After moving to Florida to "try his hand at the family business," Rocco quickly got a job as a busboy at Big City Tavern. "It was the busiest restaurant I could find," he says, and he began to work his way up the chain. As...
Veteran recruiting and staffing expert Mitch Kramer says there's almost a double whammy for employers these days.Many got used to minimal raises and bonuses during the recession, but now salaries have gotten back to where they were before the recession. The unemployment rate for those...
It seems just about every city in South Florida is trying to create a live/work/play neighborhood, but Coral Gables is getting ready to freshen up one of the first in the region, Miracle Mile.The city's Business Improvement District (BID) is moving ahead on a long-awaited...
Ronald L. Book is a civic and charitable leader who is ranked as the state's top lobbyist by Sunshine State News Service with his three-member firm earning $5.6 million in fees for 2013. Book has a bachelor's degree from Florida International University and a law degree...
The Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show will be full of glitz, glamor and mega yachts - plus more modest craft for those of us who just want to go fish. However, the show also symbolizes Fort Lauderdale's role as "the Venice of the Americas" and...
You don't have to look much further than the local street corner to realize retail is back in South Florida. New retail developments have begun to spring up like lilacs after a long, cold winter. Across the region, there is more than 2.2 million square feet of...
South Florida Business & Wealth held its first advisory board meeting with a cocktail hour reception at Morton's The Steakhouse in downtown Fort Lauderdale. The board will meet periodically to provide feedback about the magazine and talk about the latest trends in business.Among the hot...
This month our show had some awesome guests. Ivan Misner, the Founder and Chairman of BNI - the world's largest networking organization - was fascinating. He's often called the father of modern networking. We discussed mindfulness and networking - being present while you are meeting someone in...
In most of our businesses and organizations, our model, service or technology is really not our differentiator. Success is determined by the quality of our people and how they relate and communicate to each other and the world around us - our stakeholders and our...
I'm often surprised about how inconsistent businesses are when it comes to hiring sales people. They may not have an organized procedure and many entrepreneurs rely on gut instinct. In the first part of a two-column series, I'll share the different steps involved in an effective...
