US Media Studios Highlights Women and Minority-Owned Businesses

The U.S. is lucky to have 10 million businesses owned by women and minorities. These are the innovative companies providing products and services across the country. US Media Studios highlights more information about them.

Women-owned businesses grew by almost 28 percent and continue to make their mark in the business sector. Women are also taking a greater share of companies in the nation. Hispanic women company owners have grown to an impressive 87 percent in five years, and African America women business owners rose 68 percent. These astounding rises in growth give hope to younger generations that they too can aspire to own and operate a business.

US Media Studios also notes that there was an influx of new small business owners in this time frame due to the Recession. People lost jobs and later started home-based businesses. Women and minority-owned companies tend to be small with perhaps 10 percent employing workers.

Small businesses are the backbone of the country. Without them, there would be far less places to find what we’re looking for.

US Media Studios Examines How Work Habits Can Increase Stroke Risk

All work and no rest can add increased likelihood of having a stroke. US Media Studios takes a look at how work habits can increase the risk of stroke, and offers suggestions for reducing the chances.

Long work weeks, those over the standard 40 hours, face a stronger change of developing a stroke, according to a large study from a respected medical journal. While we know that entrepreneurs can put in an extraordinary amount time to their business, time should be set aside for rest and relaxation. The study also noted that workers that cross the 40 hour mark, even by one hour, have a better chance of heart-related medical issues than those that do not. Long work hours do not necessarily mean better work or increased productivity. Often, the more hours one works, the less productive they are due to tiredness and stress. Stress leads to stress-related health concerns, which added with poor lifestyle choices can result in stroke symptoms.

Below are some steps to take every day if one finds themselves working over 40 hours per week:

Stand up and move around when working, if possible. Bend the legs, arms, neck and torso.

Take a brisk walk outside three times a day to get blood flowing.

Lower stress during the day by counting to four, release breath and repeat four times. Don’t answer email or phone calls during that time. This resets the body’s stress hormone back to normal.  

US Media Studios also suggests eating nutritious meals and snacks and drinking plenty of water. These too will also help keep stress levels down and health up.

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US Media Studios Shares How to Best Work with Remote Teams

Tele-commuting is not only efficient but is desired by both employers and employees who are spread across time zones.  This way of working does have it challenges though. US Media Studios share how to best work with remote teams.

A recent Forrester Research survey found that 43 percent of the U.S. workforce will be tele-commuting by the year 2016. That’s roughly 63 million people. Working from home is a perk that some employees enjoy, even for one day a week.  Below are some suggestions for keeping remote teams and workers in the loop and productive.

• Hold daily meetings with all workers. Utilize the best forms of video conferencing and document sharing.
• Keep records of the meeting to be sure everyone knows what the objectives are and when deliverables are due.
• Set clear work hours and job responsibilities. Keep in touch throughout the day via phone and video conference to be sure work is being done. Create documents on shared Cloud drives where completed tasks can be recorded.
• Before hiring a remote worker, ask for and check references carefully. Ask about quality of work, amount of work, and work ethics.

US Media Studios recognizes that some people work better in a tele-commute situation than others. These are the people who are organized, goal oriented and thrive in their work.  Remote teams can easily and seamlessly get the job done when everyone is on the same page and communicating with each other.