Managing cash flow: The key to your business strength
Cash flow management is among the most challenging responsibilities of every business owner. It’s exactly what it sounds like: money comes in from sales, accounts receivable, investors, etc., and money goes out in the form of salaries, accounts payable, monthly expenses and payments to suppliers and creditors. Managing cash flow is not so simple, however. […]
A forgotten super investor: Schloss’ 16 tenets of investing
As you think about dealmaking, there is some sage advice from a gentleman whom Warren Buffett once labeled a super investor — Walter Schloss.
We can learn much from how star Olympian Jesse Owens led a resilient life
His entire life could be seen as a calm center in a world of chaos. It is said great leaders exhibit great calm. Owens went to the 1936 Olympics in Berlin expecting to find a hostile atmosphere toward him. But it was the opposite. Germany cheered for him and honored him.
How five lessons I learned as a refugee helped me become a business owner
It’s often been said that adversity builds character — that it makes us stronger. The time I spent as a refugee from communist Romania was difficult, but I learned some important lessons that I later applied to being a successful entrepreneur and owner of a local, organic dairy that provides a line of A2 Guernsey-cow milk products.
Solutions are needed for water resources scarcity, quality
Only 3 percent of all of the world’s water supply is fresh and potentially drinkable (potable). More than 1 billion people worldwide do not have access to sustainable water supply. Simply put, our freshwater resources are limited and need to be protected in terms of quality and quantity. Worldwide modernization has driven decertification, contamination and poor conservancies, which threaten the water supplies.
The wonder of WHY and the future success of your organization
So why is why such a big deal? It starts with understanding the two extraordinary traits that differentiate human beings from all other living creatures on the planet — imagination and free will. We are unique in our capacity to conceive of things that do not exist in the natural world — and we are free to choose and do whatever we want with it.
Reimbursing end-of-life discussions helps the individual and the care system
As a result of the Affordable Care Act, a new rule has been in effect since January, allowing Medicare to reimburse physicians and other health care professionals, including nurse practitioners, for holding advance care planning discussions with patients.
Using humor to make a point or soothe a wound — In some cases, it’s better to have people laugh at you, instead of with you
Healing is a process and takes time. Letting a team know about whatever mishap has occurred is not the end of the world. A few chuckles can help everyone to move past a failure. Giving others
Erin Brockovich: ‘We the People’ still have the power
As president of Brockovich Research & Consulting, Erin Brockovich is one of the most requested speakers on the international lecture circuit. She also recently announced the formation of The Erin Brockovich Foundation, a nonprofit organization meant to educate and empower even more communities in their fight for one of the basic foundations of human survival: clean water.
Finding your entrepreneurial niche can take many paths
Born to a father from Hong Kong and mother from Taiwan, Susan Kwok Annoura moved from her birthplace of Silver Spring, Maryland, to the Houston suburb of Clear Lake when she was 2 years old. While attending Baylor University, she had the opportunity to study abroad in Fukuoka, Japan. In 1994, she married a Japanese keirin racer and moved to Fukuoka on a permanent basis, where she lived for 14 years.