Entrepreneurship & Small Business

“Thinking in New Boxes”

While creativity is a critical force in any company's vision for long-term growth, many businesses fail to make the kind of “imaginative leaps” needed to drive that creativity, according to Luc De Brabandere and Alan Iny, both of The Boston Consulting group.

Johnson Controls embarks on ‘next era’ with new CEO

Glendale-based Johnson Controls Inc. says it has embarked on its “next era” with a new chief executive officer and an evolving business plan.

Expo to focus on disadvantaged businesses

The Milwaukee County Office of Community Business Development Partners (CBDP) will host a Business Development Expo on Thursday, Nov. 14, at the Peck Conference Center at the Milwaukee County Zoo.

Ziploc inventor to speak on entrepreneurialism at Marquette

Inventor Steven Ausnit, considered a pioneer who helped create the Ziploc bag, will discuss his six decades of business ventures and entrepreneurialism to mark Entrepreneurship Week on Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 6 p.m. in the Marquette University Alumni Memorial Union.

Ziploc inventor to speak on entrepreneurialism at Marquette

Inventor Steven Ausnit, considered a pioneer who helped create the Ziploc bag, will discuss his six decades of business ventures and entrepreneurialism to mark Entrepreneurship Week on Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 6 p.m. in the Marquette University Alumni Memorial Union.
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Salespeople have questions. Jeffrey has answers.

I get a ton of emails from people seeking insight or asking me to solve their sales dilemmas. Here are a few that may relate to your job, your life, and (most important) your sales thought process right now.

Fifty-year high school reunion. Seems like yesterday.

I graduated from Haddonfield Memorial High School in 1963. No computers, no cell phones, no Internet, no email, no texting, no credit cards, no cassette tapes (let alone CDs), and no cable TV.

No desire to retire

What did Casey Stengel, Tony Bennett and George Burns have in common? They could not stay retired. They managed baseball, sang, told jokes and smoked cigars until they were in their 80s and beyond.

“Finding Allies, Building Alliances”

After a career as a political leader and corporate executive, Mike Leavitt attributes much of his professional success to the power of the collaborative alliances he has both been a part of and helped piece together.

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