Industry Insights

How many of your recent business deals, interviews or team meetings have been conducted over a meal? Or, what would family and friend celebrations look like if food was not part of the equation? For many in our community, food is not a given. The physical, mental and emotional ramifications they experience due to hunger

I’m joking. Don’t turn off your Smartphones … just put them aside long enough to read this. I began this article focused on how to build a strong relationship with your banker, but it has morphed somewhat. Relationship building isn’t unique to banking — it crosses all industries. It is about people, business and life.

More than 2,000 adults and children in Hillsborough County will be homeless over the course of a year, according to estimates from the 2019 Point in Time Count, a measure of the number of homeless people on a specific day. Laquisha, a Tampa mother of seven, became homeless while pregnant with her youngest child after

The No. 12 Auburn Tigers will face the No. 18 Minnesota Golden Gophers in the Outback Bowl on New Year’s Day in Tampa. It will be the first match-up in history for the two teams.  Minnesota won 10 games in the regular season for the first time since 1905.  It will also be the first

In working with thousands of business owners over the past three decades, I routinely hear of their recruitment and retention woes. Since there is a right and wrong way to do anything, I’d like to address the three biggest ‘wrong ways’ a hiring process can be done.   TOO MANY INTERVIEWS. This is a bigger

A Search Engine Optimization (SEO) strategy that is developed in alignment with your business goals can drive real and measurable impact for your company. SEO takes time to cultivate and you won’t see positive results overnight. But once your strategy starts to take effect, your SEO efforts will give your business a valuable edge over

Gina Curry doesn’t believe in work-life balance. “It just doesn’t exist, in my opinion,” she says. “I kind of live by the mantra [of] work-life integration. [That’s] how I [weave in] my family and work responsibilities.” Curry is one of three vice presidents of NextPath Career Partners, the staffing firm with offices in Tampa and

As a firm dedicated to meeting the short and long-term needs of our Accounting & Finance clients, one of the common asks we get from growing, entrepreneurial companies is to provide them with high caliber CFO talent. For those who haven’t yet sampled the “secret sauce” that has been a critical success factor for so

The pharmaceutical industry in the United States produces more groundbreaking medical treatments than it does in any other nation. Particularly noteworthy are advances in the treatment of previously incurable cancers and debilitating genetic disorders. Yet these laudable successes increasingly have been overshadowed by a growing crisis in the affordability of prescription-brand drugs, particularly the cutting-edge

In today’s digitally-oriented age, times have changed. Patrick Craven, director of the Clearwater-based Center for Cyber Safety and Education, is all too aware of that fact. “When we were growing up,” he says, “the stranger we were warned of wore a trench coat in a dark alley. But today, that dark alley is the internet.”

This three part series will deal with death, dementia and divorce and the devastating impact these three “Ds” can have on a marriage. While death often is mostly associated with older folks, it can strike at any age. Our experience shows that most spouses do not prepare for the financial and personal issues that ensue,

Along with fall’s cooler temperatures comes a packed schedule of open-air festivals. One worthy of space on your calendar is the live music and original art Creative Clay Fest (formerly known as Folkfest St. Pete). Now in its 13th year, the event showcases works from prominent regional folk artists alongside Creative Clay member artists, who