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In the first episode of our new series, Respecting Diversity, Penny Sterling discusses transgender issues, her one-woman show, and what it was like to come out as a trans woman. Subscribe to our podcast for free! Get the latest episodes of ...

The recipients of the Rochester Business Journal’s 2018 ICON Honors awards have been selected. The honorees are business leaders over the age of 60 who have had notable success and demonstrate strong leadership both within and outside of their chosen ...

Mayor Lovely Warren last week announced plans for the Golisano Entertainment Complex at Riverside Place to be built at the site of the Rochester Riverside Hotel. The project would be part of ROC the Riverway and would include the performing ...

It’s a great time to be in the software space in Rochester.  The “help wanted” signs are cluttering the digital storefront.  Experienced developers are company hopping and folks with business development experience as product managers, marketing pros and salespeople are ...

Virtually everything most people on earth do these days involves, either directly or indirectly, the combustion of oil, gas and coal. Burning these fossil fuels is generating carbon emissions, which accumulate in the atmosphere, contributing to global warming. Since climate change ...

Sears did more than pioneer the mail-order catalog over a century ago. The iconic retailer helped make America a more inclusive place at a time when Jim Crow was rampant and women couldn’t even vote. The news that Sears had filed ...

As a manager, it’s easy to pigeonhole team members based on what you hired them to do, and within that, what they do especially well. There’s benefit to that, of course, including the confidence of knowing your colleague has the ...

Tagged with: great workplaces Lauren Dixon

October is National Women’s Small Business Month, and we’ve made progress in the United States to reach gender parity in business ownership. Today, there are more than 11 million women-owned businesses and women now represent more than half of the ...

Tagged with: Corporate Finance James Barger

When you hire or promote a leader, what attributes do you look for? Most organizations emphasize intelligence, talent and accomplishments. They want to know what someone is good at, and they ask about an individual’s record of success. Top-level job-hunting ...

Tagged with: John Engels leadership

During a discussion Monday on “Connections with Evan Dawson” on WXXI, Dennis Wilmot disclosed that Wilmorite has been in discussions with Tesla to open a service center—and eventually a dealership—in the Rochester area. Wilmorite hopes to turn the Eastview Mall ...

Out of Pocket Inc. kicks off its 11th season with Carly Mensch’s romantic comedy “Now Circa Then.” The year is 1890, and Julian and Josephine are an immigrant couple living in New York’s Lower East Side. Fast forward to today, ...

Comedian Jeff Foxworthy is taking the stage at del Lago Resort & Casino’s entertainment venue for the 21 and older crowd, The Vine. Best known for his redneck jokes, Foxworthy is the highest selling comedy-recording artist in history. He performs ...

Exodus to Jazz brings Karrin Allyson, five-time Grammy-nominated singer and pianist to Rochester this weekend. Allyson will perform songs from her newest album, “Some of That Sunshine” at Anthology on Nov. 1. Miro Sprague accompanies her on the piano, Marty ...

The Penfield Players’ fall comedy is Joe DiPietro’s “Over the River and Through the Woods.” The story centers on Nick, a single, Italian-American Jersey boy who breaks the news to his grandparents that he won’t be able to come over ...