Author: Julia Kensington
Julia Kensington
I’m Julia Kensington, the founder and writer behind Slick Business, a platform created to share practical business lessons, real experiences, and thoughtful insights from the challenges entrepreneurs face every day. I started Slick Business to highlight the decisions, adjustments, and lessons that often remain unseen behind business growth. My writing focuses on areas such as operations, pricing, marketing, hiring, and strategy while exploring the reasoning behind different business choices. I believe useful business knowledge comes from honesty, context, and real-world understanding. Through Slick Business, I aim to help business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs make better decisions with clarity and confidence.
UCare, a nonprofit health insurer that served Minnesota and western Wisconsin for more than 40 years, is shutting down. For the roughly 300,000 members still enrolled, that raises immediate, practical questions. What happens to my coverage? Do I need to do anything? Will my doctor still be in-network? This article answers those questions directly. It covers what the closure actually means, the timeline of events, why UCare’s finances collapsed, what the state takeover involves, and what members and providers can expect going forward. UCare Is Closing — Here Is What That Actually Means Yes, UCare is going out of business.…
In late 2024, watch enthusiasts began noticing something odd. Crown & Caliber’s website had sparse inventory, customer service was hard to reach, and at least one YouTube creator declared the brand “gone.” It seemed like a straightforward story about a business closing its doors. The reality was more complicated. Crown & Caliber did not simply shut down. It changed hands, went through a difficult transition, and eventually pivoted its business model entirely. Here is a clear account of what actually happened — and what the brand looks like today. What Crown & Caliber Was Before the Ownership Changes Crown &…
When a brand shares its name with its founder, any headline about that founder leaving can sound like the company itself is shutting down. That is exactly what is happening with Kjaer Weis right now — and the confusion is understandable. But those are two very different situations. This article explains what the recent news actually says, who owns Kjaer Weis today, and whether there is any real evidence the brand is closing. What the Recent Headlines About Kjaer Weis Actually Say The news circulating about Kjaer Weis is about one thing: the founder, Kirsten Kjaer Weis, is leaving the…