It’s scorching hot in Arizona and this time it’s not about the weather. More than ever, companies across the U.S. are packing up their businesses and flocking to Arizona. With its high-skilled talent pipeline, affordable cost of living, and lower taxes than neighboring states, Arizona – and primarily Metro Phoenix – has developed its position as an attractive business … [More]
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Their Take: Arizona is a Hot Spot for Businesses to Land, Creating Myriad Opportunities for Metro Phoenix CRE Industry
by Andrea Davis
Retirement Planning Also Means Dream Planning – But Will Yours Materialize?
by Peter Blatt
Not everyone’s dream retirement is the same. Perhaps yours involves traveling in an RV to National Parks, places you spent a lifetime hearing about but never got the chance to see. Or maybe your dream retirement is to launch your own business, something you wanted to do long ago. But with bills to pay and college tuition costs for children, the idea of quitting your day … [More]
4 Key Aspects of Restaurant and Bar Insurance Coverage
by David DeLorenzo
One of the most important things a bar or restaurant owner will have to manage in their business is their insurance. Intended to help protect owners against a host of issues, proper insurance coverage can truly “make or break” a business. It’s essential to work with a professional, experienced agent who knows the ins and outs of the hospitality industry, as this type of … [More]
What’s Influencing Your IT Budget? 6 Post-Covid Corporate IT Trends
by Tony Zorc
Before planning for new technology upgrades or further cloud migrations, it’s critical to understand the IT market. There are 6 corporate IT trends that are actively influencing every organization’s IT budget today. 1. IT structure: On-Prem Networks to Software As a Service (SAAS) - Instead of having IT managed at the office site, businesses purchase software that is … [More]
Are Your Best Employees Accepting Recruiter Calls?
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Finding and hiring the right talent is often a difficult task for companies, but retaining workers with high-level skills is becoming even harder as people leave their jobs in droves, looking for improvements in pay, work-life balance, management, and work culture. In digital marketing – a crucial component for business growth – talent retention has never been more critical, … [More]
Americans Are Willing to Take Pay Cuts or Forgo Benefits to Work from Home, Says Survey
GoodHire
GoodHire, a leading provider of employment and background screening services, today released its inaugural report, “The State of Remote Work in 2021: A Survey of the American Workforce.” The report is based on an online survey of 3,500 Americans, ages 21-59 years, who shared their opinions about jobs, money and life in the era of remote work and COVID-19. New or not, remote … [More]
Latino Business Ownership: How to Close the Gap on Intergenerational Wealth Once and for All
by Edgar R. Olivo
An important contributor to economic inequality in the United States is the wide and relentless racial and ethnic disparity found in small business ownership. According to the Small Business Administration's report on Latino Business Ownership, blocked opportunities for minorities to start and grow businesses create losses in economic efficiency, especially through their … [More]
EN NEGOCIOS: Negocios Latinos: Cómo cerrar la brecha del bienestar económico entre generaciones una vez por todas
por Edgar R. Olivo
Un factor importante que contribuye a la desigualdad económica en los Estados Unidos es la amplia e implacable disparidad racial y étnica que se encuentra en la propiedad de pequeñas empresas. Según el informe de la Administración de Pequeñas Empresas sobre la propiedad de empresas latinas, las oportunidades bloqueadas para que las minorías inicien y desarrollen negocios … [More]
Why Leadership Shouldn’t Be a Solo Act: 4 Keys to Building a Support System
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The big idea: Company leaders are ill-advised to go it alone and try to handle all the major tasks related to today’s complex business world. They must know how to build a strong support system that creates a positive, productive, and durable culture, says Jason Randall, ForbesBooks author of Beyond The Superhero: Executive Leadership For The Rest Of Us and CEO of … [More]
Disruptive Innovators Open Themselves to Attack, 5 Pitfalls to Avoid
JoTo PR
Disruptive Innovation refers to taking a complex product or service meant for a highly skilled consumer and making it more accessible to a broader population. The disruption occurs by displacing established competitors. Companies like Uber and Airbnb are great examples of disruptive innovators. However, businesses that upend their respective industries' long-standing rules to … [More]
Five Lessons Big Brands Could Learn from Sustainable Startups
ZenBusiness
Small businesses are said to be making the biggest reductions in their carbon footprint according to a recent report from Changemaker, so what lessons can big businesses learn from these sustainable startups? JC Glancy, co-founder of business formation provider ZenBusiness highlights five lessons big brands can learn from the eco-friendly efforts of small businesses to tap … [More]
The Best Ways to Optimize Productivity
by Adam Witty
The pandemic has brought with it myriad challenges that will likely continue to impact us for years. But these strange and unprecedented times have also ushered in some unique benefits that are definitely worth noting, especially when today’s twenty-four-hour news cycle is bringing you down. And when it comes to professional progress, this one is a biggie: … [More]
Why Integrated Communication Is the Future of Business
by Phil Cord
Because of growing digitalization, integrated communication has become more critical than ever. New inventions such as VoIP phone systems significantly increased the number of communication channels available and used by many different businesses. Additionally, the worldwide pandemic has only escalated the role of those channels. That's why every leader should know how to … [More]
Keep Employees from Joining the ‘Great Resignation’
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As the nation continues to emerge from the pandemic, workers are noticing something. This is an opportune time to change jobs – and so they are. Millions of employees are quitting their jobs and some businesses are struggling to find replacements. Bosses who wonder why this is happening may need to look inward, says Jeanet Wade, the ForbesBooks author of The Human Team: … [More]
Why People Long for a Return to Normal Even when Normal Is Messy
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In one of its more insidious side effects, the pandemic forced social isolation on the world. And the world grew anxious. People pined for the day when they could return to restaurants. They longed to go to movie theaters and church. They wanted to turn off Zoom and see co-workers in person. When things slowly began to re-open, many people wasted no time making an airline … [More]
EN NEGOCIOS: Emprendimiento sostenible: Cómo la innovación y las inversiones ecológicas pueden aliviar la carga que la humanidad impone al medio ambiente
por Edgar R. Olivo
La economía mundial se está volviendo verde y se han abierto muchas oportunidades para los emprendedores sostenibles que quieran ser parte de la revolución verde. Parece que todo, desde el reciclaje hasta la generación de energía, los alimentos orgánicos y la pesca sostenible, está atrayendo la atención de inversores de todos los tamaños. Un “negocio verde” o sostenible es … [More]
Sustainable Entrepreneurism: How Green Innovation and Investments Can Ease the Burden Humanity Places on the Environment
by Edgar R. Olivo
The world’s economy is going green, and many opportunities have opened up for sustainable entrepreneurs who want to be part of the green revolution. It seems like everything from recycling to power generation to organic groceries and sustainable fisheries are attracting attention from investors of all sizes. A sustainable, or “green business,” is one that shows a commitment … [More]
Keys to Franchisee Success while Coming Out of COVID
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Franchise businesses are expected to grow in 2021, according to an economic forecast by the International Franchise Association (IFA). The report predicts that nearly all of the economic damage done to the industry by the COVID-19 pandemic could be erased this year, and that franchising is projected to open 26,000-plus locations in the U.S., adding nearly 800,000 jobs, many of … [More]
