And Then There Were Fresh Hops

Article by Jeff Alworth | Featured on Willamette Week | Photos by Willamette Week Why Oregon is central to the most important beer trend of the last decade. Editor's note: Last month, internationally known Portland beer writer Jeff…
Network Like a Pro

7 Ways to Network Like a Millionaire

Article by DANIEL ALLY | Featured on Entrepreneur.com As I was giving a speech in Washington, D.C., a well-dressed man approached me to ask a question. After our interesting discussion, he reached deeply into his pockets and pulled out…
How This Company Is Revolutionizing the Way Farmers Do Their Job

How This Company Is Revolutionizing the Way Farmers Do Their Job

Article by Jodi Helmer | Featured on Entrepreneur Image credit: Tom Mckenzie Growing up in rural Michigan, Jesse Vollmar watched as technology transformed the world around him, while life on the farm remained labor-intensive and…
Craft Beer

Millennials drive demand for craft beer, wine and spirits

Article by Janet Forgrieve | Featured on SmartBlogs Descriptions including “craft”, “small batch,” “custom,” “limited edition” and “artisan/artisanal” are more likely to influence the purchasing decisions of millennials…
Strategic Plan

7 Elements of a Strategic Plan

Article by Dan McCarthy | Featured on management.about.com A strategic plan is a document that establishes the direction of a company or work unit. It can be a single page or fill up a binder, depending on the size and complexity of the…
Citibank

Citibank will Pay $700 million for Illegal Credit Card Practices

Article by Vicki Needham | Featured on thehill.com | Image Credit: TungCheung / Shutterstock.com Citibank will pay $700 million to 8.8 million consumers for illegal credit card practices as part of a settlement with a federal government watchdog. The…
Technology Replacing Workers

The End of Work as We Know It

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PARIS – In 1983, the American economist and Nobel laureate Wassily Leontief made what was then a startling prediction. Machines, he said, are likely to replace human labor much in the same way that the tractor replaced the horse. Today, with…
US Employment Report June

US created 223,000 jobs in June vs. 230,000 expected; unemployment rate at 5.3%

Original Article by Jeff Cox on CNBC American companies kicked off the summer with modest growth in hiring, sending nonfarm payrolls up 223,000 in June, according to Labor Department numbers released Thursday. In addition to the…
4 Smart Things That Would Have Changed My Small Business Life

Dear Younger Me: 4 Smart Things That Would Have Changed My Small Business Life

Running a business was exciting at first. I felt the freedom of controlling my own destiny while working with my closest friends, daydreaming about the next big breakthrough and planning for the day that financial freedom would finally arrive. Unfortunately,…
Gravity Payments - Isler NW

This Entrepreneur Just Announced $70,000 Minimum Salaries for His Entire 120-Person Team

After receiving our Established Entrepreneur of 2014 award, Gravity Payments founder Dan Price has just announced yet another game-changing proposition. Over the next three years, the 30-year-old plans to raise the minimum salary for…