Over the past two years both of us made the decision to organize our teams with local trades unions. We did this because we do not view unions as a problem to be managed but...

A couple of months ago, I was telling someone that my job is to help people start businesses and she responded, “So basically you make dreams come true!”

Starting a company is a risky business. (Pardon the pun.) Roughly 2 out of every 10 new businesses fail in their first year, and about 7 out of every 10 new businesses have failed...

  In the modern world, technology is a necessity for all businesses. It is not enough to just have a website that offers your products or services anymore. You need to offer...

We’ve all heard the old adage that there’s no need to reinvent the wheel. Yet, history has shown us time and time again that companies that strictly follow this advice often do...

“Nothing ventured, nothing gained.” These sage words, slightly paraphrased from John Heywood centuries ago, have been uttered countless times across inestimable contexts. Most...

Reversing the cycle of generational poverty is the grand challenge of our time here in West Virginia. Generational poverty ensues when two consecutive generations of a family have...

Recent data paints a clear picture of the critical role small businesses play in our economy. There were over 33 million small businesses in the United States in 2020. This means...

The organization I founded in 2010, Coalfield Development, has been a leader in modeling what a new, more sustainable, and more fair Appalachian economy can look like. As the coal...

Each day we make hundreds of decisions. Some of these decisions are simple, like what will you eat for breakfast...