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The shy kid was not very popular. He was somewhat of a loner. Didn’t have many friends. So, it wasn’t all that surprising that when he mailed out the invitations to his bar mitzvah, his classmates reacted with apathy. Most ...

If you’re in the business of creating new technologies, including designing and developing software and hardware, your technology skills far exceed the average person, according to an international study published in 2016 by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ...

Tagged with: Heidi Trost technology

Though business owners may recognize the need to use energy more efficiently, many are concerned about the costs associated with improving the efficiency of their operations. However, energy savings can and should lead to significant cost savings. For example, since ...

Tagged with: Bob Bechtold Environmental Business

  The modern environmental movement in the U.S. began with the publication of Silent Spring by Rachel Carson in 1962, the subsequent publication of some alarmist books such as The Population Bomb by the Stanford University professor Paul Ehrlich in ...

There were times during the fall of 2016 when Alannah Scardino wondered if she’d be able to tackle the stereotype. Times when she considered turning in her helmet and shoulder pads and giving up on her dream of becoming the ...

Tagged with: On Sports Scott Pitoniak

On May 21, Conscious Capitalism Rochester (CCROC) will convene a Conscious Business Summit from 7:30 am to noon at the Holiday Inn at 70 State Street in Rochester. This year’s summit is entitled “Purpose to Profit” and will feature several ...

Tagged with: Business Ethics Jim Nortz

“I was looking around the office the other day and realized with a shock that a significant number of key team members could retire or leave the workforce within a couple of years. I honestly don’t know what I would ...

Tagged with: Kathleen Driscoll Managers at Work

    According to Northern Trust Investment Strategy, U.S. equities were up 14.2% for the three-month period ending 3/29/19, while stocks in developed markets outside the U.S. increased 10.7% and emerging market stocks advanced 9.7%. Year-to-date results may seem impressive, ...

The Buffalo Bills may have been better off last week had they drafted another Josh Allen—the superb pass rusher from Kentucky—to go along with the quarterback of the same name they chose in the first round last year. Admittedly, having ...

Tagged with: On Sports Scott Pitoniak

As a follow up to the Rochester Business Journal’s article of March 29, 2019 concerning the rash of website accessibility cases filed in New York under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), this article outlines the pertinent legal framework and ...

Content marketing is a form of marketing focused on creating, publishing and distributing relevant and informative content to current and prospective customers. Content marketing is not a new phenomenon, but it has exploded in recent years thanks to the relative ...

Everyone loves a good story. A good story can connect us. It can foster the imagination and inspire action. It can engage team members, reinforce core values and promote best practices at work. Best of all, a good story can ...

Tagged with: great workplaces Lauren Dixon

Nicholas Martone had just completed his second deployment with the United States Marines Corps to the Middle East and he couldn’t wait to return home to suburban Buffalo and civilian life. Although the former weapons platoon squad leader had witnessed ...

Tagged with: On Sports Scott Pitoniak

On Feb. 28, Gap Inc. announced its intention to split, fully separating Old Navy as a new corporate entity, while restricting its remaining businesses—Gap, Athleta, Banana Republic, Intermix and Hill City—under a new corporate structure, currently called NewCo. The split ...

Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce and the Center for Disability Rights have partnered to raise awareness of a recent rash of lawsuits targeting businesses over accessibility of their websites. These actions, brought by a small number of plaintiffs in the ...

Tagged with: On Business Robert Duffy