Seattle’s precedent
Seattle, home to Starbucks and 1990’s grunge music, is setting a new trend. Since 2009, the federal minimum wage has held steady at $7.25. Individual states and cities, however, have the authority to set higher minimum wage rates. Seattle’s recent announcement of an incremental minimum wage increase put it at the forefront of the minimum […]
The strategic supply chain
In many organizations, supply chain management is associated with the primary notion of minimizing costs. While optimizing costs, ensuring a reliable supply of goods and services, contract management and other such aspects are necessary and important ingredients for smooth operations, they are not sufficient to serve the strategic interests of the organization. Does your organization […]
A conversation with Dion McInnis
Dion McInnis, founder of the Empowered Creativity Institute and Philanthropy Liaison, is a local author, coach, consultant and speaker. His focus is on working with organizations to empower strong teams in order to improve job satisfaction and performance. I interviewed McInnis to learn more about generosity with context. How does thoughtful giving influence generosity? In […]
2015 Entrepreneur Of The Year® — Gulf Coast Area
Results of the 2015 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® Program, which recognizes the most deserving entrepreneurs in the Gulf Coast Area.
Today’s M&A market is optimal for high-performers, less so for others
Even though economic conditions are good, the supply of interesting, quality opportunities is limited, making analyzing the M&A market precarious.
Ignore your detractors and push toward success
Jeff McKissack is a curious case. A life-long bachelor, he spent his working life in a series of menial jobs — mailman, delivery driver. He would become an icon, however, for his peculiar passion for oranges. McKissack spent 27 years building — by hand — a tribute to the orange and its healthy properties called […]
ACCESS offers women-in-crisis stability, help for a better future
Lynn Budnick, executive director of the women’s shelter ACCESS, tells the story of a woman who lost her home when her husband left her. She discovered he hadn’t paid the rent in months, and was evicted. She couldn’t afford housing despite a job working at a major corporation, so she lived in her car. With […]
Former SpaceX engineer Jeff Taylor navigates regulations, fast growth at Event 38
Former SpaceX engineer Jeff Taylor has landed in Akron. His company, Event 38, is constructing drones intended for aerial photogrammetry, but the company’s customers have had a slightly different take on their application. “I built it for surveying or with surveying in mind from the beginning,” says Taylor, company president and founder. “So that was […]
Winning the race
What a fabulous place we live in for economic development, especially for the industrial segment. The recent development of both “dry” and “wet” gas wells in the nearby Marcellus and Utica Shale basins place economical energy and industrial manufacturing inputs, such as ethylene, right at Northeast Ohio’s doorstep. These resources will become even more readily […]
2015 Entrepreneur Of The Year® — Orange County
Results of the 2015 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® Program, which recognizes the most deserving entrepreneurs in the Orange County region.