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Non-compete clauses restrict a seller’s ability to operate or engage in a competing business for a period of time after closing. Survey responses show that three to five years is the prevailing non-compete period.

As every large & small business has experience, shipping & fulfillment costs have increased exponentially…especially during the last 2 ‘COVID’ years. Amazon’s logistics costs have skyrocketed over the past decade, with shipping and fulfillment costs growing almost 40-fold between 2009 and 2021 (revenue growth: almost 20-fold). https://www.statista.com/chart/17207/amazon-shipping-and-fulfillment-costs/

As the labor numbers came in strong this past week, the following graph shows the percentage of people who are back in the labor force is rising. The percentage of people working or looking for jobs reached its largest point since before the pandemic, Nathan writes. And it turns out… Read More »Back To Work

We all know reviews are important, just look at what we do when we look at items on amazon or if we look for a new contractor we ask our friends and then start looking online for reviews. This survey by Power Reviews gives a great snapshot The Power of… Read More »The Importance of Reviews

As outlined by Axios. The Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine-or-test mandate is history, but about half of U.S. employers are proceeding with one anyway, Nathan writes. By the numbers: Nearly a quarter of employers are already requiring vaccinations without a testing option despite the Supreme Court scrapping the Biden mandate, according… Read More »Employers Vaccination Requirements

There is still loads of money available for businesses acquisitions and business investments. Last week we reported that 2021 was a record year for PE secondaries deals, but a new Evercore report suggests that the times will keep booming. There’s over $100 billion in dry powder dedicated to secondaries, with… Read More »More Money (‘Dry Powder’) Available for Purchasing Businesses

As we celebrate black history we focus todays DBA on number of Black immigrants in each state, as stated in this Axios article: The number of Black immigrants in the U.S. has soared 475% over the last 40 years, Axios’ Russell Contreras writes from a new Pew report. Why it… Read More »Black Immigrant Population

Tesla had a stellar year and even if Elon indicates no new products this year, they will be bringing two new factories on line and increasing their efficiencies, not to mention releasing feature complete full self driving. With a net income attributable to shareholders of $2.3 billion this past quarter… Read More »Tesla Turns a Real Profit This Year

The Percentage of personal income from government programs is on the rise. As outlined by Axios: State of play: As much as 22% of Americans’ personal income last year came from government benefits, including Social Security, stimulus checks, enhanced unemployment insurance, and the child tax credits (CTCs) that ended in… Read More »Government Support Continues to Increase

As we are learning to live the pandemic this should be the time for growth. The International Monetary Fund has cut its growth forecast for the world economy by 0.5 percentage points. According to its latest World Economic Outlook, published on Tuesday, the organization now expects global gross domestic product to… Read More »IMF Cuts Growth Forecast for 2022