Ann Vidro and Menda Wright are co-founders of Creative Studio Promotions & Technology, which provides customized promotional merchandise and online employee stores. Based in Grand Rapids, Creative Studio has received numerous accolades, including being named the 2021 Distributor Entrepreneurs of the Year by the Advertising Specialty Institute and making the Inc. 5,000 list for eight consecutive years.
Since joining Flamm Pickle and Packing Co., Dorothy Munao has been able to double the company’s production to 12 million pounds of pickle relish per year.
Authenticity and transparency are important leadership skills, says Cynthia Kay, founder of CK and Co. Media Production in Grand Rapids, Michigan. “This isn’t rocket science,” she says. “It’s being who you really are in the workplace… being willing to be open and share with employees — and that means the good, the bad and the ugly.”
Cherie Hebert is a seasoned marketing strategist and founder of BBR Creative, a women-owned, WBENC-certified advertising, design and marketing firm based in Lafayette, Louisiana. Established in 1997, BBR specializes in branding, integrated marketing campaigns and digital marketing for B2C brands, with a focus on healthcare, home and lifestyle, food and beverage and financial services. Cherie’s leadership has helped BBR win…
Business owners spend a great deal of time thinking about how to create value for customers and solve their problems. Yet it’s also important to apply this mindset to an internal set of stakeholders — your employees.
Through a partnership with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR), the Edward Lowe Foundation is donating venison to local food banks…
CEO Bryan McGehee describes the launch of GATR Coolers as “a text-message joke with my brother that somehow worked out.”
Dan Ducoté has built a career in the industrial market, specializing in product and technology sales. He also has expertise in team building, corporate culture, operating systems, problem solving and providing innovative solutions to clients. Dan launched his first entrepreneurial venture, Enginuity Global LLC, in 2018. Based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Enginuity Global provides automation and controls, electrical engineering and…
“How our businesses scale and what finances look like are very different,” says Missy Rogers. “Yet during our first one-on-one Zoom meeting, it was like there was magic. Lyla had strengths where I was weak and vice versa.”
Describing the technical components of Legacy Council is pretty straightforward.Yet articulating the essence of Legacy Council is more difficult and goes far beyond succession planning.