Emerald Textiles has become the largest commercial healthcare linen and laundry service provider in the Western United States thanks to its recent acquisition of the West Coast assets of Angelica Corporation, a national healthcare linen service provider. The transaction includes nine facilities and allows Emerald to expand into the Phoenix and Las Vegas markets and strengthen … [More]
Climate Fintech for the Agricultural Economy
In the face of a constantly changing climate, creating long-term business resilience has evolved from nice-to-have to a necessity. From uncertainty and increasing competitive pressures to the need to mitigate today’s climate and regulatory risks, a myriad of challenges have created an opportunity to digitize the agriculture finance sector. Agricultural data and risk … [More]
Local Tech Partnering to Invest in Blockchain Research
The Partnership for Economic Innovation, a passionate collective of business and community leaders dedicated to accelerating Arizona’s economic opportunities, launched the Arizona Blockchain Applied Research Center in 2019 to leverage emerging blockchain research to create usable products for the global marketplace, with Arizona State University as its research partner. … [More]
You Can Be Yourself Here
Does your company or organization have trouble attracting and retaining people from diverse and underrepresented communities? Does your organizational culture suffer from low morale, exclusive cliques, or microaggressions you don’t know how to address? You Can Be Yourself Here lays out the deep psychology of our need to belong, its critical impact on workplace performance, and … [More]
Competing in the New World of Work
New York Times #1 bestselling author Keith Ferrazzi, along with coauthors Kian Gohar and Noel Weyrich, shows leaders how to shape their organizations and practices to remain competitive in a new, post-pandemic context. Based on an ambitious global research initiative involving thousands of executives, innovators, and changemakers who redefined their strategies, business models, … [More]
Cultures of Belonging
This book shows how to bypass the faulty processes and communication styles that make change impossible in so many organizations. Filled with actionable advice Alida Miranda-Wolff learned through her own struggles being an outsider in a work culture that did not value inclusion, and from her work since with more than 60 organizations to prioritize diversity, equity and … [More]
Non-Traditional Lending Enters where Rejection Reigned
Half of U.S. small-business owners report facing significant hurdles brought on by the current supply chain disruptions. Couple that with a record number of new businesses being created this year (60% increase from 2020), it’s likely many will fail without access to funding that is typically bestowed only upon larger companies with established track records. In response to … [More]
Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions – Where to Next?
During 2021, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) proceeded at a torrid pace in the United States. This article examines what may lie ahead for domestic middle market M&A, which is likely to continue at the same pace in 2022. The advent of private equity (PE) investing is a big part of why M&A activity is likely to remain strong in 2022. PE investing as a business … [More]
Reinventing the Way We Work
The ongoing pandemic has created a wave of change of epic proportions that has led to the great employment “reset” that the country, and the world, is now experiencing. Workers across various business sectors and age and ethnic groups are rethinking where and when they want to work, or if they want to stay in the workforce at all. Many employees are experiencing a radical … [More]
2022 Lexus ES 350 F SPORT
The potent 302-horsepower, 3.5-liter direct injection V6 propels from 0 to 60 in a mere 6.6 seconds. This powerful engine also features dual Variable Valve Timing with intelligence (VVT-i). It’s designed to provide added torque at lower speeds and greater horsepower at higher speeds. Lexus’s F SPORT features a specially tuned suspension for greater agility. Taking performance … [More]
Virtually Where?
Virtual meetings have become a staple of business life, and participants join from their home office or living room or kitchen. But they don’t have to show that location in their background. Some virtual meeting programs allow a user to upload an image from the computer to virtually place as a background. It may look great as long as the person doesn’t move but then … [More]
Daily Dose Kitchen & Bar Innovates Crave-able Breakfast & Lunch
Daily Dose Kitchen & Bar has been a Valley favorite for scratch-made breakfast and lunch since 2008, when owners JenLyn and Matt Long opened their first Daily Dose on Scottsdale Road. This locally owned restaurant now has three locations — the original Daily Dose Old Town, plus Daily Dose Midtown near 20th Street and Highland, and Daily Dose Rio Salado, located next to … [More]
Businesses Set Their Sights on Growth in 2022
Small and mid-sized U.S. business leaders remain confident in their companies and resourceful in their approaches to confronting macroeconomic challenges that have created growing pains over the last year, according to findings reported in the recently released JPMorgan Chase’s 2022 Business Leaders Outlook Survey. As a new year begins, the majority of business leaders are … [More]
KeepWOL – Growth through Play and Reflection
KeepWOL — which stands for Keep Wondering Out Loud — creates learning and development technology that maximizes cultural intelligence in the workplace. Its SaaS talent development platform uses a digital library of multiplayer games to facilitate recurring guided immersive team experiences that cultivate engagement and learning. These psychology-based games emphasize … [More]
Form Paper Co. Goes Big and Bold with Peel-and-Stick Wallpaper
Form Paper Co. is an online company offering commercial-grade, peel-and-stick wallpaper designed “for those who aren’t afraid to go big or bold,” says founder Dala Al-Fuwaires. “All our patterns are vetted and approved by an interior designer, making high-design accessible and affordable. Our peel-and-stick wallpaper breaks the mold with curvy contours and statement-making … [More]
2022 Interior Design Trends
It comes as no surprise that COVID-19, quarantines and lockdowns are still at the forefront of our minds. Experiences over the past two years has led society to seek commercial spaces that promote health, flexibility and the comfort of home in a shared office setting. Knowing this, we have identified four key trends for 2022 (and beyond) and they are all very interrelated: … [More]
The Sustainable Valley Located in Buckeye, Arizona
We recently facilitated an accumulated $20 million deal in Buckeye, Arizona, with the purpose of driving sustainable energy, warranting the name Sustainable Valley for the syndicated 200-acre land deal. The real estate market alone makes up 49% of global carbon emissions. This fact drives our interest in making sustainable living more prevalent, especially here in our home … [More]
2021 Sees All-Time Records in Phoenix Industrial Market
Colliers in Arizona reports the Metro Phoenix industrial market set a series of records in 2021, making it the most active year in the area’s history. Net absorption in 2021 was 80% higher than 2020, construction levels hit a historic peak in fourth quarter, and vacancy rates dropped to their lowest levels ever in the final months of the year. In addition, investment sales … [More]
