If you’re on Twitter, you’ve surely seen the #sxsw tags. As it turns out, there are probably a lot of Indiana start-ups involved in the South By Southwest Interactive Conference, which gets in high gear today. Indianapolis Business Journal’s website reports that more than 100 area entrepreneurs are heading down to the conference. Although SXSW…
Category: Soft Skills
Can’t find a job? Create one
What happens when the economy takes a turn downward and people lose their jobs? Many of them create their own jobs. A report from the Kauffman Foundation released earlier this week shows that more Americans started businesses in 2010 and 2009 than they have for the past 15 years, CNNMoney.com reports. Last year, 340 of…
Local companies make “most admired” list
Not one, not two, but three local companies have made Fortune magazine’s list of “World’s Most Admired Companies.” Simon Property Group Inc., WellPoint Inc. and Brightpoint Inc. of Indianapolis, and Cummins Inc., of Columbus, made the list. Fortune.com reports: Of the 57 industries studied, 22 are led by new companies this year, the largest proportion…
Preparing yourself for a move up the ladder
If you want to move up the ladder, how do you go about preparing yourself? Continuing education? Leadership courses? Learning additional skills within your company? This very thing is addressed in the most recent edition of the Harvard Business Review — what to do for yourself when you think it’s time to move up. The…