Nathaniel Sillin / Practical Money Matters A Towers Watson survey (https://www.towerswatson.com/en-US/Press/2012/11/research-shows-prevention-is-key-to-reducing-health-care-costs-for-all-employees) noted that employee wellness programs saved employers an average of $100 in health care costs per worker. So if you’re going to get healthy, do it the smart way and make well-researched spending decisions throughout the year. Here are...

BPT Being a small-business owner or home-based professional is hard work. Long hours may come with big rewards, but maintaining a clean and well-organized office might just be one of the many sacrifices. Do you think the mess doesn’t matter when it comes to the bottom line? The reality...

Arturo Hilario/El Observador As we approach the summer months I am reminded of barbecues, river rafting, hating the sun for brief moments, and the yearly visual stimulation and excitement that can be found at the AC-extravaganza that is the Electronic Entertainment Expo, which is operated by Electronic Software Association...

BPT We’re sitting too much and it’s dangerous. The average American spends more than seven hours sitting every day, and the more time you sit, the higher your risk of serious, potentially life-threatening health problems such as obesity, type 2 diabetes and heart disease. So, what can you do...

Shelly Palmer  Generally speaking, there are two kinds of companies in the world: data rich and data poor. The richest of the data rich are easy to name: Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple. But you don’t need to be at the top of this list to use data to create...

San Jose/ CALIFORNIA As part of National Small Business Week celebrations, the City of San José will hold the Fifth Annual Entrepreneurship and Innovation Summit on May 6 with workshops and panel discussions to help startups and established companies grow and thrive in San José. Sessions will be offered from...

By Josefina López When I saw an interview with Dan Price, founder and CEO of Gravity Payments, explaining why he raised the company’s minimum salary to $70,000 a year I was moved to tears. He said he had gone hiking with a fellow employee and when he heard that...

Por Josefina López Cuando vi una entrevista con Dan Price—el fundador y CEO de Gravity Payments—donde explica por qué había aumentado el salario mínimo de la empresa a $70 mil al año, me conmoví mucho. Dijo que había ido a caminar en la montaña con una compañera y que...

    Sam Liccardo/Mayor of San Jose Facebook’s recent announcement of the development of “Terragraph” — launching a project in San Jose to distribute free, publicly-accessible, gigabit-speed outdoor wireless internet access — captured the attention of national media. To us in San Jose, though, it’s about more than a...