Amid concerns of rising cases of the Delta variant of COVID-19, Gov. Steve Sisolak told reporters Thursday, Aug. 5, he has no plans to re-impose capacity limits, order business closures, “or anything like that.”
With the advent and broad acceptance of technologies like Zoom, accomplishing work from home has become the preferred work location. For YOUR new business, however, the choices include work from home, co-working spaces, or renting an office or storefront.
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With support from Tesla and EDAWN, unique University facility for robotics-based education and competition teams will strengthen the path to degrees, careers and workforce development.
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When it comes to networking, those who think they can’t, probably could. And once they learn how, will love it. Anyone can network. Like other performance activities you need a goal and some practiced skills.
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Remote working appears to be here to stay. However, as we all start to get "back to normal," some companies are combining remote and office work. The challenge now, of course, is to coordinate this new normal and to ensure that companies remain productive while their employees have a good work-life balance.
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For over a decade, Katie Knapp, 2010 NCET Governor’s Cup College Business Plan Competition winner, has been the owner of Bumblebee Blooms Flower Boutique. Although many local businesses struggled through the pandemic, her online following enabled her to continue a profitable business given that birthdays, anniversaries, and funerals continue regardless of worldwide pandemics.
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Why do your customers buy from you? What motivates people to choose you, to choose your products over the hundreds of alternatives? What makes your company, and your products, better than the rest?
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As one of 12 must-see exhibits in the country by USA Today, Reno’s National Automobile Museum has 200 eye-popping cars with authentic street scenes, sounds, and facades.
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The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) has wrapped up (or will soon wrap up) for many borrowers. Still, there are several important updates some PPP borrowers should take note of.
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From COVID fatigue to Zoom fatigue, Americans have been working to overcome all types and degrees of exhaustion throughout the pandemic. For some small business owners, the exhaustion of operating a business during an economic crisis — filled with shutdowns, capacity fluctuations, and workforce shortages — has maybe even motivated them to investigate selling their company.
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In the 2020 fiscal year, NSDC says it completed 65 SBA 504 loan approvals, nearly a 23% increase compared to its average volume of 53 over the past several years.
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Are Personality/Behavior Assessments valuable in my business? What’s the best way to use YouTube to promote my business? NCET’s panel of business and technology experts answer your questions in our monthly column.
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As a leader, your energy has a profound impact on your team. The way you show up in meetings and 1:1s, and even the tone in your emails can influence psychological safety in your workplace — for better or for worse.
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Mitchell Hennessey, also known as Hugh Henne, a self-made 22-year-old millionaire and founder of Hennessey Capital Management has funded a new student investment competition out of the College of Business at UNR.
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In the spring of 2020, Chris Hsu’s financial technology startup, Zibo, did a friends-and-family launch of its first product, a banking and payment platform for independent landlords.
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The 2021 Nevada Legislative Session concluded on Memorial Day and, true to pandemic form, it was the oddest session that we have ever experienced.
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So after you connect with someone on Linkedin, what do you say to them and how do you say it? These are the scripts I use to build a genuine online relationship with someone.
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Fickle – that’s one word to describe the commercial real estate market as the COVID-19 pandemic winds down and the accompanying economic development downturn looks likely to take 18 to 24 months to resolve.
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Gov. Steve Sisolak announced Monday that a pandemic-related grant program aimed at assisting small businesses and nonprofits has administered more than $100 million to nearly 9,400 Nevada businesses and organizations.
COVID COVID COVID. Have we had enough yet? When it comes to managing employees while they can still be exposed to and sick from COVID resulting in missed work, there continues to be multiple considerations and decisions to be made.
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