Working Small
Alyssa McShane has some words of advice why its important for everyone to begin their business career working for a small company.
Taxing For Dollars
Taxing For Dollars It’s the most un-wonderful time of the year for most Americans. Tax time. Sweating to get those federal income tax forms to the Internal Revenue Service before the feared deadline. But while you’ve been staring at your…
Rare Birds
While women have made great strides in a variety of careers and industries, there is still a gender gap when it comes to female aviators. Tallahassee business partners Lacey Smith and Faith Drewry — cofounders of FL Aviation Center — think today’s women need to see more of their contemporaries making a real, viable, everyday career in aviation.
Flying Private
Adjacent to Northwest Florida’s major airports and tucked in smaller, out-of-the way airfields, fixed base operators are a boost to the region’s economy by helping to keep private planes flying — including those owned by visitors who might be taking a jaunt to the coast for lunch or dinner or to Tallahassee for a legislative hearing. But their major product isn’t necessarily fuel. It’s more to do with customer service — and rolling out the red carpet for visitors who could bring future business to the area.
Visit Tallahassee
Leon County sees more than 2.35 million visitors in 2015, breaking records.
Make the Most of Your Minutes
15 quick tips to help stressed-out professionals better manage their time
Foreign Investors Love U.S. Manufacturing
According to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, expenditures by foreign direct investors to acquire, establish or expand U.S. businesses totaled $420.7 billion in 2015 — a whopping increase of 68 percent from 2014, when expenditures were $250.6 billion. More…
The Power of Peers
Local CEOs find help for their companies by sharing ideas, successes and failures with fellow CEOs in the region.
War for Talent
In the war for talent, are you breaking the rules of engagement by poaching intellectual property along with workers?
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Hoppiness
A look at how this company has survived 140 years and the man who leads the business.
W2? Or W9?
Many companies are turning to the use of W9 workers. So, how do you handle these workers and what do you need to include in contracts?
For Paul Busuttil, Bar Business Was Just the Beginning
Tucked next to the cash register is a dog-eared notebook that has been inscribed like a guest book by many hands. It’s a log book that might best be called a grog book. On its pages, regulars, employing the honor…
New Overtime Rule Underwhelms and May Undermine Florida Businesses
The U.S Department of Labor will bump up the threshold that determines which salaried workers must be paid overtime.
5 Steps to Improving Your Talent Management Strategy
A management coach offers a five-step program on how to integrate coaching into your company’s management strategies.
BP Oil Spill’s Ripple Effects
The BP oil spill in 2010 wrought havoc in the Gulf Coast states, endangering wildlife, destroying environmentally sensitive lands and devastating Northwest Florida’s tourism industry.
Super-Speedy Data Delivery
Economic development depends on high speed connectivity, so how connected is Northwest Florida?
The Route to Northwest Florida’s Economic Vitality is Through its Transportation System
Everything about transportation affects the development of a region’s economy.
A Helping Hand for Small Businesses
Getting over the national economic slump and gaining access to small loans for business.
