By Beverly Barna In another sign of South Floridaโs soaring prominence, Air Charter Service (ACS) is opening its fifth North American office in Miami. Chairman Chris Leach formed the company in the basement of his British home in 1990, and it now employs more than...
Rachel Sapoznik crusades to change how we think about health care and insurance Rachel A. Sapoznik is the founder, CEO and president of Sapoznik Insurance, a premier employee benefit and wellness solutions agency focused on education, health care and advocacy. She founded Sapoznik Insurance in 1987...
By Darcie Lunsford Economists depict real estate cycles as wavy lines with soaring peaks and sinking valleys. But in South Florida, it often feels more like a circle, where we always end up in the same place. History seems to be repeating itself as surging home...
Green fleet pays off for City Furniture City Furniture says that the cost savings from trucks that can run on compressed natural gas (CNG) are a key part of its strategy to expand to Orlando this year and to Tampa by 2018. The nationโs 30th-largest furniture retailer...
Taking a measured approach to corporate minutes can minimize potential legal hazards and maximize regulatory compliance By Kevin Gale Consider minutes as the instant replay of the corporate boardroom. Letโs say two companies merged and somebody files a suit about why directors should have rejected it. Attorney...
By Betsy Atkins As a corporate board member, youโve gotten the memo on how technology change is shaking up how you do business. But donโt get comfortable; the compounding of tech advances is now changing the definition of โchangeโ itself. Look at a heat map (a two-dimensional,...
By Gerry Czarnecki If you asked to join a nonprofit board, I suggest that you pause first. Since virtually every C-suite executive, high net worth individual or person of influence in the community will be asked to join a nonprofit board, itโs critical that you first...
By Chris Fleck Daniel Cane is no stranger to modernizing an entire industry. While an economics major at Cornell University, he co-founded the company that became Blackboard Inc., which provides software that replaces paper class assignments, grade books and most other paper used in education. Today,...
By Greta Schulz What value do you bring? When I ask this question to a group of people, I get lots of different answers. Most people will say things such as: โWe give great customer service. We give people a very competitive price. We have knowledge...
By Jim Fried Two Miami real estate thought leaders recently discussed urban placemaking on my show. Placemaking is a growing trend that looks at an areaโs attributes and potential and then uses architecture and design to further promote a sense of well-being with social life...
