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An organization's success is dependent on how its people handle a constantly shifting market. Internally, it hit me when I saw how our business potential isn't entirely tied to what our team can do — it's also shaped by industry-wide workforce gaps that affect everyone.While building our healthcare equipment management software company, I quickly identified a critical shortage of qualified

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Most People Make This Career Mistake. Are You Guilty of It?

It's a tough job market these days: February's 151,000 added jobs fell short of the 170,000 expected by economists, and half of job-seekers say finding their next position has become more difficult in the past

Start A Business 7 Min Read

‘Boring’ Businesses Are Making Millionaires — and You Can Borrow Their Strategies For Success

In the world of business, there are often preconceived notions about certain industries being "boring" or lacking excitement. However, these so-called "boring" businesses are often the backbone of our economy, providing essential services that keep

Marketing 6 Min Read

How one sports-drink brand is powering up its March Madness campaign

Selection Sunday for March Madness isn’t for another couple of days, but some brands just couldn’t wait any longer to kick off their campaigns.Powerade, the official hydration partner of March Madness and official sports drink

Growing a Business 4 Min Read

Retired Police Officer’s Business Earns $3M a Year

Larkin Combs was always a hard worker. During his childhood summers, while his friends went to the Jersey Shore, he worked on his grandparents' farm in Georgia. "Ten hours a day, from when I was

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Amy Zalneraitis never set out to be in the pet food business.As a creative director in the fashion industry, she

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AI’s Billion-Dollar Land Grab — 5 Ways It’s Reshaping Real Estate

For decades, real estate booms were driven by urban expansion, corporate offices and housing demand. But now, a new force is fueling a modern-day land rush — AI-powered data centers.Tech giants like OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft and AWS are pouring billions into AI infrastructure, triggering a land grab across the U.S.

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Advertisers upped women’s sports spend by triple digits in 2024

Everyone watches women’s sports, as the T-shirt says, and brands are following the eyeballs.In 2024, advertisers spent more than $244 million running TV campaigns against women’s sports, up 139% from 2023, according to a new report from TV measurement company EDO. Not only are brands spending more on those ads,

Growing a Business 9 Min Read

How They Started a Multimillion-Dollar Sold-Out Business

Rebecca Grinnals and Kathryn Arce, wedding industry veterans of more than 20 years, met in the early '90s while working at The Walt Disney World Resort, where they grew Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings to a $100 million per year operation. "It was a little bit like lightning in a bottle

Start A Business 7 Min Read

How Startups Can Creatively Signal Trust in Their Product Messaging

When was the last time an ecommerce brand showed you how many zip codes they have shipped their products to? Did this make you trust them more? Startups often focus on typical trust signals, such as customer reviews and security badges (SSL certificates), to convey to potential customers that they

Marketing 5 Min Read

How rideshare ads are revolutionizing the DOOH landscape

When T-Mobile spent about $600 million to acquire the digital out-of-home (DOOH) company Vistar Media in January, it locked down a network of more than 1.1 million digital screens in 30+ countries. A small but intriguing part of that count are the more than 130,000 screens situated in the backs

Leadership 8 Min Read

How Creativity Died — and What’s Rising in Its Place

Creative agencies once stood as the gatekeepers of brand storytelling, shaping the way the world experienced new ideas and revitalizing everyday boring products and services with clever spins and campaigns. Their offices, adorned with neon slogans and floor-to-ceiling whiteboards, buzzed with the energy of designers, copywriters and strategists dreaming up

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Advertisers are flocking to NYC street-style accounts

For New Yorkers, fashion inspiration can be found on a walk through Central Park or a ride on the subway. For those outside the city, there are street-style social media accounts like Watching New York, NYC Looks, and OOTD showing the trends emerging in New York and beyond.“People like a

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Why You Need to Focus on Personal Branding Before PR

When people contact me with questions about executive branding, also often referred to as personal branding, the most common questions I get are: Which magazines can you get me in? Which podcasts can you book me on? While my agency does help clients with media outreach, this is not the

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6 Steps You Can Take to Set Your Best Budget in 2025

Creating your business budget is crucial to your company's success. A well-thought-out budget helps you monitor your cash flow, allocate your resources wisely and make informed business decisions.But if you're like most entrepreneurs, you probably find financial management challenging. Your time is limited, and you may not have any formal

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This Is the Hidden Investment Opportunity That Could Make You Serious Money

In the ever-expanding concrete jungles of metropolitan cities, space is a luxury — a commodity sought after with relentless fervor. Yet, amid towering skyscrapers and sprawling developments lie overlooked gems: small urban spaces with untapped potential to yield extraordinary financial returns. With innovative strategies and entrepreneurial ingenuity, these modest pockets

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