archiveExecutive vice president Insider

A recent Forbes article highlighted the latest significant milestone for Australian based design unicorn Canva as it reached a $15 billion valuation. A particular insight and quote from co-founder and COO Cliff Obrecht caught my eye as he discussed Canva looking into launching a foundation to contribute to causes such...

Generally speaking, managers can be broadly defined as one of three types: the Builder, the Maintainer, and the Destroyer. How you manage the details of your sales team, especially the way you hold your people accountable to them, will show up in one of these three ways. You’re a leader...

Norman Maclean wasn’t a business writer. He didn’t consciously write about leadership either. In fact, fewer than should don’t even know who Maclean was—even if they know that a young Brad Pitt starred in a movie based on Maclean’s most popular novella, A River Runs Through It. But that doesn’t...

Shopping is excellent, and there is nothing wrong with wanting products that will serve us. However, there is a distinguishment between needs, fake needs, and desires. For sure, there are things that we require buying, but there are also things that we want, without meaning they are necessary for us....

Increasing sales is the number one priority for Amazon sellers. The coronavirus pandemic forced many brands to venture online, which has led to a surge in competition. It’s now harder than ever to stand out. To beat the competition, merchants need to boost visibility on their products, climb the search...

Scan any company’s balance sheet, and you won’t see any column with the heading of “Trust.” It’s not something we typically think of as having an economic value. But scratch the surface of all those numbers, take a hard look at what is reflected in the data, and you find...

Starting an online fashion store is as difficult as starting a brick-and-mortar store. With the advent of digital media and its rampant use in recent decades, you will have to do more than just simply setting up a website to market your product. But, you should know that there has...

Many shoppers know the value of buying in bulk. If you have ever stocked up on bread, cereal, coffee and paper towels at a warehouse store, you know how great it can be for your household budget. As a business owner, you can take this same approach when purchasing needed...

The global pandemic awakened so many of us to the severe disparities in our world. For business leaders, in particular, that awakening became a call to lead with intent and “do well by doing good.” In this piece, Corey Blake of Round Table Companies discusses the tenets of Conscious Capitalism...

The real estate market is always on fire – there’s always something new happening in the reality segment that keeps both sellers and buyers on their toes. But with residential and commercial developments happening at every nook and corner of the country, buyers are often left confused and frustrated and...