Repackaged for success / David Scheible boosts Graphic Packaging International by reducing debt and narrowing its focus
Less than two years after David Scheible assumed the helm of Graphic Packaging, things had taken a turn for the worse. Its stock price had fallen to $1 per share and the distinguished New York Stock Exchange was threatening to delist the company as shareholders bailed and the economy soured in 2008. “Because we had […]
Bill Glick: Great entrepreneurs are neither made nor born
Brave entrepreneurs step into the arena. If they are lucky, they are nurtured in the right environment. The landscape is littered with collapsed ventures launched in harsh environments. Even passionate entrepreneurs have failed. The myth of great business leaders is that they are born with the right stuff, gifted with a revolutionary idea that fundamentally […]
Chuck Bengochea refused to cut corners and managed to carve out a bigger slice of the premium food market at The Original HoneyBaked Ham Co.
Any way you slice it, Chuck Bengochea has faced plenty of obstacles since becoming the CEO of The Original HoneyBaked Ham Co. of Georgia in 2006. First, the economic downturn decimated the premium food retailer’s B2B gifting and catalogue segment, wiping out 20 percent of its annual revenue overnight. Then, he faced a serious cash […]
Surviving a mid-stage crisis: Masergy disrupts the networking services industry when it grows up in a hurry
Chris MacFarland was on his way to manage a startup when Royce Holland, chairman of Masergy, asked him to take a hard look at his company. Although the eight-year-old provider of networking services had reached nearly $100 million in revenue and survived both the nuclear telecom winter and dot-com crash, Masergy was stuck in that […]
How to get your business ready for FATCA by the July start date
The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) has been in the news for years, but the effective date of July 1, 2014 is fast approaching. Any U.S. business that makes a payment to a foreign vendor or investor will need to determine whether or not the payment is subject to FATCA. The act’s new disclosure […]
The Beatles, ready to frame: Trends International is up to the challenge of producing a little bit of ‘Yesterday’
Rewind to 1964, the summer The Beatles invaded America —the world has never been the same. Fifty years later, Trends International of Indianapolis is hoping to help recreate those old memories — and new ones — by producing licensed posters, stationery and other items showing the record-setting band, marking the 50th anniversary of Beatlemania in […]
Jeffrey K. Rohrs: So where’s your mobile call-to-action?
As a Cleveland Browns fan, I watch the Super Bowl for two reasons — to root against the Ravens or the Steelers and to watch the commercials. Since the first part didn’t work out during Super Bowl XLVII, I focused on the second and discovered something disturbing — most Super Bowl advertisers act as if […]
Shane Pike: No office. No problem. / Clear goals and ongoing communication keys to building successful remote offices
Technology and the rising number of millennials entering the workforce are two factors making it easier and more acceptable for organizations to offer part-time or full-time telecommuting options to their employees. In fact, according to a recent Cisco survey, 70 percent of college students and young professionals believe that it is no longer necessary […]
How to realize tangible value by integrating true ERM
Enterprise risk management (ERM) has become a big buzzword in business the past few years. However, corporate governance and compliance, which is how business executives utilize ERM, is really a traditional management function. “What’s new about it is that there’s market interest and significant value associated with an enterprise that has implemented true ERM,” says […]
Bashar Nejdawi recruits talented employees with the right stuff and focuses them to deliver the max at Ingram Micro
Bashar Nejdawi doesn’t even pause when asked for an example of talent in action at North American Mobility, a division of Ingram Micro Inc., formerly known as BrightPoint Inc., a global leader in life cycle services for mobile devices — smartphones, tablets and accessories. To him, a key differentiator for an organization is not how […]