May 20, 2026 | Education, Featured
When students can connect what they learn in the classroom to real work environments, everything changes. According to Cameron Albring, Director of Career Services at Oakland Community College, the goal is simple: help students build momentum toward completion. That...
May 20, 2026 | Featured, SMB
There’s never been a more popular time to start a business. Over the past five years, there have been more than 5 million new business applications filed per year, according to the US Census Bureau. (Compare that to just 2.8 million new business applications...
May 20, 2026 | Featured, Finance
When it comes to running a successful business, many people think it’s a simple matter of offering a product or service customers are willing to spend money on and generating profits. Those who run businesses will tell you it’s much more nuanced. If you...
May 20, 2026 | Business, Featured, Technology, Telecommunications
Small and medium‑sized businesses are investing in new technology at a record pace—but many aren’t seeing the productivity gains they expected. The problem isn’t the tools themselves. It’s the execution gap: the widening divide between the technology companies buy...
May 6, 2026 | Featured, Talent
During our visit to Wayne State University in Detroit, Cindy Polakowski and John Petty met with engineering students Harishitha Mummidivarapu, Aditi Roy, and Shareen El-Saghir, members of IEEE More From Talent
May 6, 2026 | Featured, Work
A century ago, the five-day working week helped reshape society. It was introduced at scale by industrial pioneers to address not only worker wellbeing but also economic pressures. US industrialist Henry Ford was among the first to give workers two full days off per...
May 6, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured
Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a technology reserved for organizations with deep pockets and dedicated research divisions. According to McKinsey, as of 2025, 88% of companies have adopted AI in at least one business function, and the gap between large...
May 6, 2026 | Featured, SMB
Events for National Small Business Week 2026 are taking place in Savannah, Montgomery, Bay St. Louis, and New Orleans, featuring summits, mixers, pitch competitions, and grant announcements. In South Carolina’s Midlands, state data show small businesses employ about...
May 6, 2026 | Featured, Federal Government, Finance
EIDL loans were designed to help small businesses stay afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of these loans have a 30-year term with a 3.5% interest rate. With lower interest rates than typical loans, the loans were provided for working capital and other normal...
