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Here’s how best to handle lions with big personalities

August 14, 2023
Guest Contributor

When I heard this story, I knew it provided a perfect example of a big personality taking over a situation. 

A colleague of mine participated in a teambuilding exercise.

It was a virtual reality escape room which took place in the middle ages and offered three challenges: escape your cage,...

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Setting up a solo LLC is simple but a multimember LLC is infinitely more complex

August 14, 2023
Guest Contributor

When setting up a business, conventional wisdom dictates that the business be set up in a legal entity providing limited liability protection, like a limited liability company (LLC).

This is true too when a business wants additional capital by allowing investors to participate as equity owners in exchange for...

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The wheels on the bus go round and round to raise awareness of child care challenges

August 14, 2023
Guest Contributor

A big green bus with an image of a boy wearing a superhero cape rolled across the state the first week of August.

The boy, as well as a young girl leaping in the air on the other side of the bus, were certainly eye catchers. And that’s the...

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Kudos to Rio Tinto for cleaning up Holden mine site

August 14, 2023
Guest Contributor

Today, good works are often brushed aside or ignored, especially if done by one of the world’s largest mining companies. However Rio Tinto deserves kudos for its half-billion-dollar mine cleanup in Holden, a remote village in the picturesque North Cascade mountains just south of Lake Chelan.

Rio Tinto did...

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Mountains of government red tape shackling U.S. manufacturers

July 13, 2023
Guest Contributor

Until President Joe Biden signed the Chips and Science Act (CSA) last year, companies such as Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) looked elsewhere to build plants costing well over $20 billion each.

Biden’s pitch to taxpayers was ultramodern manufacturers of miniature computer chips used in our sophisticated...

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Inaugural state Civics Bee puts spotlight on civic life in America

July 13, 2023
Guest Contributor

Nine middle school students stood on a stage and listened as Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs asked them a series of questions about the inner workings of our system of government.

With the clock ticking and spotlights shining, the students punched their answers into an electronic tablet and...

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Federal government default would create an economic crater in the Tri-Cities

July 12, 2023
Guest Contributor

“We shouldn’t be having these discussions,” Jerome Powell, president of the Federal Reserve Board, is on record saying.

But we have. Thankfully, the consequences of a default by the U.S. government on its debt are now in the rearview mirror. But as long as there is significant federal debt...

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Silverwood Theme Park plans $15 million expansion

July 12, 2023
Guest Contributor

By Mike McLean
Spokane Journal of Business

At the age of 75, Gary Norton, owner and founder of Silverwood Theme Park, continues to be its pilot, always attempting to steer it to new heights.

The north Idaho theme park, located about 180 miles northeast of the Tri-Cities, has overcome economic...

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Buying a business? Be sure to sign a letter of intent first

July 12, 2023
Guest Contributor

Those seeking to start or grow a business often look to acquisition strategies to achieve those goals. Once a prospective buyer has identified a potential business to acquire and engaged in preliminary talks with the seller, an important next step is often overlooked.

Prior to the purchase and sale...

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Professional communication is an art that needs practicing

July 12, 2023
Guest Contributor

Have you disagreed with people at work? Maybe they only see a problem or situation one way and can’t persuade you to see the problem from their perspective.

This can stir up many different responses. People have a strong desire to “be right” and to ultimately prove the other...

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