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Going through a transaction alone is fraught with costly pitfalls and risks. In today’s hot mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”) market, business owners are being approached directly with offers to sell their business. With a buyer in-hand, many owners charge ahead on their own without seeking the advice of experts. A...

According to the famous EU data protection regulation (GDPR), the transfer of personal data from the UE to third countries (such as the USA, Russia, India, or China – nice bunch, isn’t it?) is subject to additional safeguards to ensure that our (“European”) data are secure abroad at a level...

WORDS GO WRONG, SO MAKE THEM RIGHT    Leaders know the importance of picking words with care and using them with precision. Words have impact even if spoken in passing; moreso if written, recorded, messaged and distributed. It’s worth the effort to get wrong words completely out of the conversation and...

Educating a college student is completely different from educating school students or the employees of a company who have to go under training before they are able to start their job. The structure in any case follows a standard pathway that works for every person who is eager to gain...

After my workout one morning last week, I went to one of my favorite restaurants to grab some breakfast and found it was closed.  The restaurant, part of a well-known national brand (let’s call it Bread and Butter), posted a sign on the front door saying they would not open...

We worked with two leaders who have young workforces, mostly people in their mid-twenties just starting their careers. These two leaders were all about giving their employees more to do and supporting and coaching them along. Empowering their staff was part of their leadership DNA—and it was clear that their...

In 2021, the S&P 500 saw tremendous gains. As the world cautiously came out of quarantine and embraced the "new normal," investors took advantage of the pandemic rebound.  While some investors’ predictions didn’t pan out, many fund managers’ bets paid off. And no one’s bets paid off quite as well...

High tech-indoor farm AppHarvest acknowledges and appreciates the sacrifices our brave U.S. military veterans have made to keep America free. AppHarvest is committed to recruiting and hiring veterans to join its burgeoning brand, dedicated to growing more food with fewer resources. According to American Farmland Trust, from 2001 to 2016,...

I've been a fitness buff my entire life, experimenting with all types of exercise and nutrition. I tried low-fat, high-carb, and high-protein diets, in a variety of combinations – I was even a vegetarian for seven years and vegan for two. When I heard about keto – the ketogenic diet...

When you visit the office of Frank Krejci, President and CEO of Milwaukee-based Strattec Security Corp., the first thing you’re likely to notice is that he has two stand-up desks. “I don’t like to be in one place long,” Krejci says with a chuckle. Today, stand-up desks are considered to...