NEO students have fun learning about career paths
This was the fourth year for JA Field Day and the first time the event welcomed students from all four participating counties, which includes Lake, Geauga, Cuyahoga and Lorain counties. My younger self would have found it hard to believe, but you really can learn about adulting and still have fun.
You can achieve distinction by creating memorable possibilities
Satisfaction comes from making a difference and the ability to exercise your curiosity to discern what is important from both a professional, as well as personal perspective. You relate and empathize with all types of people, thus establishing a connection that is genuine, authentic and trustworthy.
Corporations can use VC to find their way in a rapidly changing economy
Young startups versus the Fortune 100. Can you think of two cultures further apart? From size and market power to financial stability, these two groups of companies seem to exist in completely different universes. But the relationship between these two ends of the spectrum is changing fast.
Find your focus: A look inside the mindset of today's entrepreneur
Being an entrepreneur today can be overwhelming. There is no shortage of information to help shape your decisions and the direction of your business. This can obviously be unnerving at times, and cause you to lose focus on what is really most important.
As wealth increases, so do aspirations to achieve more out of life
Many wealthy people are in the best financial shape of their life. Buoyed by the second longest bull market in history, the lowest debt ratio on their balance sheets and growing compensation, why then do so many feel the pressure to keep going?
It's decision time. Do you trust your gut?
Dolf Kahle truly believes your gut is driven by the brain’s experience. If you have been building a successful business over the years, your gut has been trained to know the right direction to steer your brain. Trust it.
Why going green makes sense from a business perspective
Research shows 30 percent of the energy consumed by commercial and industrial buildings in the U.S. is used inefficiently or unnecessarily. If efficiency was improved by just 10 percent, the collective savings would be $40 billion.
American Textile Co. develops new products, grows to new heights
In its 92 years, American Textile Co. hasn’t made a single acquisition. The third generation of this family business, Lance and Blake Ruttenberg, explain how this organic growth has come through product development and innovation.
How your products are delivered is a reflection upon you
Third-party logistics (3PL) companies have to deliver freight to their customers on time and undamaged. Finding a logistics company that is capable of consistently executing and safely warehousing products requires due diligence.
How to get predictable tax results from your captive insurance program
How a captive insurance company is structured and, therefore, how it is taxed, is based on many factors. Factors include the company’s risk perspective, the goals of the program — building liquidity, filling a hole in a risk management program, building a war chest of insurance funds to combat long-term contingent liability — where the captive is based, its size and more.