by Michael Lamm, Owner and Managing Partner at Corporate Advisory Solutions, LLC If your privately-owned company hasn’t received an inquiry from a Search Fund or SPAC lately, it is understandable if you are feeling left out.   WHAT IS A SEARCH FUND? Typically, a search fund is composed of recent business school graduates who wish […]

by Kaleem Ahmed, Biotechnology Expert   The focus and hype surrounding vaccines have never been as significant as they are right now. The global vaccine market is set to reach around $58.4 billion by 2024 from $41.7 billion in 2019, at a CAGR of 7.0%. Looking at the current projections from the leading manufacturers it […]

by Mardia A. Shands, M.A., SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Human Resources and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Consultant at Mardia A. Shands Consultancy LLC   “Mardia, get on the phone with this doctor to see if you can make this phone work. She’s calling me about my CAT scan and the telephone is not working. It keeps disconnecting.” […]

by Hans Lagerweij, President of Albatros Travel   Overtourism was a tourism buzzword before the COVID-19 crisis. It simply refers to the problem that there are too many visitors in a particular area. In 2020 this problem abruptly stopped because of all the COVID-19 travel restrictions. The question is what the “post-COVID-19” future looks like; […]

by Lisa Genovese, President at BottomLine How do you determine the price of a product or service? Regardless of size or industry, pricing is influenced by more factors than just what the customer is willing to pay.   When a random number becomes a price, it is very possible that a product or service isn’t […]

by Li Yifei Ph. D., Electrification & Battery System Engineer, Former Research Assistant from the University of Houston. On July 1st, the three major US stock indexes rose, and technology stocks collectively gained. Tesla alone rose nearly 7%, and its market value closed above $200 billion. In doing so, Tesla has overtaken Toyota as the […]

by Marc Fischer, Co-Founder and CEO of Dogtown Media COVID-19 has forever changed how we approach work. When the pandemic began, Dogtown Media, my mobile app development firm, said goodbye to its Los Angeles-based headquarters for the past decade. We left this office, moved the entire team to remote work, and don’t have any intention […]

by Lloydette Bai-Marrow, Principal Consultant & Founding Partner at ParaMetric Global Consulting and Co-Founder & Director of Black Women in Leadership Network   During the past few tumultuous months, the idioms about “a bad apple” or “a few bad apples” have been heard often in relation to law enforcement practices in the United States. Those […]

by Lloydette Bai-Marrow, Principal Consultant & Founding Partner at ParaMetric Global Consulting and Co-Founder & Director of Black Women in Leadership Network   The pandemic has created tempting opportunities for fraud, corruption, and other financial crimes. Those complicit in criminal activity today may stay put or move on to different companies tomorrow. Organisations will need […]

by Lee Layton, President of L2E Consulting   Electric utilities in the United States are facing a wide array of new challenges and these challenges create market opportunities. The following five trends are worth watching as the utility industry evolves to meet customer expectations.   BLOCKCHAIN Electric utilities are looking at blockchain ledgers to track […]