The real deal: what’s it really like to be embezzled, expand internationally, or sell your product to Target? Get the inside scoop from these entrepreneurs on the ultimate highs of business ownership
Monday, August 20th, 2007ADMIT IT–YOU’RE CURIous. Like the irresistible urge to gawk at tabloid TV or read a gossipy celebrity story in People magazine, you can’t get enough intimate details of what other people have gone through. As an entrepreneur, you’ve wondered, What would it be like to expand internationally or surpass your competition? You’ve dreamed about fighting […]
The right fit: looking for capital? A boutique private equity group could be the perfect funding partner for your small business
Monday, August 20th, 2007BRANDON Cushman grew up around the construction business. And although he was ready to graduate from medical school in 1999, it was the construction business that lured him out of the hospital and back into the hot sun. Today, Cushman’s Denver-based company, Fauxcrete Inc., pours nearly $5 million worth of stamped and dyed concrete every […]
Who’s the boss? Keep your company’s travelers in line with a clear-cut business travel policy
Monday, August 20th, 2007MANAGING your company’s travelers is almost like managing kids–both need clear boundaries. If you’re finding it increasingly difficult to rein in travel expenses (typically the third-highest controllable cost at most companies), it’s time to set those boundaries with a travel policy. Here’s how to get started:
* REVIEW RECENT EXPENSE REPORTS and talk with your most […]
Women In Business: Gwen Webber-McLeod
Saturday, August 11th, 2007Gwen WEBBER-McLEOD
PRINCIPAL
Gwen Webber-McLeod “Inspiring People to New Levels of Leadership”
* What obstacles have you overcome? I have been blessed with an amazing career. However, I can say that my most challenging moments occur/occurred when other people struggle believing that this petite, relatively young, African-American woman is an intelligent, credible leader.
* How do you balance your […]
Women In Business: Mary Walsh Brown
Saturday, August 11th, 2007Mary WALSH BROWN
VICE PRESIDENT FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center
* What obstacles have you overcome? When I started in health-care administration 27 years ago, there were very few women to serve as role models and mentors.
* How do you balance your home or personal life and work? It’s much easier now that my children […]
Veteran Lender, Business Consultant Joins Desert Commercial Bank
Friday, August 10th, 2007Armando Valencia, whose diverse banking and business experience totals more than three decades, has joined Desert Commercial Bank (OTCBB:dcbc). He will serve as Vice President-Commercial Loan Officer, with responsibilities for both the Coachella and Imperial valleys.
Mr. Valencia brings a wealth of experience in asset-based lending, including commercial and industrial, real estate, construction, and agricultural financing. […]
Big business: for many Fortune 500 companies corporate pride is a year-round enterprise
Friday, August 10th, 2007The Disneyland Main Street fire engine has left the Anaheim, Calif., theme park only twice in the last 50 years–both times to transport LGBT Disney employees in nearby Long Beach’s pride parade. This June marks the seventh time that Kaiser Permanente employees in San Francisco will march in their city’s gay pride parade. This year […]
The real deal: what’s it really like to be embezzled, expand internationally, or sell your product to Target? Get the inside scoop from these entrepreneurs on the ultimate highs of business ownership
Friday, August 10th, 2007ADMIT IT–YOU’RE CURIous. Like the irresistible urge to gawk at tabloid TV or read a gossipy celebrity story in People magazine, you can’t get enough intimate details of what other people have gone through. As an entrepreneur, you’ve wondered, What would it be like to expand internationally or surpass your competition? You’ve dreamed about fighting […]
Rio Exits the MP3 Player Business
Friday, August 10th, 2007The people who started the MP3 revolution have left the fight.
Rio was the first major brand to enter the market, and will be the first to leave when D&M Holdings Inc. shutters its Rio division at the end of September.
Rio once dominated the business, introducing the first portable MP3 players in 1998. But the brand […]
Cafe Lola in Powell Place closes due to lack of business
Friday, August 10th, 2007Cafe Lola closed over the weekend at 200 Main St., in the Powell Place mini-mall in downtown La Crosse, restaurant General Manager Jim Myhre said Wednesday.
The restaurant’s last day was Saday. Myhre and his wife, Beverly Fleischman, owned the business, which opened last September in the former Doc Powell’s restaurant. It featured a European atmosphere […]