Shifts in consumer buying habits create opportunity
I bought most of my gifts online this past Christmas, and I was not alone. In China, online sales of physical products grew 31.6 percent from 2014 to 2015. In the U.S., online sales represent just shy of 8 percent of all product retail sales. Still, the spike in the U.S. caused package carriers to […]
The place to be on the weekend in San Jose
Discover the evolution of the San Jose Flea Market, one of the country’s great flea markets and how it has spanned the generations.
Phani Nagarjuna wants people who share his vision at Nuevora
Phani Nagarjuna understands the approach that most business leaders take when they need to fill a position in their business. But the rules are a little bit different when you’re an entrepreneur trying to build a business from the ground up. “The most crucial piece of the puzzle with a startup is putting together the […]
Chris Rivielle has taken a different approach to employee development at Plant Construction
Rivielle liked a lot of what he saw when he became CEO at Plant Construction, but felt there were still some areas to improve. He wanted to create a culture where employees would have a deeper understanding of how things work in the business.
How these three tools can help you scale up your company
When you first launch a start-up, you think you are facing the biggest challenge possible — getting your company off the ground. Every responsibility, from designing a website to finding investors is resting on your shoulders.
Akron General leads a coalition to restore a critical public service
In 2013, Summit County’s only formal Sexual Abuse Nurse Examiner (SANE) program closed its doors after decades of service to the community. In an instant, Summit County was left without an organized SANE program, and victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, elder abuse and neglect had to have evidence collected by nurses with little or […]
Leading with passion and why you need to find yours
These days, in business articles and periodicals the word “passion” appears so often that it feels overused. Many of us know several friends, colleagues and even great leaders who aren’t following their passion. Often, people follow a specific track out of school and regularly get “locked in” and wind up being driven away from what […]
We don’t see things as they are; we see them as we are
Anais Nin said, “We don’t see things as they are; we see them as we are.” Given that, how can we identify our inherent filters that create and distort our worldview? Years ago I discovered a valuable tool for doing just that called the Enneagram. More than a personality typology, the Enneagram is a deep […]
Akron’s approach to innovation is drawing worldwide interest
It is always good to have a fresh set of eyes look at where we stand in Akron and Northeast Ohio, and it is particularly good when that someone has an experienced global perspective. Such is the case with Antoine van Agtmael (the investor who coined the term “emerging markets”) in his and Fred Bakker’s […]
The world of manufacturing has changed
Right now I am 27 years old, but let me take you back to 2001. As a preteen, I was suddenly torn between playing football with my friends and staying inside playing video games. I never had to learn how to drive stick shift, I have no idea what a carburetor does and there’s no […]