Welcome to our new grim reality in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic; the days of “wine and roses” and never-ending increases in business success and stock market price increases are officially over. Sure, you are now feeling the impact of the “baseball bat” smashing through your “glass house.” But continuing with the baseball analogy,
Basketball has piqued our interest and captured our attention for decades. But, it’s more than just a sport. The world of basketball is full of diversity, progressive ideas, and leadership that inspires change far beyond the court. Last month, Wintrust hosted an enlightening panel discussion about the impact of the sport on our communities led
I am a relatively new entrepreneur with Luminary, a female-identifying professional development hub, opening just 18 months ago. Every day I receive queries on everything from raising money and scaling a company, to customer acquisition and creating a business plan. I was able to leverage my more than twenty years of corporate leadership and finance
2019 was a pivotal year in Corporate Social Responsibility as the concepts of corporate responsibility and sustainability received significant media attention, and the trends that I identified last year at this time (better dialogue, more learning, more disaster prevention, greater equity and the growing importance of Generation Z-ers) remained timely and relevant. Still, 2020 promises to
The deep declines in the U.S. stock market over coronavirus fears the last three weeks have left a dent in retirement portfolios and brokerage accounts, costing on average each person in the United States around $16,000 as of Monday’s close before a rebound Tuesday erased some of those losses. Americans are mostly exposed to stocks
The introduction of Barbie at the 1959 Toy Fair disrupted everything anyone knew to be true within the industry. The disrupter, Ruth Handler, co-founder of Mattel and creator of Barbie, navigated her way through criticism. At the time, only 38% of women comprised the workplace; the thought of women operating companies seemed as foreign as