Often referred to as the most wonderful time of the year, the holiday season can bring an abundance of social gatherings, gift exchanges and trips to visit family and friends. However, without proper planning, the holidays can easily become unproductive for businesses, with sparse offices or distracted employees. To help avoid a loss in productivity while managing an … [More]
EO Arizona Celebrates 25 Years of Entrepreneurial Impact on the Valley
This year, Entrepreneurs’ Organization, the world’s leading peer-to-peer network of successful business owners, celebrates 25 years in the Valley. Since the Arizona chapter launched in 1993, EO Arizona has grown to be one of the largest chapters in the world, with 160 members. EO is made up of entrepreneurs who are founders/co-founders or majority shareholders of a business … [More]
Transgender in the Workplace
Offering a fresh and practical perspective for employers and gender-diverse professionals, this book presents useful tools, information and resources to help organizations and individuals understand and leverage the power of gender authenticity as a pathway to business success. It explains the forms and causes of discrimination faced by gender-diverse individuals in the … [More]
Feedback: December 2018
Question: As a small or minority-owned business, what was one of your top challenges over this past year and how did you address it? Clarence McAllister, P.E. Chief Executive Officer Fortis Networks, Inc. Sector: Construction I have lived in Arizona for the last 30 years and established Fortis in 2000. For the last 10 years, we have been a federal government … [More]
OH Partners Wins Big at 2018 PRSA Copper Anvil Awards
OH Partners stole the show at the 2018 PRSA Copper Anvil Awards, receiving a total of 15 different awards. The agency was honored with five Copper Anvils and eight Awards of Merit for its leading work in the public relations industry. From a one-of-a-kind national museum exhibition and tech education launch to football bowl games and the state lottery, OH Partners was … [More]
OneAZ Credit Union Announces Its 2018 Community Impact Grant Recipients
OneAZ Credit Union, a local financial institution with branches around the state, has announced its selections for its 2018 Community Impact Grants. More than 35 non-profit organizations in the valley, as well as in Tucson, Flagstaff and other communities around Arizona will benefit from these grants totaling $55,000, with individual grant amounts ranging from $500 to … [More]
Capitalism Is a Social Force
“Capitalism” has taken a hit in modern times — as “money lending” did in earlier centuries — with a lot of press focusing on the negative, and the extremes. Neither, of course, is inherently evil. The appeal of capitalism is taking an idea or opportunity and capitalizing on it; developing a benefit from it. Certainly there is potential for that to yield great wealth or … [More]
Brian Mohr, Conscious Capitalism
In many ways, Arizona has been leading the country with the concept of incorporating social good into business. Some of our local business owners were among the first to gain “B Corporation” certification when nonprofit B Lab initiated its licensing program. And, effective January 2015, Arizona pioneered a law that allowed businesses to incorporate as a “benefit corporation” — … [More]
Brands Under Fire
Nike. Starbucks. Patagonia. Nordstrom. Uber. Budweiser. Pepsi. NFL. What do these brands have in common? They’ve all been at the center of a firestorm of social and political controversy, poster children for the risks brands face today as they sit squarely in the crosshairs of a politicized marketplace. The news seems to carry a new story every day of another brand … [More]
Kathy Sweet: Executing Events ‘because’
Kathy Sweet dared to ask, “What if?” and then took a risk to make her dream a reality. While drive, vision and determination are critical to Sweet’s successes, she knows that people are the true catalysts of a business’s performance and growth. In 1990, Sweet and her husband, Dave, started automätik, a training and events company that works primarily in the automotive … [More]
Woman-Owned Businesses Record 3100 Percent Growth
Nationally, the number of women-owned businesses increased a dramatic 31 times since 1972 — from 402,000 to 12.3 million in 2018; employment grew 40-fold, from 230,000 to 9.2 million; and revenues rose from $8.1 billion to $1.8 trillion — 217 times greater. Noting this information from the recently released eighth annual State of Women-Owned Businesses Report, commissioned by … [More]
Mobility Solution Faced Challenges in Manufacturing and Marketing
The off-road mobility vehicle was a life-changer for wheelchair-bound Todd Lemay (who suffers from brittle bone disease). “I purchased a TerrainHopper for myself from the UK. It allowed me to go places I had not been able to go before, and the positive reaction from people when I was out in it was overwhelming. … I wanted to bring the TerrainHopper to the U.S. to give other … [More]
TAP AZ Gives Financial Guidance to New Nonprofits
One good idea can change the world, but it’s the power to execute it that makes all the difference. For Arizona Facts of Life, a nonprofit that helps young women find healthy solutions to life’s challenges, founder Yolanda Robinson knew the impact she could make if only she had the resources and the know-how. But with the daunting world of 501(c)(3) regulations and grant … [More]
DollarDays Named Product Exporter of the Year at Phoenix Mayor’s Export Awards
DollarDays was named Product Exporter of the Year by interim Phoenix Mayor, Thelda Williams, at the 2018 Mayor’s Export Awards. The awards program, part of the 19th Annual Global Links Luncheon presented by Phoenix Sister Cities Inc., celebrates the role of exports in building the city’s economy. DollarDays is an online marketplace that serves more than 125,000 global … [More]
Cannabis Kitchen Debuts
The largest medicinal cannabis facility in Arizona resides locally in Guadalupe. Newly remodeled and expanded, the 12,000-square-foot Mint Dispensary, with an extensive selection of retail products, also debuted last month the first cannabis kitchen of its kind in the country. The new kitchen offers a complete menu of artisan burgers, pastas, pizza and other cannabis-infused … [More]
First-of-Its-Kind Home Center from Chase
Chase has debuted its Chase Home Center, a concierge homebuying resource, at the Scottsdale Hilton Village (on Scottsdale Road just south of Lincoln). “The Home Center is a new concept that connects local area home buyers with expert advice and state-of-the-art technology,” says Lawrence Bailey, head of retail sales for Chase Home Lending. “We know our customers, especially … [More]
2019 Infiniti QX50 Luxe
The all-new 2019 Infiniti QX50 was designed with one thing in mind: the driver. This mid-sized SUV has every innovation and has been carefully designed to inspire, enhance and fulfill discerning enthusiasts. This engine is the world’s first production-ready Variable Compression Turbo. Capable of physically transforming for any compression ratio from 8:1 (performance) to 14:1 … [More]
Stick On and Stand Out
Something new in promotional items is a custom wood sticker. Toast, which makes unique covers in wood or leather for tech devices from laptops to cell phones, recently added these stickers to the company’s product line of covers that allow companies to fully showcase their logo in a creative way — and add any other information they want to get across. Crafted from real ash, … [More]
