Yes it is true, after only one week working at Meadow Creek I left for a nine-day vacation in Cabo. But let’s be honest, who could turn that down!? The…
The Washington Roundtable has given the state its 2nd report card on the business environment and keeping Washington competitive. The benchmarks are all graded relative to all other states. On…
How much do you know about the economy here in Issaquah? Do you have any idea about how we compare to our neighbors in Bellevue, Sammamish, Renton and Redmond? Here…
May 24 2012
Meadow Creek’s Audrey Slade, Director of Operations and Chair of the Young Issaquah Professionals group at the Greater Issaquah Chamber of Commerce, is making her mark on Issaquah. A recent…
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce had some stiff criticism for the Seattle Public Schools. Instead of defending itself, I hope the School Board takes it to heart and makes some…
The National Assoication for Business Economics reported that the economy keeps chugging along yesterday with some modestly improved forecasts for jobs growth, housing start and auto sales. It looks like…
May 21 2012
70% of small and medium sized businesses are using Facebook for marketing. 58% use LinkedIn and 40% use Twitter to market their products and services. Do you? Social media has…
I’ve always thought of New Years Resolutions as something akin to reading my fortune from the cookie after a Chinese meal. They’re for entertainment value only and not to be…
Knowledge, experience and the ability to put it together into some meaningful thought is well beyond the capacity of most would be authors. They don’t let incompetence keep them down….
All this planning, passion, blood, sweat and tears are over-rated when it comes to entrepreneurial success. Obsessive compulsive worry-wart planning fanatics really need to chill out. For God’s sake, trading…
The world of computer-mediated communication is fresh and exciting as it changes every day and is constantly offering new approaches to social interaction, especially through the internet. Social networking sites…
Building a marketing campaign that is sure to be effective and accomplish your goals is not that hard if you follow some very easy steps along the way. A killer…
Every once in while you need to step back and look at the big picture to accelerate your business growth. All of the day-to-day demands of running a small business…
Sometimes eliminating what something is not helps provide clarity to what in fact it is. Such is the case with marketing. So much has changed in the landscape of marketing…
Last night I attended “Meet the Angels!” sponsored by MIT Enterprise Forum of the Northwest. This Venture Lab event was moderated by Rebecca Lovell, Chief Business Officer at Geek Wire….