Many entrepreneurs are currently employees, but that doesn’t mean you cannot start your new business – as long as you consider your family’s financial security. If you’re unemployed, then undoubtedly you are self-motivated to get your new venture into the marketplace. I often recommend allowing six months to fully make an effective transition from being […]
Over three years ago, city leaders approved the official slogan of the community, unanimously agreeing to the tagline – “City of Arts and Innovation” – during a City Council meeting in April 2014. Innovation is defined as the action or process of developing a new method, idea or product. Winston-Salem for a long-time has been […]
City leaders gathered for a small ceremony to cut the ribbon for the grand reopening of the Benton Convention Center. The reinvention of the downtown property located in the Twin City Quarter received a $20 million facelift that included significant structural and technology upgrades. The property now offers 105,000 square feet of flexible meeting space […]
Most people want to fly all over the country or explore faraway places that boast about white sandy beaches. But I prefer to visit places located right in my backyard – North Carolina. We have many sayings in the south, but one of my favorite is, “there are no strangers here; only friends you haven’t […]
Hard to believe this past June marked the eighth year of the national economic recovery as the labor market continues to heal from the greatest recession in 80 years. The massive economic decline triggered by a housing bust and credit market freeze caused the nation to shed hundreds of thousands of jobs monthly and the […]
The official start to summer is a moving target for most people; teachers and students often consider the end of the school year as the beginning of their summer break, but I mark the fireworks of July 4th as the kickoff to celebrating a new summer season. Today’s fast pace environment demands a rigorous daily […]
Kaleideum (the new museum created by the merger of SciWorks and the Children’s Museum of Winston-Salem) will have a tremendous impact on downtown Winston-Salem and our entire community. There are standard methods to calculate the economic impact of a cultural institution, and the synergies created through this merger and move will increase our economic impact […]
The non-partisan Bureau of Labor Statistics released the May jobs report and it failed to meet expectations – 138,000 non-farm job gains vs 185,000 expected – the national unemployment rate declined to 4.3%. The unemployment rate decline was due primarily to a fall in the labor participation rate, which declined to 62.7% and remains stuck around […]
Nordstrom became the latest company to trigger an outsized social media reaction to what many perceive as “branding gone wild”. Carl Jr’s, Pepsi and United Airlines have been at the center of the digital universe this year, but in the case of UA they did not seek the attention. The luxury retailer launched a new […]
Financial literacy has long been a passion of mine and I’ve dedicated many service hours to helping people become aware, educated and strengthened through sound knowledge on how to properly manage their money and stay out of debt. My earliest work included serving as spokesperson for a local program, Future Cents, hosted by the Greensboro Library […]
