Rick Andrade

Rick Andrade is an investment banker and market advisor in Los Angeles, Ca, where he helps CEOs and business owners buy, sell, and finance middle-market companies. Rick earned his BA and MBA from UCLA, along with his Series 7, 63, & 79 FINRA securities licenses. He is also a CA Real Estate Broker and blogs at www.RickAndrade.com on issues important to business owners.

Rick Andrade is an Executive Council member at the CEOWORLD magazine. You can follow him on LinkedIn, for more information, visit the author’s website CLICK HERE.

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CEO Briefing

Amazon CEO says RTO, or Else! – Is Remote Work Dead?

CEO BriefingRick Andrade

It was only a few years ago when working remote seemed all the rage. An endless stream of articles all proclaiming the end of big cities, traffic jams and office politics as Covid forced us all to stay home, and away from each other. Remember the predictions, the future of...

CEO Agenda

Diversity By Design

CEO AgendaRick Andrade

A lot has happened in the last 200 years! Think of it. In the early 1820s there was no electricity, no light bulbs, no automobiles, no steam locomotives, no telephones, no refrigerators, no microwave ovens, no internet, no cell phones, no social media and no Starbucks? My God! How did...

Banking and Finance

Are Younger Americans Wealthier Than We Think?

Banking and FinanceRick Andrade

Absolutely, according to a recent analysis. Wait! What? For the past two years, I have written about younger Americans, especially millennials, struggling to put food on the table and blaming Baby Boomers, politics, and the wealth gap for their ill-fated attempts to accumulate cash and rope in the American Dream. Their...

CEO Advisory

End Times. How to Win Back the American Dream, Or else

CEO AdvisoryRick Andrade

If you haven’t been keeping up on the day-to-day developments in 2024, this year may be one to remember. America is facing an historic point of inflection. Social media is tipping the balance in favor of the many voices collectively at odds with the status quo. There’s no one group. They...

CEO Advisory

The Family Business: Celebrating America’s Legacy

CEO AdvisoryRick Andrade

The invention is as old as humanity. It’s older than religion, older than the pyramids, the Great Wall of China, older than the first written word. When exactly? Nobody knows. In fact, from the first unrecorded day in history when humans first gathered in markets to trade & sell food,...

Education and Career

The Real Secret to ‘Success’

Education and CareerRick Andrade

Success 2023: (noun) The achievement of something desired, planned, or attempted. The gaining of fame or prosperity. Who owns the definition of Success: Webster, Wikipedia, Wall Street, your raving fans, or you? Look it up! Nearly every online dictionary prints the same definition. Success is synonymous with achieving something: power,...

Success and Leadership

Let’s Talk China for a Minute

Success and LeadershipRick Andrade

In America, July 4th is Independence Day. A time for celebratory fireworks and backyard BBQs with friends and family. It should also be a time for our collective reflection on our lives, the value of truly being a free nation, and on the blood sweat and tears of the honorable...

Tech and Innovation

A.I. – It’s Altogether Insane So Now What?

Tech and InnovationRick Andrade

Like rain, when it falls, everything gets wet. And when it rains a lot, the ground around you can sink you deep into the mud. Such is the case; each passing day that confirms it, it’s raining Artificial Intelligence (AI). And the real downpour is about to drop golf ball-sized...

CEO Insights

Ever Heard of ChatGPT for Executives? Better Update Your Resume

CEO InsightsRick Andrade

At first, it seemed as if it came out of nowhere, like an asteroid hitting the center of the cyber-ocean. You know you’re going to feel it. And after reading this review of my experiment, you’ll also feel why this time, the rippling effects of this tech tsunami leave nowhere to...

Success and Leadership

Does Leadership Style Matter in Tough Times?

Success and LeadershipRick Andrade

As another year comes to an end, we find ourselves as a nation in a bedeviling quagmire economically heading into 2023. To date, as both Consumer & CEO Confidence measured by the Conference Board continue to fall the US is likely to be already in a recession, or headed into...

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Rick Andrade

Amazon CEO says RTO, or Else! – Is Remote Work Dead?

Diversity By Design

Are Younger Americans Wealthier Than We Think?

End Times. How to Win Back the American Dream, Or else

The Family Business: Celebrating America’s Legacy

The Real Secret to ‘Success’

Let’s Talk China for a Minute

A.I. – It’s Altogether Insane So Now What?

Ever Heard of ChatGPT for Executives? Better Update Your Resume

Does Leadership Style Matter in Tough Times?

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