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Choose Courage Over Comfort

Harry Gray is the President of AVT, an insertion valve technology company dedicated to solving the problem of the United States’s aging infrastructure. AVT provides the service of dealing with infrastructural problems without disrupting the system – repairing water main valves without shutting off water, and gas lines without shutting off gas. Gray believes that […]

How Do You Separate Yourself From Everybody Else?

Scott Hansen is dedicated to helping small business owners get to the next level in their business. By looking at specific sales marketing and productivity strategies, he helps businesses get off the ground and into their market. He explains that his consulting firm helps businesses set themselves apart from other companies that might be doing […]

Choose Courage Over Comfort

Lakeview Pantry is a community food access point for over 8,000 families on Chicago’s North Side. Kellie O’Connell, the CEO of the Pantry, knows that it’s important to choose courage over comfort when you’re doing as important work as her company. She also knows that innovation to expand the number of people receiving the services […]

NewFounders

NewFounders believes in unity through problem solving. We build and facilitate the development of tools that lower the barriers of entry into politics. Our first tool, the EveryElection iPhone app and web site, puts 300,000 elections into the palm of your hand, with easy directions to when and where to vote. We’re part of a […]

Build Relationships

Tenant Advisory group works with businesses to help with their real estate needs. They represent tenants by finding space, negotiating leases, and helping to purchase and sell commercial properties. Bill Himmelstein, the Founder and CEO of Tenant Advisory Group, has learned a couple of lessons that come along with starting a business. The most important […]

Lead By Example

Steve Melchiorre understands how important company values are to ensuring the future success of the company. As the CEO of Stratosphere Networks, a managed IT services, cybersecurity and consulting firm, he tries his hardest to lead by example, instilling the values that make his company stand out into every one of his employees. Melchiorre also […]

Be Future-Proof

CJ Montano is the Managing Director of Forte Group, a full service custom software delivery partner that targets enterprises looking to accelerate their business and evolve their software engineering practices. Montano discusses some of the challenges and opportunities that he has faced in an innovative market space, noting that the two often go hand in […]

Be An Advocate For Your Client

Demeko Taylor is an executive real estate broker with Compass. With over eight years of experience and a specialty in residential real estate, Taylor knows some of the challenges that come with a growing real estate market – the lack of inventory being one of those challenges. He gives some advice on how to overcome […]

Every Position In A Company Is Critical

Steadfast Networks is a service that provides manage cloud, infrastructure and SME in the United States and abroad. James Webb, the COO, discusses some challenges that a tech company might face in today’s fast-paced marketplace. Industrial changes, Webb says, make educating both clients and staff extremely important, and it’s also vital to be able to […]

Have One-Degree Of Separation From Your Network

Dusty Folwarczny knows how many challenges come with a small company that is rapidly growing. Starting off as a small business with only four employees, Ink Factory has exponential growth every time a new employee is hired. Ink Factory, a visual note taking services company, also employs outside contractors. Folwarczny says that she is always […]