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- President's Message - Trading Places
- Recently, Jeff Kryszak of K-TECHnologies and Joe McMahon of Audubon Machinery switched places and ran each other's businesses for a week. This generated a lot of publicity focusing on the uniqueness and creativity of their idea. However, I found it instructive, less because of its uniqueness than because it illustrated and reinforced some timeless truths.
- Strategic Business Support Brings Results for United Bio
- Strategic Business Support including ISO:9000:2000 Certification Assistance, Manufacturing Improvements and Strategic & Marketing Planning helped United Biochemicals to meet the challenges associated with growth of their business.
- Reduce Costs & Conserve Energy with NYSERDA
- How much do you spend on gas and electric to run your business? Are your energy costs out of control? Did you know that you can dramatically save?
- Ask the Business Doctor - Six Sigma
- Question: "Six Sigma" is the "TQM" of the 2000's. What's the big deal? Is it really different from other methodologies? Dan T., Cheektowaga, NY
- WNY Companies Receive $4.7 Million for Innovative R&D
- Small businesses in the WNY region received almost $4.7 million in 2009 through the U.S. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) programs.
- SBIR/STTR Awards FY2009 - Buffalo/WNY
- SBIR/STTR Awards FY2009 - Buffalo/WNY
- One Foot in Front - Achieve Your Wish
- The last few issues we have explored how to get fear under control (Cage the Monkey) and how to find passion and purpose (Free Your Mojo). But what do you do with that wish; how do you manifest your desire? As the Winter Warlock sings in the movie Santa Clause is Coming to Town, "Just put one foot in front of the other."
