This week, as the lighting ceremony takes place in downtown Cleveland’s Playhouse Square, I am called to think about “transformations.” It is amazing to think back to 2005, when I joined BlueBridge Networks, where Playhouse Square, Downtown, and the Cleveland region was and where it is and going today. It is amazing to consider the growth and […]
The Importance of Shopping Local in Northeast Ohio
Published on ThePlus Northeast Ohio website, March 2014. “A small business must be a good steward of its resources, including time, talent and dollars. As in all efforts it must maximize its efforts and investments. Attending a trade or business show is no different …” Read full article
Poverty: The Mother of Innovation and Prosperity
The national media frequently rank Cleveland and Northeast Ohio at or near the top of various notable lists. Increasingly some of those lists illuminate glaring disparities about our area. The ones that keep coming up seemingly in the negative are centered on our poverty level. Certainly pockets of our metropolitan areas are more than 30 […]
Volunteering your services helps Cleveland become a better place
Published in Crain’s Cleveland Business, February 2014. “The national media frequently rank Cleveland and Northeast Ohio at or near the top of various notable lists. Increasingly, some of those lists illuminate glaring disparities about our area …” Read full article
Freshwater Cleveland founder Kevin Goodman
Published in Freshwater Cleveland, Feb 2014. “Meet Kevin Goodman, managing director of business development partner and one of the original seven employees of BlueBridge Networks, a leading total technology solutions provider…” Read full article
Philanthropy is Part of a Good Business Model
As a business development professional, I have a focus and drive to be a change agent and thus grow revenue. I am hyper-focused on giving back to our community and world. The No. 1 reason for “giving back” should be because it is the right thing to do. Helping an individual or an organization by […]