid making these 10 mistakes so you too can become a successful speaker. Samet Consulting provides small and medium sized companies financial management expertise to improve profits. Samet Consulting is available as a Business Consultant, CFO, Controller,...

PBS Newshour released an article on the Silly things employers do to bypass older workers. In this article, Nick Carcodilos states companies seeking job candidates are “publishing job descriptions with unreasonably long lists of “requirements” crossing multiple knowledge domains that take years of experience to acquire. These companies “prefer” candidates...

The Atlantic Magazine contains an article titled “Why Doctors Still Use Pen and Paper”, a review of the slow migration by health care providers to adopt a digital medical-records system. In this article, David Blumenthal, a physician and former Harvard Medical School professor states “They all are sources of information about your health and well-being....

In a recent Forbes article titled What is a Startup?, Adora Cheung – cofounder and CEO of Homejoy, one of the Hottest U.S. Startups of 2013 suggests “Startup is a state of mind. It’s when people join your company and are still making the explicit decision to forgo stability in exchange for the promise of tremendous growth and the excitement of making...

A recent article in the Yahoo Small business advisor addresses a recent study that entrepreneurs starting new companies are not bound by age (see Older Entrepreneurs: The startup mentality is not bound by age). The Kauffman Foundation study found that ” not only do more older people start businesses but also that businesses started by older people are...