by Lauren Hochenberger | Aug 8, 2023 | Business Startups, Business Tips, Entrepreneurship, Family Business, Fellowship Program, How I Did It, Money, Stakeholder Capitalism, Technology, Uncategorized, Women in Business
It’s hard for me to imagine anything slowing Beth Scanlon down. As president of Scanlon Excavating and Concrete, the Illinois-based heavy construction company she co-founded with her husband, Chris, in 2010, she charges full speed ahead in a field where just 11% of...
by Lauren Hochenberger | Mar 30, 2023 | Business Startups, Business Tips, How I Did It, Money, Stakeholder Capitalism, Technology, Uncategorized
Wil Gomez built the classic moneymaking business with Seequelle, a consultancy that helps midsize companies implement costly and complex human capital management (HCM) systems, but he didn’t stop there. First, he differentiated his business from the competition with a...
by Lauren Hochenberger | Mar 4, 2023 | Business Startups, Business Tips, How I Did It, Money, Stakeholder Capitalism, Technology, Uncategorized
Every company, big and small, collects data—sales transactions, purchases, productivity, advertising performance, customer sentiment, and much, much more. Typically, they use this data to run reports to see how things stand: Did they meet sales goals? Are they holding...
by Lauren Hochenberger | Feb 7, 2023 | Business Startups, Business Tips, How I Did It, Money, Stakeholder Capitalism, Technology, Uncategorized
Can a purpose-driven startup be successful? That’s a question that James Boettcher, CEO of Righteous Gelato, asked–and answered–years ago when he started out with a single gelato shop in Calgary, Canada. James wanted to build a brand that makes a positive impact on...
by Lauren Hochenberger | Jan 10, 2023 | Business Startups, Business Tips, How I Did It, Money, Stakeholder Capitalism, Technology, Uncategorized
Amit Kapoor was just starting his senior year at George Washington University when four airliners were hijacked by terrorists and crashed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Somerset County, Pennsylvania—an attack that resulted in 2,977 deaths. The tragic...
by Lauren Hochenberger | Nov 28, 2022 | Business Startups, Business Tips, How I Did It, Money, Stakeholder Capitalism, Technology, Uncategorized
We’ve all heard the adage “big risks lead to big rewards.” But that doesn’t mean you should take unnecessary risks. Bob Eisiminger built Knight Point Systems into a company he successfully sold for $250 million with a series of smart decisions that lowered risk at...