International Business Opportunities Steve Crowley returns to MYOB with another edition of Crowley’s Corner. Steve brings us another great topic with Mo Saeed of the UR Business Network, joining Rick Brutti and special guest Jim Barbieri, Principal & Co-Founder at Horizon International Investment Group LLC. The world is getting smaller, but you wouldn’t know it from world traveler [...]
Doing Business In Kenya Kenya is the most developed economy in Eastern Africa and it is the economic, commercial, and logistical hub of the entire region. Its strengths include its human resources, natural assets, and strategic location. International Horizons hosts Jim Barbieri and Rick Brutti look at the business opportunities and challenges in this country [...]
Dealing with Abstinence You have a project underway but some key people are not participating, causing delays, and create the need for additional resources not planned for. Abstinence occurs when users, stakeholders, executive sponsors and peers refrain from participating and contributing to the project. Helping us with how to best handle this issue is Marilyn [...]
From Waste to Energy Renewable energy is a hot topic and Anaerobic Digestion is one that has great promise. Bill Jorgenson, Founder and Managing Partner of AGreen Energy talks about anaerobic digestion for energy production. Some of the topics are of interest to entrepreneurs and investors focused on navigating and influencing regulation and policy, best [...]
Financial Meltdowns According to the International Monetary Fund, in the four decades between 1970 and 2010, there were no less than 145 banking crises, 208 monetary crashes, and 72 sovereign debt crises. This adds up to an astounding total of 425 systemic crises—an average of more than ten countries in crisis each and every year. [...]
Self-Directed IRA Individuals can use their IRA to purchase non-traditional investments with their retirement funds that are typically unavailable through banks and brokerage firms. These assets include residential and commercial real estate, secured and unsecured notes, limited liability corporations, precious metals, mortgages and more. Brian Kearney, Business Development Manager at The Entrust Group, acts as an [...]
Funny Business We are living in an era of constant change. Because businesses are becoming less dictatorial and more social, the understanding and value of soft skills to an organization are growing daily. Soft skills are more important today than ever before. Soft skills is a term relating to a collection of personal, positive attributes [...]
