The chaotic response to the virus has hit small businesses hard. They are faced with everything from learning how to move fast to learning something completely new. The bullets keep coming and many businesses are already closed. Those that are surviving are solving problems faster than they ever have. For what it’s worth, we thought […]

“A healthy natural world is our best antivirus” according to Enric Sala writing in the September 2020 National Geographic. His article entitled, “The Cost of Harming Nature” lays out the case for how biodiversity actually protects us from viruses and other pathogens. Enric spent a lifetime as an environmentalist. He grew up on the Mediterranean […]

As we write this, we are preparing, yet again, to be evacuated from another fast moving wildfire. So how do you shelter in place and evacuate at the same time? The question really puts everything into perspective. Yes, there are big challenges facing our businesses, our health, our democracy, our rights, and our environment. But […]

M&B were interviewed on “Amazing Business Radio” by host, Shep Hyken. To listen to the interview, please visit Amazing Business Radio            

We are truly blessed to have a medical doctor as a neighbor and a friend. Since the shelter in place orders back in March, he has been studying the pandemic and, more specifically, the traits of the virus itself. He shares his findings from various medical studies and reports in periodic newsletter-style updates. Recently he […]

After we executed several pivots in a very short period of time, we had a colleague sarcastically remark, “I didn’t know you guys could dance!” to which we retorted, “We didn’t know they could shoot!” Not unlike the scenes in the old western movies where the bad guy is shooting at the boots of the […]

M&B were interviewed on “Hire Power” by host, Rick Girard. To watch the interview, please click the play button below:              

Michael was interviewed on the “West Coast Happy Hour – Speaking to Influence” by host, Dr. Laura Sicola. To watch the interview, please click the play button below:        

The Silicon Review 50 Best Companies to Watch Article Audio, in any form (podcast, audiobook, and music), allows people to escape some of the mundane tasks in life, and absorb knowledge while being active. It is not only the most widely used medium, but it has proven to be more effective than reading a book […]

With all that’s going on right now, we’ve kind of lost sight of the biggest existential threat we face in the 21st century: Climate Change. But according to Isabella Kwai writing for The New York Times, not so with 23-year old Katta O’Donnell, a fifth-year law student at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. This […]