Gene Marks is a columnist, author, and small business owner. Gene writes daily for The Washington Post and weekly for Forbes, The Huffington Post, Inc Magazine, Entrepreneur.com and monthly for Philadelphia Magazine. Gene has written 5 books on business management, specifically geared towards small and medium-sized companies. His most recent is The Manufacturer’s Book of Lists (Create Space, 2013). This episode is sponsored by Liberty Tax, InStitchu, and Elitra Health.

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