Jobless openings rose in April more than expected. The Labor Department reported 7.4 million job openings. Analysts had projected 7.1 million. March had 7.2 million job openings. Unemployment remains close to 4.2%.

 I love the podcast Geoffrey Cockrell recently did where he interviewed Bart Walker on DSos. The Corner Series. McGuireWoods LLP.

At some point a few years into your job/career, you need to decide if you are going to have a job or become a leader. The choice is yours. In business or personal finance, you have to run lean but there is only so far you can cut your expenses.

We are working on a new book called Building Businesses- Leasons from a Career of Wins and Losses. We have a keynote talk largely based on these ideas this Thursday at Wisconsin Technology Council Entrepreneurs Conference. We will also have a webinar based on the book hosted June 17.  https://lnkd.in/gYqjedKM

Palantir Technologies keeps rising as the government doubles down on business with the company. Remember not long ago when DOGE was causing nightmares for big consulting firms doing business with the government. It seems like those days passed fairly quickly. Palantir is up 74% year to date and rose 7.73%

Futures point slightly down as the tariff threats ramp up again. https://lnkd.in/g63ticGg Gap dropped more than 20% Friday. It forecast essentially no growth in sales and much higher tariff costs. https://lnkd.in/gSeKYKWi The Senate is starting to work through the tax bill passed by the House. Conservative senators want deeper cuts,

14 stories we are following today 1. Futures point slightly down as the tariff threats ramp up again. https://lnkd.in/g63ticGg 2. Gap dropped more than 20% Friday. It forecast essentially no growth in sales and much higher tariff costs. Blaming tariffs, and there are real challenges, is act one of each

We are thrilled next week to feature four great leaders on a webinar on building businesses. This will be at Becker’s Healthcare and feature Jessica Cole Becker’s Healthcare, Barry Tanner an all world leader who has led more than a billion dollars in exits, Nader Samii nimble solutions and Amber

Congratulations to all American athlete and baseball player Nathan Samii. An amazing career and it’s unclear if the athletic prowess comes from the brilliant U of M grad Lori Samii and the incredible golden domer Nader Samii. Unclear. Another incredible student athlete Alexis Burton from Colgate is seeking a health

A shout out to rock star leaders at McGuireWoods LLP today Amber Walsh Holly Buckley and David Pivnick who are great leaders and regular guests on the Becker Private Equity and Business Podcast. A great pleasure to visit with Mara Hammond the Chief Impact Officer of NCH on the podcast

Eric Witte, DPT,MBA COO of Genesis Orthopedics & Sports Medicine with my favorite quote of the day. “It’s better to appear uninformed than to actually be uninformed.” Ie ask questions. I love this.

Our next webinar is set for June 17. Niches, Customers and Teams — 10 Thoughts on Building Businesses. Please register here:  https://lnkd.in/gYqjedKM

Salesforce is nearing an $8 billion deal to buy Informatica. This would be the company’s 2nd largest deal ever. Salesforce is down 18% YTD.

A great piece in the WSJ today that highlights ambient listening in health care both in hospitals and physician offices. There, the article mentions Microsoft and Abridge and others. See “Why AI May Be Listening In on Your Next Doctor’s Appointment”.

Tesla sales have dropped 50% in the first quarter in Europe. Nevertheless, the firm’s stock has recovered a great deal as there are great hopes for a good deal of Tesla’s overall technology.