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
Talking Turkey about Networking, Outside Investors, & Education
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
Business at the Speed of Happiness
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
Don’t skip a step
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
Talk about interest rate jitters
Trying to figure out what’s happening with the Fed and interest rates is a major sport on CNBC and Bloomberg, but one of the top tea leaf readers nationally is
TigerDirect’s “tech bash” at new Marlins Park, expected to draw over 20,000 visitors
Move over baseball lovers! On Nov. 7 Marlins Park will have a different crowd of fans in its stands. The park will be the venue of TigerDirect’s third annual “Tech
Life in the Fast Lane
He may be the reigning Indy 500 champion, but Ryan Hunter-Reay has only one thing on his mind at the moment – not waking toddler son Ryden from the ever-important afternoon
Abe Dababneh
Cigar retailing is typified by a guy who loves to smoke and opens one store. Abe Dababneh has built an empire. His Smoke Inn stores have grown to 12 locations
How to build a family business success(ion) plan
About 90 percent of all businesses in the United States are owned or controlled by families, but only 30 percent make it successfully to the second generation. Only 10 to
Tame email hell, enhance security
Document management nightmares usually begin innocuously with those email attachments that go back and forth among clients, business partners and others. Soon these documents grow too large for mailboxes to