Business Insider Magazine
BIM Cover Feature: Educating The South Bay
5 Local Colleges and Universities Educating
5 Local Colleges and Universities Educating
& Training the South Bay Business Community
By Brian Simon
Whether you are an executive who never earned that undergraduate degree, a single mom looking for a promotion, a corporate manager in need of the latest training, or one of a number of employees in a large company who could use expert tips on maximizing efficiency, extended education has become a vital component of today’s workplace. For those employed in the South Bay, there are a number of opportunities available through area universities and agencies, with many programs funded all or in part by the companies themselves or via grants. The following is an overview of several South Bay area employee educational outlets, each with its own particular niche...
Why Companies Pay for College
By Bruce Rawding
MBAAssistant Program Director for the University of Redlands
As business managers gearing up to face the challenges the New Year brings, one challenge in particular comes to mind: how to attract and retain the best educated and most productive employees for their company? This task becomes particularly acute in markets where the demand for well educated employees is high and unemployment rates low...
Mortgage Strategies for Funding a College Education
By Ken Roberts
Many of us have heard the old saying, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” When it comes to financing a child’s college education it changes to an ounce of “planning…” As the cost of college tuition continues to soar, it is imperative to figure out just how you are going to pay for it. For some, tapping home equity from their greatly appreciated primary residence is an answer...
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Special Feature:
TAX TIME!Tax Tips from South Bay Financial Pros:
Business Start-up Tips
By Angela L.H. Sayers, CPA, MBA
The best way for a new business to ensure it comes out ahead during the tax season is to start out the right way. Here are a few professional tips for starting up a new business...
Saving Tax Dollars: The Gifts That Keep On Giving
By Patricia Bell Harik, C.P.A., M.S.T.
Vice President, Zdonek & Wolowicz Accountancy Corporation
Charitable Giving Provisions for Individuals
The Pension Protection Act of 2006A long time ago, our government figured out that charitable giving not only benefits many aspects of American life, but also eases the burden of caring for the tired, hungry and poor. In the never-ending pursuit to fine-tune our tax rules in this area, the government passed the Pension Protection Act of 2006...
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Technology Insider
Why Instant Messaging is NOT the New E-mail
By R. Boyd Zack
Instant messaging is growing up and rapidly becoming commonplace in mainstream businesses around the world. The business community is realizing the benefits of IM in terms of rapid communication, presence awareness and delivery confirmation, but with rapid adoption rates and lack of controls is it doomed to the fate of e-mail?...
Why Companies Pay for College
By Bruce Rawding
MBAAssistant Program Director for the University of Redlands
As business managers gearing up to face the challenges the New Year brings, one challenge in particular comes to mind: how to attract and retain the best educated and most productive employees for their company? This task becomes particularly acute in markets where the demand for well educated employees is high and unemployment rates low...
Mortgage Strategies for Funding a College Education
By Ken Roberts
Many of us have heard the old saying, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” When it comes to financing a child’s college education it changes to an ounce of “planning…” As the cost of college tuition continues to soar, it is imperative to figure out just how you are going to pay for it. For some, tapping home equity from their greatly appreciated primary residence is an answer...
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Special Feature:
TAX TIME!Tax Tips from South Bay Financial Pros:
Business Start-up TipsBy Angela L.H. Sayers, CPA, MBA
The best way for a new business to ensure it comes out ahead during the tax season is to start out the right way. Here are a few professional tips for starting up a new business...
Saving Tax Dollars: The Gifts That Keep On Giving
By Patricia Bell Harik, C.P.A., M.S.T.
Vice President, Zdonek & Wolowicz Accountancy Corporation
Charitable Giving Provisions for Individuals
The Pension Protection Act of 2006A long time ago, our government figured out that charitable giving not only benefits many aspects of American life, but also eases the burden of caring for the tired, hungry and poor. In the never-ending pursuit to fine-tune our tax rules in this area, the government passed the Pension Protection Act of 2006...
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Technology InsiderWhy Instant Messaging is NOT the New E-mail
By R. Boyd Zack
Instant messaging is growing up and rapidly becoming commonplace in mainstream businesses around the world. The business community is realizing the benefits of IM in terms of rapid communication, presence awareness and delivery confirmation, but with rapid adoption rates and lack of controls is it doomed to the fate of e-mail?...
SALES & MARKETING INSIDER – Continuing Education for Working Professionals
By Rob Hupp
Globalization continues to be a major force influencing our regional economy here in the South Bay. It has led to major shifts in regional jobs and professional requirements both here and elsewhere. Looking at the manufacturing sector, a number of design and production jobs have left our region. However, these businesses typically still need local customer-facing representatives to sell and support their products. This has led to a net increase in customer-facing jobs. Many of these jobs are in sales, sales management, customer support and service, and client account management...
Insurance Insider:
By Dennis Brancoiner
For most of us, a life insurance review is not on top of the priority list. However, if you are truly concerned about your financial well being, it must be. Changes in the marketplace, and possibly in your health and/or financial matters, make a review of your life insurance policy a critical part of your financial picture.Do you have a life insurance policy that you have owned for more than three years or has your insurance agent gone AWOL? If so, you need to review your life insurance, or hire a professional insurance advisor to help you.Don’t look the other way. Your life insurance is too important a part of your financial health to ignore...
What!? …and the Art of NegotiatingBy O’Leary Logan
“What!?” I exclaimed at the table when I was asked for money. Without knowing it, I had just executed a classic tactic in negotiation known as “The Flinch,” where one simply balks at a price to inject emotion into the “space of negotiation.” Like others in the seminar, I had paid a handsome fee that day, and yet the instructor was asking for an additional $1 to speak. “He’s not going to get my buck,” I declared to myself silently. He squinted at me, while collecting, counting and pocketing several person’s money. He eventually returned everyone’s dollar bill. “Very cool,” I thought. I had just learned my first axiom of negotiation: “Don’t Ask--Don’t Get.”...
When speculating on the likelihood of a future emergency scenario, it is not a matter of if something will happen, but when. As a business owner, you will need to be prepared for that eventuality, whether it’s an earthquake, fire, blackout, or terrorist event. How quickly you can respond (and, hopefully, get back to work) after disaster strikes will prove crucial not just to the fortunes of your business, but also to the economy as a whole...
El Segundo Named “Most Business Friendly City” by LAEDC
By Brian Simon
By Brian Simon
A South Bay community of only 16,500 residents and five square miles, El Segundo was named the “most business friendly city in Los Angeles County” by the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation at the latter agency’s 25th annual Eddy Awards event in October. In garnering the first-ever Eddy for this category, El Segundo outlasted a number of considerably larger cities, including finalists Burbank, Lancaster, Long Beach and Santa Clarita that were selected from the County’s pool of 88 cities...
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South Bay Community Biz Events - Jan-Apr 2007
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South Bay Community Biz Events - Jan-Apr 2007
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