This article was originally featured in the South Florida Business Journal. With the novel coronavirus pandemic mounting worldwide and businesses reporting widespread disruptions, as a US business owner, do you stay calm and carry on or do you batten down the hatches and prepare for the worst? While we have been enjoying the longest…
The next Amazon is out there, and it’s coming for your company. Business disruption is a constant threat. There will always be another company looking to take market share from your business — or worse, replace you entirely. The threat of business disruption is something you hear about constantly in the news. It’s common to…
This article was originally featured in the South Florida Business Journal. Since President Trump took office, the news media has covered the so-called trade war ad nauseam. Businesses are paying attention too. A U.S. Chamber of Commerce survey found that 158 Fortune 500 companies discussed the impact of tariffs and ongoing trade tensions on earnings calls in…
The Emperor Isn’t Wearing Clothes WeWork is Silicon Valley’s latest fallen angel. The co-working start-up raised an enormous amount of cash from venture capital firms, with a final private valuation of $47 billion (roughly ten times the valuation of its profitable peer). But, when the company took its first steps to go public in August…
“Micromanagement is bringing in a team of smart, talented people and crushing their souls by telling them what font size to use” – Chieh Huang. In 2013, Chieh Huang founded Boxed, an online wholesale retailer. Like many founders, he started the company in his garage. He packed boxes by hand with a few employees. The…
