In 2008, Rob Guba called out multiple times to his teenage son as the youth walked down a hallway at home. Focused intently on his mobile phone, the son ignored him and stepped straight into a wall. Guba, who is the CEO of the Baton Rouge-based technology company Cellcontrol, had a moment of parental panic […]
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For many new small businesses the financial office is far from the first thing to be established. However, as a business grows, so does the need for more sophisticated financial services and financial professionals. At some point, successful businesses have to decide whether they should hire a chief financial officer to take charge of all
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Every organization needs to develop a culture of learning to continually innovate and improve its products and processes. If that’s not enough motivation by itself, consider this: Your competitors are already doing it. “Without a development program, your competition is learning and leaving you two steps behind,” says Regina Leingang, leadership development consultant with Baton
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The Louisiana Technology Park continued to have a multimillion-dollar economic impact on the Baton Rouge region in 2016, a report by LSU alumni economics professor James Richardson found. The report, prepared for Tech Park parent company Research Park Corp., says Tech Park’s current and previous tenants who remained in the Baton Rouge area saw revenues
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When you start a business, it’s tempting to ignore what might go wrong and concentrate on making sure things go right. But you’ll quickly find it’s impossible to plan for everything — and for events you can’t foresee, you’ll need insurance to protect you, your ideas and your business. “Business insurance is a business owner’s
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Does your company’s performance seem to have plateaued? If so, it might be time to shake up your hiring process to focus on getting better candidates and better hires to help you take your company to the next level. “Change is hard. It requires looking in the mirror, and that can be tough,” says Tammy
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Are trade shows part of your marketing plan this year? If not, perhaps they should be. A report by the Center for Exhibition Industry Research says more than 80 percent of trade show display attendees have buying authority in their roles. And beyond that, trade shows also represent a big opportunity to connect with potential suppliers,
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Businesses have had to shift the way they think about marketing and public relations amid seismic changes from the rise of social media as a news source and an onslaught of millennials entering the workforce. “Everybody’s using digital tools to communicate, and what’s really interesting, especially in the world of PR, is that everybody’s getting
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Family businesses face the same challenges as other businesses, including succession planning. But the family dynamics can make those transitions even more complex. Many family businesses don’t survive those challenges across multiple generations. “About 30 percent of companies make it to the second generation without being sold or failing, about 12 percent make it to
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As a small-business owner you likely deal with larger companies that are your clients, partners or vendors. These companies may have experience and resources that you don’t when it comes to contract negotiations, but that doesn’t mean you’re necessarily at a disadvantage. Skillful negotiating can let you strike a deal with these big businesses that’s
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