I knew there was a lot of resentment out there towards AI, but I didn't know it was this bad.

I run a small business that sends out 2,000-5,000 envelopes a month. What we've been doing is printing the shipping addresses on stickers and placing them on the size 10 envelopes, and then we have a stamp that can be used for our return address. We also have another red stamp for "Show Invitations." We did try to use our Epson ET-2803 for our needs, but it could only do like 3-5 envelopes a minute. For some reason, it pauses a few seconds before doing the red invitation part. We then bought an HP M554 since it was labeled as doing 35 PPM, but we quickly learned that was only for regular paper, not envelopes. So it can just do 3 pages per minute to keep from overheating. Is there any printer that I could use for my business?

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I do promotional products and custom apparel, and I’ve been putting so much effort into creating mockups for companies with their logos which take so much time. Every time I send emails to business and try to introduce what we can do for them, nobody ever responds ): I feel disappointed that I can’t do my job and earn trust because nobody responds to any of my emails. Does anyone know why Marketing managers and similar roles that are in charge of swag aren’t responding to suppliers who want to partner up and help? I genuinely have so many ideas and excitement to help someone with projects but it’s not working and I’m feeling so down.

Hi everyone. I’m 30m and have been in the finance/sales/banking world my entire career - about 12 years. I’ve done retail banking, corporate banking, treasury management, fixed income trading, and now wealth management. In terms of the finance world my experience is extremely well rounded.

I think I have the inkling of an idea for a business that would encompass my experience but I’m having trouble piecing it together for a full on value proposition.

How can I get started or what are the steps you recommend?

I’m absolutely sick of the banking and corporate world, and sick of getting paid a fraction of what I’m producing in revenue.

Managing local marketing involves many different tasks and everyone has their own workflow I have noticed that different approaches work better depending on the type of business and goals

What does your local marketing workflow usually look like?

Are there any tasks that have become easier with experience?

Would be interesting to hear how others handle their day to day process

⚽ What England's collapse today teaches us about winning at work

England were beating Argentina 1-0 with 30 minutes left today.
Then they decided to protect the lead instead of extend it.
🔻 Off came a striker. On came a defender.
🔺 Argentina did the exact opposite — kept throwing on attackers, kept pushing.

That's what a winning team does. That's what businesses with a winning mentality do.
⏱️ 85th minute: 1-1.
⏱️ 90th minute: 2-1.
❌ Semifinal over.

I've watched this same game play out in offices for years. No crowd, same script.

You win the client. You hit the number. You ship the thing everyone said couldn't be done. And quietly the goal shifts from "win" to "don't lose what we've got." The best people get pulled off the work that got you there and put on guard duty. It feels responsible. Sometimes it is.

But there's a difference between managing a lead and hiding behind it. England didn't lose because they defended. They lost because they handed the ball, the field, and the momentum to the one team on earth you'd never want to invite pressure from — and hoped the clock would save them.

👉 Whoever's still playing to win usually decides how it ends.

Two things I'm taking from it:
1️⃣ Don't surrender the initiative to protect a lead your competitor can still take back.
2️⃣ Judge the decision, not the result. If England had held on, we'd be calling those same subs "smart game management." The call was questionable the moment it was made — not the moment the goals went in.

It's never over until the whistle. On the pitch or off it. 🏁

Me and a longtime friend were thinking about starting up a small landscaping company. We tried to talk about the things that we would need to get started to get the business booming, but every time I brought up an idea, it gets brushed off. But when he brings up an idea he wants me to immediately jump ship on it and I refuse to because he doesn’t even try to listen to my ideas. I called him out on it and told him that I don’t think we would make good business partners and ended it there. Please let me know am I taking it too serious??

I want to start a business but don't know what to sell. What books should I read?

Compared 6 of the major firms. Two findings worth flagging: only two firms publish pricing (Winvale at $21K+, GSA Focus from $300 DIY up to $12K full-service), and only two offer any kind of financial protection — GSA Focus has a money-back refund, EZGSA bills pay-on-delivery. The other four offer neither. Gormley's ex-GSA bench is the deepest in the space; Price Reporter is more software company than consultancy.