I’ve accepted an exciting short-term project for a global company based here in South Florida. I’ll be helping them design new training courses and job aids based on existing business requirement documents, and then deliver those courses to staff (virtually and/or in person.)
Because the short-term project involves an aggressive deadline, I won’t be blogging or [...]

Palm Beach County is taking advantage of the fact that many South Floridians never touch the faucet marked “H” when washing their hands, given that the temperature outside is often well over 80 degrees. Consequently, approximately 135 hot water heaters will be shut down throughout the county in order to save energy as well as taxpayer dollars. According [...]

Dr. Mark Rosenberg’s mother died from metastatic lung cancer several years ago, inspiring him to seek a cure. Today, trials are underway in both South Florida and Bogota to test a new treatment designed to weaken cancer cells, and initial results are encouraging. John Cleveland from Scripps said they’ve been working on a similar idea, [...]

A successful corporate expansion can be beneficial to all stakeholders involved, including management, employees, shareholders, and communities. Aware of those mutual benefits, a number of companies have recently applied for job growth incentives before deciding whether to hire more employees in Broward and Miami-Dade, or deciding whether to move their headquarters to South Florida. According to this week’s South Florida Business [...]

When I was in graduate school, it seemed there was never a moment when my friend Hope and I were both asleep at the same time. We were both working and studying throughout the day and night. And we would call each other and joke, “OK, I’m going to sleep — you keep watch.”

So of [...]

What if we could release significantly more energy from natural gas without burning it? What if solar power could be captured and stored more efficiently? These are just two of the questions being pursued by biomedical giant Scripps Research Institute in Jupiter, positioning the area as “the next ‘energy coast’,” according to Professor Roy Periana. Supporting [...]

According to a recent survey by DollarDays.com, almost two-thirds of small business owners reported lower profits because of rising gas prices, and a quarter are predicting layoffs as a result. Many customers are now driving less often than they were when gas prices were low, which means fewer customers are reaching the stores, and that [...]

Many owners of shopping malls and strip malls have been working to fill vacancies resulting from the recession, and they are warmly welcoming gyms such as Youfit. According to this week’s South Florida Business Journal, gyms are a good choice for shopping centers because they can help bring a steady stream of traffic to the other [...]

Investing $50,000 of their own money, Tammy Furman and Ronit Cohen Bentolila launched Nature’s Select Food Group to sell their organic, kosher snacks, such as unique chocolate chip cookies with fruits and vegetables baked inside. Their sales are expected to hit $2 million this year, and an angel investor has contributed another $350,000. Their cookies [...]

Last week Office Depot restated its reported 2010 earnings from a profit of $33 million to a loss of $46 million. The Boca Raton-based company explained that the restatement resulted from an IRS decision about how to handle certain tax losses.

This week, class action lawyers are promptly opening an investigation. According to a press release from Zeldes & [...]