by PawnMaster | Aug 24, 2018 | Achieve Success, Business Success
Self-care seems like a sacred word reserved for activities you do in the privacy of your home—things like yoga, long baths and quiet, meditative evenings. It’s a very deliberate form of care, a ritual we exercise full control over. But away from home, at places like...
by PawnMaster | Aug 23, 2018 | Employee, Insurance, Workers Compensation
I’ve been in insurance for a long time, and have seen a good number of business owners and their employees sustain injuries—many very minor, some permanently life-altering, and a few unfortunately resulting in death. Most of these injuries could have been...
by PawnMaster | Aug 21, 2018 | Capital, Capital Improvements, Funding
Online lending continues to make a big impact on small business growth. A recent study conducted by NDP Analytics found that every $1 borrowed by small businesses produces $3.79 of gross output in local communities. It sums up to nearly $40 billion in economic growth...
by PawnMaster | Aug 20, 2018 | 53-WEEK YEAR
AN EXPLANATION OF THE 53-WEEK YEAR Dividing the retail calendar into 52 weeks of seven days each, or 364 days, leaves an extra day each year to be accounted for. As a result, every five to six years a week is added to the fiscal calendar. This anomaly has most...
by PawnMaster | Aug 17, 2018 | Industry, Insurance
The pawn industry is alive and well, full of bright and forward thinking professionals as well as seasoned veterans who have seen it all, or at least know someone who has. Even with that much collective experience, the unexpected can and does happen. For nearly three...
