Use narrow niches to blow through growth ceilings
Gordon Bernhardt started Bernhardt Wealth Management 26 years ago as a solo operator. Today, the company has 10 staff and has changed its business model twice to push through ceilings… Read More »
Is your organization outgrowing its infrastructure?
In October 2020, the Robinhood trading app was seven years old. It had 13 million users and was valued north of eight billion dollars. The sky was the limit –… Read More »
“Don’t panic. Assess Risk. Seize Opportunity.”
Eleven months ago, Education Management Solutions (EMS) faced the same unprecedented challenge as millions of small businesses across the country: pandemic-induced, government-mandated shutdown. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf had just issued… Read More »
The Robinhood Debacle: Unprepared For Success
Venture capitalist Mark Cuban knows a few things about being a disrupter. The reality television personality has never shied away from breaking the mold and charting a new path. However,… Read More »
How A Small Business Tech Firm Survived And Thrived During The Pandemic
When the COVID-19 pandemic threatened to overwhelm America’s healthcare system in early 2020, the leadership at Education Management Solutions knew they had to do one thing: keep educating the industry’s… Read More »
“Defy the hand you’re dealt” – a story of entrepreneurial success
When Collin Kiousis passed away in 2017, he was just 20 years young. He left behind memories, friends, and family. But Collin also left behind an entrepreneurial seed that in… Read More »
Provide value to customers before fulfilling customers’ values
“Values” is one of the business world’s most repeated buzzwords. Corporate reports, news cycles, and investment strategies are responding to consumers’ desire to have purchases mean more than just dollars… Read More »
Healthcare Businesses Are Innovating For Better Patient Outcomes
When it comes to major policy issues like healthcare, politics often turns the debate into an “all or nothing” proposition. However, business often finds the solutions that address the problems… Read More »
How much do your socks add to your bottom line?
“You’re the best-dressed guy here!” I told Jack White the first time we met. He was wearing a three-piece suit in a room of 300 well-dressed businesspeople. He winked, hiked… Read More »
When Employee Initiative Meets Forward-Thinking Management
Corporate bureaucracy often creates blinders within the very departments where creativity and innovation is most critical. In an article for RealClearMarkets, Proven Media Solutions founder Dustin Siggins described how Sherwin-Williams,… Read More »
