Happy New Year!
Well, it’s 2020 and we still don’t have flying cars. That’s a letdown.
But on the bright side I do have a solid round-up for you in this week’s News Cart to kick-off the year.
A few highlights: surprising news from TOMS Shoes, hiring contractors is getting more complicated in California, shipping your bowling ball collection is now going to be waaay more expensive and can you build a billion-dollar eCommerce darling while still getting home for dinner with the kids? Why yes, yes you can.
Check out the podcast version for an extended discussion on how I’m rolling out and structuring profit sharing in my business + some new changes to the ECF podcast this year.
Enjoy!
– Andrew
TOMS Shoes Creditors to Take Over the Company (hat tip to ECF member Philip Pages)
Fedex and UPS Raise Fees on Oversized Packages
Sales-Tax Ruling Strains Small Online Sellers – The WSJ features the increased strain sales tax laws are putting on small sellers in the U.S. (pay wall; features ECF member Nicole Snow of Darn Good Yarn)
Building a Car-Free Neighborhood from Scratch – A company in Arizona is building a 1,000 person Community around the concept of no cars.
The Man Who Built Shopify Gets Home at 5:30pm – Shocking, but apparently true: Tobi Lutke – the founder and CEO of Shopify – on how he was able to build Shopify into the beast it’s become and still get home in time for dinner each night.
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