Dec 29, 2020 Don't overreact to the criticisms of the new dietary guidelines. By Paul Benson The federal government's new dietary guidelines, issued today, are already being criticized. The brunt of the disapprovals focus on the...
Dec 21, 2020 Changing work habits create risk of "W" shaped recovery in nonresidential construction. By Michael Best The construction industry sputtered, but did not stall, as Covid shocked the economic landscape in early 2020. Construction regained...
Dec 15, 2020 Not Traveling for the Holidays? By Shawn Stigler For the first time in...well...forever, we are not going to see our family this year. In addition to being a bummer, it has also made me...
Dec 14, 2020 Opportunity Abounds for Innovative and Supportive Communities By Shawn Stigler In case you missed it, there is a shift going on in work. We have posted frequently about the acceleration of Distributed Work, but the...
Dec 10, 2020 IMPACT of COVID on Small Business By Shawn Stigler While Facebook has been in the news for all the wrong reasons as of late, this information is incredibly useful as we look for ways to...
Dec 09, 2020 Israel Startup Nation Continues to Innovate By Shawn Stigler Well done to Israel Startup Nation and their new director Cherie Pridham. Cycling isn't always the most innovative or progressive sport...
Dec 09, 2020 Some Colleges And Universities Plan To Bring Back Even More Students Early Next Year By Daniel Kaufman Colleges and universities have looked for myriad ways to cope with the impact of the pandemic on their financial circumstances and the...
Dec 08, 2020 Legendary MC5 Guitarist Wayne Kramer Doesn't Like the Smell of Proctor & Gamble's "Guitar Solo" Body Wash By Jeffrey Brown Legendary MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer has filed a lawsuit against Proctor & Gamble alleging that P&G’s depiction of a spotlighted rocker...
Dec 07, 2020 The "flexitarian" movement is beginning to change the way food is made. By Paul Benson We've all heard of vegetarians, vegans, and pescatarians. Some people (like me) proudly call themselves carnivores due to their love of...
Dec 04, 2020 VC Fundraising Remains Strong in 2020 By Shawn Stigler We are seeing very active investing and interest especially by our early stage funds and for our early stage companies. Hopefully, much...
Dec 04, 2020 House votes to decriminalize and tax marijuana. By David DiGiacomo In a bipartisan vote, Congress moved, for the first time, to pass legislation that would remove Marijuana from the Controlled Substances...
Dec 04, 2020 Singapore approves cell-grown meat for human consumption. Will this be the beginning of yet another trend in the "meat-alternative" movement? By Paul Benson I've previously written about how the movement toward plant-based meat products is definitely a thing. That really shouldn't be alarming...