Considering relocating your business? Think outside the box!

How do you decide where your business home base should be? Think outside the box and consider the technological infrastructure and tax rates of potential areas. At a recent meeting I attended, technology experts from Connecticut talked about the fact that there are markets – Austin and Chattanooga – where connectivity is much faster than […]

How Can You Propel Your Team Forward to a Common Vision?

Every day, companies have team members who work diligently on their pieces of the puzzle. They sign on, especially in early stage companies, for the long term, because they believe in the company’s vision. Taking that belief, rolling it forward, knowing the work you’re doing will make a difference – that’s the most important part, […]

How Can You Invest In Your Community To Develop Tomorrow’s Leaders?

Carving time out of your busy schedule to give back to your community can be challenging but not impossible. I’ve made it a priority in my personal and business lives to give back to those who may not have had the same opportunities I have had. I’m very involved with a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, the […]

Using Future Spotting Effectively

In our last article, we discussed the advantages of using “crystal ball” in a business setting. While one can hope that gazing deep into such a device can reveal the future, this is usually not the case. Instead, one can brush up on their “Future Spotting” ability which refers to having an awareness of emerging […]

3 Challenges Business Startups Face

I have been working with several rapidly-growing companies. For some, their employee base has doubled or even tripled in a span of 12-18 months. The challenges these companies have faced can be categorized into 3 areas: Space. What is the right amount of space and where should it be located? Communication. How does a company […]

Wow! A New Tech Revolution in CT

On November 7, 2013, I attended the Connecticut Innovation Summit with my growth company advisee, Q-Bank Group. This Summit determines which tech companies are the ones to be watched. The companies that attended were placed into several different categories, including software, social media and the life sciences – the last category being the one in […]

How to maximize value by making something out of nothing

How can you maximize the value of something when you may not recognize its worth? This is the question one of my clients faced. The answer they found may surprise you. First Presbyterian Church of Stamford, Conn., is a historic church landmark, founded in 1853. To accommodate growth, the congregation’s new Modern structure was built […]

Trying New and Innovative Ways to Educate Our Children

A common refrain I hear today from both educators and parents is about the Achievement Gap in our schools. In fact, far too many of our children are failing in public schools and, without help, are likely to fall into patterns which will make it difficult for them to thrive in life. We need to […]

Commemorating Hurricane Sandy with a New Kind of Shelter

The end of October is the one year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy. It seems appropriate to remember and honor those who suffered during that storm by sharing a great new project I’m working on. It calls for us to look at a reoccurring problem in a totally different way. Let me explain. Shortly after a […]