Deducting buying costs
(Editor’s note: This is Part I of a two-part column on deducting the costs of buying a business.)When acquiring a business, there are significant...
The weight of our words
There was a young boy who liked to gossip. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he...
Jones named director of R.I. Office of Healthy Aging
ROSAMARIA AMOROS JONES was recently named the new director of the R.I. Office of Healthy Aging, previously known as the R.I. Division of Elderly...
Slader reelected RISCA chair
ELIZABETH “LIBBY” SLADER, owner of Providence-based design firm Libby Slader Interior Design, was recently reelected as chairman of the Rhode Island State Council on...
The creativity ABCs
Creativity fuels innovation, and innovation is essential to business. So, I’m sharing my thoughts on creativity, yet I’m using one of my favorite formulas:...
5 practical things to consider before granting equity interests in your...
One of the biggest mistakes that company founders make when starting a new company is failing to treat equity like the precious and finite...
The misguided war against corporate profits
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., relishes the disdain of America’s business elite, proudly displaying on his campaign website his anti-endorsements from corporate titans and their...
Preparing your business for sale
When it comes to planning for the eventual sale of a business, sooner is always better than later. And as with any well-organized plan,...
Groupthink slowing progress
Shouldn’t we have space colonies and a universal cure for cancer by now?Instead, there are signs that the pace of technological progress is slowing...
Salisbury named VP of National Alliance of Two-Year College Athletic Administrators
KEVIN SALISBURY, interim director of athletics for the Community College of Rhode Island, was recently named third vice president of the National Alliance of...
