Scott Verrette of Resourceful HR offers us our guest blog post this month on how to create value in employment relationships. Scott will be one of our guest speakers at the Equinox Focus Event: Creating Value Through Employer-Employee Relationships on July 28. Resourceful HR helps companies grow through increased employee efficiency. You can also sign up for... View Article
Many studies show employers the value of “happy employees” to a business’ productivity and success. An obvious question arising from these studies is: “What makes for a “happy employee?” The studies address this to varying degrees; but to me, a particular employee’s happiness in his or her work depends on many factors such as age,... View Article
Our guest blog post comes from Dennis Purvine of CFO Selections. Dennis is a CPA and CFO and has worked with companies in all stages of development. ——————————— Intellectual Property (I.P.) can be protected by patent, copyright, trademark, etc. Companies that create, or purchase, intellectual property presumably create value for their business. (More on this... View Article
Our guest blog post comes from Jim Rutter of Ruttler IP Law. Jim will be our guest speaker at our June 23 Equinox Focus Event “Protecting and Leveraging Your IP”. ——————————————– The first major mistake that is made with patents is disclosing an invention prior to filing a patent application. Disclosure could include offering to... View Article
Our guest blog post comes from Steve Brilling, Executive Director of the Entrepreneurship Center and Family Business Roundtable at Seattle University’s Albers School of Business and Economics. ———————- It all comes down to communication—clear, concise, honest communication, with a dash of compassion thrown in. Whether it is in a legal document or simply a written... View Article
Experience is the best learning tool. Our guest blog post comes from Bill Altland, a family business owner of Whale Tail Pharmacy in Craig, Alaska. ———————— The word that comes to my mind relating to communication issues in family businesses is the word “insidious”. It can be difficult to separate the business issues from family issues... View Article
Businesses are developed and grown through their relationships with people – people as owners, managers, customers, and vendors. These people relationships, though critical for success, also create substantial risk for the business because people are emotional and often unpredictable. Most businesses protect against this risk through contracts. Why do they work? Contracts allow a company... View Article
Our guest blog post this week is from Pete DiSantis of Peter DiSantis Consulting Associates. Pete will also be our guest presenter at the April Equinox Focus Event “Beating Your Competition through Contingency Planning.” ———————– You lock your house, your office, your car. You buy insurance for your house, your office, your car… even your... View Article