CxO Spotlight: Brian Shield EVP & CIO, The Weather Channel
Brian Shield EVP, CIO The Weather Channel
What is your favorite thing about Atlanta?
My favorite thing about Atlanta is the quality of life and the emerging business atmosphere that I have experienced since living here. Having lived and worked in a number of major cities in the US, Atlanta is a wonderful place to raise a family and enjoy all the wonderful things that Atlanta has to offer. From a business perspective, Atlanta continues to attract and support leading companies, making this a rapidly growing, exciting, diverse and emerging marketplace. Read more
Venture Capital Deal Terms: Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP
Venture Capital Deal Terms for Georgia in 2005
Scott Gardner
Director of Strategic Development
Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP
Despite the fact that venture capital investment in Georgia was relatively flat last year, entrepreneurs in the state are beginning to see a return to a favorable business environment and balanced deal terms offered by investors. Read more
“Flat” World Influences: Miller Richmond
“Flat” World Influences Demand for Commercial Real Estate
By David J. Rubenstein
At one point a few years ago, the word “outsourcing” became almost a curse word, and people feared that so many American jobs would be sent overseas that commercial buildings would soon stand empty. That could still be what you conclude when you start reading a book like Thomas Friedman’s book The World is Flat. Read more
Don’t Let the Good Ones Get Away: Carter Baldwin
Don’t Let the Good Ones Get Away
CarterBaldwin, a premier executive search firm focused on identifying top industry leaders, including CEOs, Board Members, Vice Presidents and Directors, for dynamic companies, investigates the impact the shifting economy is having on the recruitment of top executive talent.
According to recently released data from the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC)*, the retained executive search industry experienced worldwide revenue growth for the second year in a row, expanding 6.5% from 2004 to 2005. Growth was consistent in three of the global regions surveyed: North America, Europe and Asia/Pacific and all industries experienced an increase in searches. Most notably were the Financial Services (22.8%), Industrial (21.7%), Consumer Products (17.7%) and Technology (17%) sectors. Read more
Thunder Virtual Flipchart: PolyVision
- Mike Dunn President and CEO, PolyVision
Imagine working with people anywhere, anytime, developing ideas, communicating concepts and information, and never having to take another note, copy another flip chart or wish the group had all been together in one place. That time is here.
Mike Dunn, President and CEO of PolyVision
Face it, nearly every promise about how a new system or product was going to deliver on the prospect of local and remote collaboration has failed to achieve true, effective collaboration. Think about it. Video conferencing was going to save a fortune in travel and personnel time. Web-base conferencing tools were going to do the same at the desktop, and the list goes on. Read more
