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Entering 2026, small and midsize businesses are navigating a world of constant change, shaped by rapid advancements in AI, shifting workforce dynamics, global instability, and economic uncertainty. To help you make informed decisions, Vistage speaker and strategy expert Marc Emmer...
In this year’s trend series, we reflect on a business cycle shaping a new set of challenges for Vistage members. Small and midsize businesses (SMBs) wrestle with tariff uncertainty, higher input costs, the no-hire/no-fire job market, and accelerating technological disruption....
In Part IV of our series, we focus on Economic Trends facing small and midsize businesses (SMBs) in 2026 and beyond. Margaret Thatcher once said, “Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by...
In Part III of our series, we turn our attention to AI. It was only three years ago that ChatGPT captured our imagination with its ability to generate text, images, and even video on demand. Over the past year, I’ve...
In Part II of our series, we focus on Technology Trends facing small and midsize businesses (SMBs) in 2026 and beyond. While AI touches every part of technology, we will cover it more extensively in our AI Special Report (Part...
In Part I of our series, we focus on social and workforce trends facing Vistage members in 2026 and beyond. Use this series to consider external forces for your strategic planning process, so your team can make fact-based decisions. Headed...
We are at a unique time in history. Enabled by technology, marketers can deliver the right message to the right prospect at the right time based on their unique characteristics. Marketing can influence enterprise value, unlike ever before. Yet, marketing...
Business owners are actively seeking AI solutions that will transform their organizations forever, are easy to implement and free. Our expectations may be a wee bit unrealistic. Over the last several months, artificial intelligence (AI) has transitioned from a theoretical...
This year, National Small Business Week (May 4-10) comes as uncertainty and volatility reign. Inflation is once again on the rise. And CEOs and business leaders must concentrate on managing rising prices, restructuring supply chains and investing in the future....
It’s been the best of times and worst of times for mergers and acquisitions. As volume and valuations rose in Q4 of 2024, it was expected that the New Year would bring a resurgent M&A market. The potential for cheaper...