April 2019
Cover Story
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Workplace Wellness
The landscape of healthcare is in constant flux. This adds an extra element of concern for employers, for whom healthcare benefits are an important … [More]
Features
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Agents of Organizational Change
There has always been a co-dependent relationship between program and portfolio management (PPM) and organizational change management (OCM). After … [More]
Roundtable
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Negotiation: How to Defuse Tension and Mistrust
Most entrepreneurs enter a negotiation thinking they will be successful and are surprised when they fail to reach an agreement. We have found that, in … [More]
Legal
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Multilevel Marketing – Legal Pitfalls to Avoid
For decades, multilevel marketing has permeated not only the business landscape but the American home. From Tupperware to jewelry to dietary … [More]
From the Top
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Staying Local during Multimillion-Dollar Marijuana Buyouts
I like to think that we’re in an era when the small business rules the roost. Being a small business in 2019 not only allows for versatility, mobility … [More]
By the Numbers
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Influencer Marketing: More than a Pretty Face
Evaluating how companies are evolving influencer marketing strategies in 2019, leading social listening and analytics platform Talkwalker conducted a … [More]
Startups
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Startups Find Community at Perimeter83
What’s a typical day for a startup at Perimeter83? Companies, which may be in-house tenants or affiliate members with offices of their own, may start … [More]
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Arboles Home Mortgage: Emphasis on ‘Home’
“Arboles Home Mortgage, LLC is a mortgage lender that offers financing and refinancing on homes throughout Arizona, but we’re more than your usual … [More]
CRE
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Master-Planning Luxury
Straddling the Scottsdale-Paradise Valley border, The Palmeraie project is an important addition to the local economy. It was previously touted as a new Ritz-Carlton … [More]
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Maricopa County Scores High for Opportunity Zone Investment Potential
A list of the U.S. counties with the highest opportunity zone investment potential, recently compiled by Commercial Café by Yardi based on information from the U.S. … [More]
Technology
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5G Will Mark New Era for Businesses
Not long ago, 4G LTE arrived in Arizona and unleashed the power of our mobile devices with a massive boost in wireless speeds. Businesses seized on … [More]
Briefs
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Breaking the Silence in the Workplace with Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Resources
Across the country, the demand for sign language interpreters who are fluent in American Sign Language is expected to rise 46 percent from 2012 to … [More]
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Small-Business Optimism Scores High Even in Decline
Although declining optimism was the finding among small-business owners in the first quarter 2019 Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index — along with … [More]
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Central to Tech
When the revitalization project of Park Central Mall opened for leasing a few weeks ago, digital business consultancy Nerdery saw it as an opportunity … [More]