Sitemap - 2021 - The 21 Hats Morning Report
These Women Are Not Sticking to Their Knitting
This Is What It Takes to Build a Business
What Are Your KPIs Telling You?
This Is Starting to Feel Familiar
‘We’re Never Going Back to Normal’
Businesses Are Budgeting Big Raises for 2022
Are You Playing Offense or Defense?
As Digital Marketing’s Rules Change, So Do the Tactics
‘I Wouldn’t Call It Transitory’
When Buying an Unsexy Business Becomes Sexy
‘It’s Important to Not Catastrophize’
What's the Best Way to Raise Prices?
Would You Recommend Your Bank?
Even CEOs Are Joining the Great Resignation
It’s Bonus Season. Are You Feeling Generous?
A Once-in-a-Generation Opportunity
Is the Internet Turning into QVC?
Can I Bring My Manufacturing Back from China?
What If You Have 98 Employees?
‘I Can Do It. I Promise You, I Can Do It’
Leverage Continues to Shift Toward Employees
Paying Google, the Volcano God
When CEOs Set Their Own Compensation
Gen Z Is Changing the Workplace
As Delta Fades, the Economy Picks Up
Nobody Can Sell Your Product Like You Can
Big Companies Are Having Little Trouble Raising Prices
Is It Ever Okay to Deceive Customers?
Cutting Your Office Space by 80 Percent
The Hiring Process Has Changed
'Holy Crap! This Is All My Dreams Come True’
Zooming from a Hybrid Office Can Be Tricky
The Price of Manufacturing in China
‘I Can’t Succeed Without a Staff’
It May Be Time to Figure Out TikTok
‘Pardon Me. I’m So Sorry. This Is My First Pandemic’
Jay's Tips: A Credit Card That Pays Four Points on Shipping
Google, Amazon, EBay Offer New Digital Marketing Options
Do You Ask Job Candidates If They're Vaccinated?
The Short-Term Lenders Are Back
Are You Ready for Your Spotlight?
Car Dealers Are Renting Cars to Display
Can an Entrepreneur Raise an Entrepreneur?
Do You Review the Social Media of Job Candidates?
‘We’ve Never Raised Prices Anywhere Close to That’
It’s a Good Time to Sell Generators
Landing Retail Accounts Through LinkedIn
‘This Will Come as a Relief to the Business Community’
Getting a $2 Million EIDL Will Be Like Winning the Lottery
The SBA Adjusts the EIDL, But Keeps It Confusing
All Along, We’ve Been Waiting for September
I Don’t Pay for Podcasts. Why Would I Pay for Yours?
The Problem With 'Just Below' Pricing
How Should I Monetize 21 Hats?
A Business Owner Defends the American Families Plan
Should Employers Make the Unvaccinated Pay?
‘Every Day, I Have to Force Myself to Get Out of Bed’
The Covid Startup Boom is Still Booming
Are Your Remote Employees Working Two Jobs?
Do You Know Any Entrepreneurs Who Struggle?
The Roll Up of Amazon Sellers Accelerates
A Business Owner Dares to Talk About Race
Restaurants Will Never Be the Same
I Should Have Raised Wages (and Prices) Sooner
‘It’s Been 10 Years Since I Was Laid Off’
‘You Feel Like You’re the Police’
I Had Two Great Candidates. They Both Blew Up
The Tide May Be Turning on Mandates
Are You Finding (PPP) Forgiveness?
Private Equity's $3 Billion Temptation
Masks, Anxiety, and Cruise Ships Return
Oh, No! They Accepted Our Offer
Jack Stack: This Thing Isn’t Over Yet
Where Do You Get Your Best Ideas?
Sales Jobs Are Proving Hard to Fill
Does It Matter What You Name Your Business?
I Have Been Hiding From My Numbers
What Don't People Get About Your Business?
The Labor Situation Isn't All Bad
Maybe I’m Not Ready for Costco
Business Owners Aren’t Buying Remote
Why Did Your Business Succeed?
A Rocket Ship to a Better Economy?
This Is Where We Get Into Therapy
‘We’re Incredibly Bullish About the U.S. Economy’
Should Citibin Try to Get into Costco?
The Ben & Jerry’s of Apple Sauce
Stay DTC? Or Try to Go Costco?
An Advertising Alternative to Facebook and Google
Raising Wages, Increasing Profits
Subway Franchisees Are Desperate
‘Compensation Isn’t a Differentiator’
How's That Work-Life Balance Thing Going?
‘I Was Raised By Entrepreneur Wolves’
‘I’m a Little Embarrassed How Easy It Was’
It Absolutely, Positively Might Not Get There
A Skeptical Conversation about ESOPs
What’s the Biggest Mistake You See Other Businesses Making?
We’re Raising Wages for Everybody
Companies Rethink Their Reopening Plans
What Have You Learned About Marketing?
A Smarter Approach to Small Business Marketing?
Is It Time to Worry About Inflation?
How Jack Stack Learned to Love Recessions
Are You Having Trouble Hiring?
Main Street Businesses Try TikTok
Did It Have to Get Crazy at Basecamp?
Come Back to the Office (and Win a Tesla!)
What's Been Your Experience with PR?
Changing the Way Luxury Is Sold
I Should Be Able to Get That Multiple
What Really Happened at Basecamp
I’ve Had a Love-Hate Relationship With PR
‘I’ve Never Seen It This Frenzied’
Why Aren’t You Opening This Email?
Signing Bonuses for Restaurant Workers
'Businesses Can’t Afford to Say No'
Stephanie Stuckey's Pricing Dilemma
Dana White Decides to Franchise
Can You Be Friends With Employees?
‘We Don’t Get a Pause Button Often’
PPP Is Likely to Run Out of Money
'God, Loren, You Are Such a Jerk'
The Weight of Personal Guarantees
Is Now the Time to Start a Business?
A Business Owner Confronts a Cyber Crime
Is ‘Good to Great’ Still Great?
The Dirty, Little Secret of Unlimited PTO
Do You Ever Feel Guilty About Making More than Your Employees?
Businesses Built on Amazon Cash Out
I Hope You’re Not Torturing Yourself
Banks Are Sitting on a Pile of Cash
This Startup Can Get You Vaccinated
Is It Time to Rethink Restaurants?
Will Restaurants Ever Be the Same?
New York, Chicago, or Atlanta?
New Life for Co-Working Spaces?
The PPP Program Still Has Flaws
What Has the Crisis Taught You?
They Know They’re Doing Something Wrong
The Business Owner’s Case for a $15 Minimum
SBA Lending Is Experiencing Big Delays
Businesses Conclude Covid’s Not Going Anywhere
What's Your Favorite Business Tool?
What the Bill Means for Businesses
Why The Next Ben & Jerry’s Failed
How Are You Doing With Health Insurance?
A Fabulous Conversation About Marketing
New Covid Rules for the Workplace
Six New Tax Breaks for Small Businesses
What Business Has Impressed You?
Do You Qualify for PPP Round Two?