Keynote Speaker, Author, Columnist
Gene Marks
Speaking Fee: $10,000 to $20,000
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Primary Topic Category: Business & Entrepreneurship
Secondary Topic Category: Leadership and Management
Gene Marks At A Glance:
As a renowned keynote speaker and national business columnist, Gene speaks at over 70 live events each year. These events range from Fortune 500 sales and corporate events to large association conferences. Gene’s presentations are not only funny and energetic but also packed with valuable content.
A past columnist for both The New York Times and The Washington Post, Gene now writes regularly for The Hill, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Forbes, Entrepreneur Magazine, The Washington Times, and The Guardian.
Gene has written 5 books on business management, specifically geared towards small and medium sized companies. His most recent is Want More Cash?: 100+ Ideas And Strategies For Increasing Your Company’s Cash Flow This Year.
Nationally, Gene appears regularly on Fox Business, MSNBC, as well as CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor and SiriusXM’s Wharton Business Channel where he talks about the financial, economic and technology issues that affect business leaders today.
Through his keynotes and breakout sessions, Gene helps business owners, executives and managers understand the political, economic and technological trends that will affect their companies and—most importantly—the actions they can take to continue to grow and profit.
Gene owns and operates the Marks Group PC, a highly successful ten-person firm that provides technology and consulting services to small and medium sized businesses.
Prior to starting the Marks Group PC Gene, a Certified Public Accountant, spent nine years in the entrepreneurial services arm of the international consulting firm KPMG in Philadelphia where he was a Senior Manager.
For more information about Gene and to read his latest columns visit, https://www.genemarks.com/columns
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FROM WASHINGTON TO YOUR WORKPLACE TACTICS AND STRATEGIES THE SMARTEST LEADERS ARE MAKING TO NAVIGATE AND GROW IN 2024 AND 2025
The 2024 elections loom and this year the stakes are high for your business. Inflation remains sticky. Labor is still in short supply and regulatory agencies are active. Many tax breaks are expiring. AI is taking over the world and succession planning is now a bigger challenge.
What’s next for your business? What are other businesses doing to navigate their ways towards growth and profitability in 2024 and beyond? How are they attracting and retaining talent? How are they dealing with new rules impacting their workplace? What tax moves are they making now? What technologies are they investing in? What are you now to build value in your business for future generations...or buyers? How will both national and local elections potentially impact your business and what steps should you be taking now to prepare yourself?
During this fast paced, non-political, entertaining and extremely valuable discussion, Gene will go over real life, feet-on-the-ground strategies and tactics that smart leaders are using to navigate their way through potential changes in our country's leadership, challenges in the current economy, and the spending and investment decisions required so that they can position their companies for future growth.
-A bi-partisan overview of how the 2024 elections will impact your business and your industry;
-An update on major legislation, rules and regulations that will impact your operations and workplace and tactics for being in compliance;
-A review of little-known metrics and the major economic trends that are impacting your business and industry and how to best maneuver in the coming months;
-Cash flow and operational management strategies and tactics used by the best business leaders to navigate sticky inflation and higher costs;
-Thoughts on AI and other hot technologies that will require your investigation and investment in the coming months;
-Tax moves to take now to lower this significant cost;
-The hottest employee benefits that smart companies are using to attract and retain the best talent;
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CHATGPT, AI, AND BEYOND GAME-CHANGING TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL IMPACT YOUR INDUSTRY
You've read about ChatGPT, Microsoft’s Copilot, Google's Bard/Duet and other AI tools that will be changing the way we work, both in the short and longer term. As a business leader you want to leverage this technology to increase both productivity and profits. So, what should you know now? Where should you be investing?
During this fast-moving, informative, and entertaining presentation, Forbes Technology columnist and consultant Gene Marks will share his thoughts on the biggest AI trends that will affect your business in the near and long term and help you make the right investment decisions to fully take advantage of this new technology. Gene will cover the following topics:
-An overview of Artificial Intelligence and related terms (Generative AI, Large Language Models, AGI, Machine Learning) to understand what they mean;
-The biggest issues and concerns regarding AI and how companies and government are addressing;
-How you can use ChatGPT and AutoGPT right now in your business to increase productivity and profits;
-Microsoft and Google - Regardless of what you do, you are likely using software made by these and other tech giants. What AI changes can you expect in the near future that will improve your productivity;
-Besides Big Tech, what new technologies are the leading providers of hardware and software in your industry planning and rolling out that will impact your business;
-Advice for tightening up your company's data to fully leverage automation tools and update on the latest security tools and processes for protecting your data;
-Examples of how your customer relationship management, financial, and HR platforms will be utilizing AI in the near and long term;
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WORKPLACE 2024 RETAINING AND ATTRACTING THE BEST TALENT IN A TIGHT LABOR MARKET
Boomers. GenX. Millennials. Gen Z.
For the first time in recent memory, there are now more than four generations of employees sharing the workplace, all with unique needs, priorities, and goals. How to respond?
Join the founder of The Marks Group, Author, and Columnist Gene Marks for this entertaining and fast-moving session. Gene will touch on some of the most important employee related issues in your company including:
-The best places to recruit and find new employees;
-The best technologies for managing the recruitment and selection process;
-More technologies, platforms, and services to help manage and incentivize employees;
-The hottest benefits and perks employers are offering to attract the best talent;
-The latest federal and local regulations for ensuring your workplace is compliant;
-Best practices for having a safe, friendly, diverse, and inclusive workplace;
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YOUR TAX BILL IS TOO HIGH Strategies and Tips for Reducing Your Corporate and Individual Tax Expense
Whether you are a financial person or not, this presentation is critical for your business. Why? Because taxes represent the biggest expense you have in your organization and personally. Minimizing your tax expenses will free up capital to invest, hire, and save. Knowing the tax breaks and incentives you can use will help you reduce the costs of bringing on great people and growing your business.
Both the 2017 Tax Reform Bill and recent legislation like The Inflation Reduction Act include significant provisions that have a material impact on your business – and your personal life too. But that is just the beginning! You do not need to be a financial expert to understand all the ins and outs of tax legislation. You just need to know the issues and questions to ask your accountant. That is the objective of this presentation.
Join author, columnist, and CPA Gene Marks for a fast-paced, entertaining but incredibly detailed discussion of how tax reform will affect you, your company, and your employees.
During this lively presentation Gene will cover the following topics:
-The organizational structure that is right for your business;
-COVID stimulus tax breaks that are still applicable today;
-New energy efficiency and vehicle tax credits to leverage in your business and personally;
-Moves to lower taxes on your compensation;
-Property and equipment investments that qualify for tax breaks;
-Special employee related credits to help reduce the costs of compensation and benefit plans, including healthcare;
-An update on tax rates, rules and strategies for your company’s retirement plans;
-Tax considerations when exiting your business;
-Key questions you should ask your accountant;
...And much more!
Gene, I would say the builders thought you were the highlight of the week. We appreciate you presenting and the insights you provided.
— DJ Eihusen, Chairman of the Board/CEO/President at Chief Industries, Inc.
Gene, Awesome Keynote presentation – one of the best I’ve seen in my 40 years of professional experience.— Michael Anderson, CPA, Attendee at Minnesota Society of CPA’s Annual Conference
Gene was a huge hit again. We have never brought a speaker in back to back years. Gene certainly was worthy and delivered again!— Kevin Gilbride, Executive Director, The Accredited Snow Contractors Association
In a word.... WOW! Gene absolutely delivered. He was spot on for our small business members. He packed a lot into 45 minutes and left everyone with something to take away. People were taking pictures of his slides during his presentation. The conversations about his keynote continued throughout the day. People said they emailed him right after he got off stage. Others mentioned that they were emailing their own accountants to find out if the advice he was giving could help them. They found out that they were entitled to tax relief or grants that would basically offset their price of attending our show. That is a tremendous value for our members. We could not be happier. He was fantastic.
— Mike Adamson, President, Aircraft Electronics Association
Gene, I would say in my 30 years of attending presentations, yours was THE MOST: valuable, relevant, properly paced, perfect amount of info; not too much, but enough, excellent humor, and perfectly executed presentation I have experienced. Thank you! I’ll look for your book!
— Jill Keim, VP Relationship Manager, First Merchants Bank
HOW BLACK BUSINESS OWNERS CAN ACCESS CAPITAL AND CONTRACTS IN PHILADELPHIA
(This column originally appeared in The Inquirer) Black residents make up approximately 43% of Philadelphia’s population yet only own about 6% of the city’s businesses. There are resources to help them get their ... Read more
THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS UNDER BIDEN
(This column originally appeared in The Hill) They say inflation is down to just 3.7 percent, which is a lot better than the levels we saw a year or so ago. But it’s little consolation to my clients who are running ... Read more
