For over 25 years, Pat Salvi has been the managing partner of the prominent Chicago law firm, Salvi Schostok & Pritchard, P.C. He attended Saint Mary’s University in Winona, Minnesota where he received his Bachelor's degree, and then...
Chancellor Bruce Bergland
Dr. Bruce Bergland came to IU Northwest on July 1, 1999 from Trinity College of Vermont where he served as vice president for academic and student affairs. He also served as professor of basic and applied sciences, and academic dean. His first months...
Porter-Starke Services, Inc Groundbreaking Ceremony (with Photos)
Porter-Starke Services, Inc and Chester, Inc hosted a ceremonial groundbreaking today, October 13, at the site of future new Porter-Starke Services building, located at 3176 Lancer Road, Portage, Ind. The ceremony opened with welcomes by David...
What is the Mayor’s Role in Economic Development
Last night, the PNC Center for Economic Development and Research (CEDaR) hosted an economic development workshop, “What is the Mayor’s Role in Economic Development?” The free event featured a discussion between local mayors about economic...
Give Your Business the 20 Questions
As a parent of any teenager knows, the routine of asking them the 20 questions about what they are doing, who are they doing it with, when are they going to do it, and whether whatever it is that they are doing is good for them, is a critical part of...
Book Review: The Change Function: Why Some Technologies Take Off and Others Crash and Burn
Book Written by Pip Coburn Book Summary by Chris Mahlmann In the last year or two, how many times have you heard the word “change”? 1,000? 10,000? Between the political campaigns, the economy, and the world all around us, “change” seems to be...
Are You Really “Open” for Business?
After spending my whole career—one way or another—in the business development field and being a bit crazy about the subject, I continually find many little things businesses could be doing to improve their results. Recently, I was searching for a...
Building Your Business
Keep Up the Work – Even in Tough Times Building your business is one key job requirement of leaders in any company, every day, regardless of what the economic times hold. It is easy to get buried working in your business and not spending enough...
Start Doing a Bunch of New Things That Have Been Proven to Work
Focused on new ideas and actions, this principle usually holds the most promise for additional opportunity no matter the age, position, or size of the company. However, the principle is listed after the first two articles in this series: Drop What...
Drop what isn’t working like a bad habit
As a punishment from the gods for his trickery, Sisyphus was compelled to roll a huge rock up a steep hill, but before he could reach the top of the hill, the rock would always roll back down, forcing him to begin again. Don’t be that guy....