SEPTEMBER 2019

Cover Story

Phoenix Leading the Way

Arizona in general and Metro Phoenix specifically consistently rank high for entrepreneurship. It should be no surprise, then, that innovation … [More]

Features

Corporate Culture & Employee Retention

Good companies invest in their employees. The reason is obvious. Happy employees tend to hang around and provide a return on that investment. But when … [More]

Two Weeks’ Notice?

The last 20 years in the workplace have seen sweeping change: resume submission by paper in the mail to computerized applicant tracking systems, hard … [More]

10 Warning Signs of a Dysfunctional Corporate Culture

The growing spotlight on dysfunctional corporate culture and its potentially devastating impact on organizations has given new urgency around the … [More]

Roundtable

What Business Owners Should Know about Lobbying

What do you picture when you think of a lobbyist? Perhaps an older gentleman, with a slick suit, power walking down a marble hallway in Washington, … [More]

Legal

Navigating Arizona’s New LLC Act

Twenty-seven years ago, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 3301 and the price of a gallon of gasoline was $1.05, the Arizona legislature … [More]

From the Top

Trish Gulbranson: From Novice to No. 1 in Skin Care

As a way to help women and men feel as young and vibrant on the outside as they do on the inside, Trish Gulbranson founded Derma Health Skin & … [More]

By the Numbers

Arizona Companies Score on LBGTQ-Inclusive Workplace Policies

America’s leading companies and law firms are meeting strengthened criteria to meet the evolving needs of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and … [More]

Startups

Incubating Resource Innovation and Solutions

Approximately 8 million metric tons of plastic waste leaks into the ocean every year. Less than half of the U.S. population has access to automatic … [More]

Dating Concierge Business

Customized dates as a business? That was Dana Lam and Martin Kupper’s idea back in 2017 when they founded their company recently rebranded as Surprise … [More]

CRE

Co-working Is Disrupting Office Spaces

Working from non-traditional spaces was once the realm of artists, writers and road warriors. People joked about those with computers taking up seats at coffee shops, … [More]

SkySong Momentum Builds to Phase 6

Office leasing momentum remains strong at SkySong, a 42- acre mixed-use development. SkySong 5 recently opened, as well as the new Element Hotel at SkySong, and … [More]

Downtown Phoenix Multifamily High- Rise with Retail

Phoenix’s nation-leading job growth and related rapidly growing demand for residential and commercial real estate space attracted the attention of Rastegar Property … [More]

Commercial-Scale Solar Lending for SMBs

Direct Solar recently launched a commercial solar lending solution, filling what the company sees as a massive market void. The solution will serve customers that own … [More]

Healthcare

Balance Therapy: New Approach to Increase Productivity at Work

Did you know that sitting at a desk all day can actually be worse than smoking or eating donuts? Just think about how much time you spend each day in … [More]

Technology

Ditch the Techie Jargon – Improve Your Organization’s Cybersecurity

An office memo that tosses around terms like “DRM,” “botnet,” “FTP,” “spear phishing” and “worm” could be a quick, easy read for the head of the IT … [More]