It seems counterintuitive, but our writer uses a personal example to show how it works.
(Washington Informer) — President Barack Obama reached another significant milestone on the long difficult road toward economic recovery of the economy in the United States when General Motors (G.M.) recently launched one of the largest initial public offerings (IPO) in American history. I believe that the proper stimulus investment in the African American business community […]
(Afro) — On Nov. 10, Washington, D.C. Chairman-elect Kwame R. Brown, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, Mayor-elect Vincent C. Gray and leaders from the Washington Convention and Sports Authority (WCSA) gathered to inaugurate ground in the District’s historic Shaw neighborhood in preparation for the 2014 opening of the Marriott Marquis Convention Center Hotel, located at Ninth […]
(AJC) — Despite a tough economic climate, Georgia last year saw a 2 percent increase in the number of companies coming to the state, along with an 11 percent rise in the number of jobs promised. Still, the Peach State wasn’t one of the top 10 destinations for business relocation. Georgia ranks sixth in overall […]
(AJC) — When Pamela Joiner first heard Atlanta had won funding for a streetcar that would travel a loop between Sweet Auburn and Centennial Olympic Park, she didn’t believe it. She’s still a bit cautious. Agreeing with streetcar boosters that it could be transformational for Sweet Auburn, she also has seen a lot of good […]
(Entrepreneur) — Not many CEOs can say that they served as a U.S. foreign service diplomat in Leningrad during the Cold War. And certainly, not many CEOs can say they were kicked out of the former Soviet Union for being accused of espionage. But Wild Planet Toys founder Danny Grossman isn’t your everyday, run-of-the-mill CEO. […]
(Washington Post) — It’s a tough sell: Showcase art or open a restaurant 20 feet below ground in tunnels once used for trolley service and a fallout shelter. It was tried once before, in the mid-1990s with a food court called Dupont Down Under. Within a year that experiment failed. District officials and developers are now […]
(Crain’s) — The city’s Industrial Development Agency finally found something to vote on Tuesday that even its harshest critic—City Comptroller John Liu—couldn’t fault: reforms to increase the agency’s transparency and accessibility. The city’s IDA and Capital Resource Corp., which provide subsidies and low-cost financing to promote economic development, each unanimously approved a package of reforms […]
(Success Magazine) — Any successful business reinvention requires reinventing your employees, as well. Does that idea scare you? It shouldn’t, says Pamela Mitchell, founder and CEO of The Reinvention Institute (www.reinventioninstitute.com). “Employees are realizing there are no guarantees for lifetime employment, so they’re going where the opportunities to grow and develop are,” says Mitchell, the author […]
(Inc) — In the early 1970s, Bill Witherspoon lived for months in a school bus parked in the Oregon desert. A hundred miles from the nearest town, he spent day after day painting the sky and the clouds. He later sold his work for tidy sums. Witherspoon would spend the rest of his life alternating […]
(MacLife) — Are you a budding author? The next Stephen King? Or an author currently looking to cut out the middle man as you rollout your own books? It looks like your time has come — Apple has released information on self-publishing for the iBookstore! We have to say we were really excited to hear […]
(The Network Journal) — In her book Better Business Writing, Carol Gelderman noted that writing is the most important form of communication and the most difficult to master. So if you’re a business owner or professional with a Web site, you’re probably wondering what information you’ll present to your target market–in other words, your content. […]