Planning an Acquisition in the New Year? Use These Best Practices

Regardless of the global pandemic, mergers and acquisitions continue with robust activity. High levels of cash reserves reinforced by strong fund raising, low interest rates, and confidence in the economy’s emergence from COVID-19 all contributed to these acquisitions, which are expected to continue in the New Year. If you’re a business owner thinking about an acquisition, borrow from these best practices.... Read More

Strengthen Our Public Schools and Celebrate Choice Expansions

Thanks to an historic expansion of school choice passed last year, tens of thousands of Hoosier schoolchildren are newly eligible to select from among many high-quality educational options. And while its critics assert school choice harms public education, in fact, choosing a public school is also school choice.... Read More

Aging Adults: What are the Housing Options?

Is the house getting to be too much to care for?  Is there a need for a little assistance with personal care?  Is there a desire to have a more relaxed and carefree existence?  If the answer to any of these questions is yes, it may be time to investigate levels of care and alternative housing.... Read More

Foundational Skills to Leverage in the New Year

Being proficient at completing the technical aspects of your position can only take you so far. To stand out from others, strong foundational skills are required. Individuals who are self-aware and adept at communication and relationship building, position themselves and their organizations for success.... Read More

2022 Freight Forward Outlook: The Pandemic, Its Impact and What to Do About It

Without a doubt, the global pandemic is changing how people live and work, the freight forwarding industry included. The shipping business has gone from under the radar, business as usual to headline news over the last year. From ship to shelf, supply chain issues will continue into 2022 and the challenges will forever change how the industry works. Here are the trends we will be watching in the New Year and what supply chain teams can do now.... Read More

The Future of Marketing is Recorded: Reach Your Audience with Compelling Conversations

Today’s B2B marketers are expected to do the impossible: create a huge volume of content at a rapid pace while striving to make it engaging, timely and relevant to their audience — then they wake up the next day and do it all over again. They need a better way to generate powerful marketing that fosters connections with their audience and gives them a real return on effort. They need an amplified marketing strategy.... Read More

Hawkish Fed: Good for Your Portfolio?

The stock market kicked off 2022 with a bang, ushering in the worst performance to start a year since 2016. Despite a strong first trading day of the year in which markets closed at new record highs, the week concluded with all major domestic indices meaningfully negative. What went wrong? ... Read More

Investing in Women’s Entrepreneurship is Good Business

Since the onset of the pandemic, women business owners are driving record levels of small business creation. Annually, women-owned businesses drive over $1 trillion in sales and in 2020, women created half of all new small businesses, compared with one-quarter of new entrepreneurs in year’s past. At Bank of America, approximately 40% of our small business clients are women, above the national average.... Read More

Moving Beyond Startup Without Losing Momentum

The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Business Employment Dynamics reveals that roughly 80 percent of businesses survive their first year in business, nearly 50 percent of businesses survive their fifth year, and only about 30 percent of businesses survive 10 years of operation. Celebrating a decade last fall since the launch of hc1, we took time to reflect and are grateful for the team we have built that shares a passion to deliver personalized healthcare to every patient. ... Read More