Recent Articles from Ali Longwell
The legal and market forces impacting commercial real estate
Separately and combined, legal and market factors are impacting everybody. People that are involved in commercial real estate, in any capacity, need to navigate these factors to survive now and take advantage of opportunities in the future.
A CEOs’ top challenge: Getting your arms around required changes
The way employees and employers are communicating, behaving, working and measuring results have changed rapidly over the last month. For CEOs, this presents an interesting challenge: What changes are you going to carry with you in the long term? It’s important for them to consider the following.
Why the world needs leaders right now
Whatever situation you find yourself and your organization in, here are few leadership tips for both the short-term and long-term to help navigate social distancing and business in the “new normal.”
AppIt Ventures develops free Curbside tool for restaurants
Of the many impacts Colorado is experiencing due to coronavirus, the closure of dine-in restaurants (except for their pickup and delivery services) left a lot of local eateries wondering what to do next. While some restaurants already had delivery or pickup services in place, many did not have the infrastructure, money or manpower to implement such offerings. Which is where local software developm[...]
FMH Material Handling Solutions donates equipment to local food banks
In order to help Denver-area food banks move the large quanities of product being donated, John Faulkner, the president of FMH Material Handling Solutions and a forty-seven-year veteran of the material handling industry, is donating electric pallet jacks to these local food banks.
Denver startup studio launches initiative to donate masks to homeless shelters
Saturn Five, a Denver-based startup studio, launched face2face, a new initiative to curb the spread of COVID-19 by getting surgical masks into the hands of people who can afford to buy them, as well as those who can’t. The initiative gives one surgical mask to a homeless shelter for every mask consumers purchase.
Weathering the COVID-19 Storm: Advice from local businesses
As any small business owner or entrepreneur knows, running a business has its ups and downs and requires tenacity, perseverance, patience and innovation on the path to continued success. Here is what several long-standing businesses have learned about keeping your business up and running during challenging times.
Do we have too much faith in the Federal Reserve?
Currently, investors believe Federal Reserve intervention is working because the stock market has stabilized and is now at the higher end of a recent trading range. However, it is hard to believe the worst is over for the markets, considering the millions of unemployed Americans, no earnings guidance from U.S. companies for the foreseeable future and a massive drop in oil prices.
What should your digital marketing strategy be during coronavirus?
Marketers have had to completely rethink what they say, to whom, and how they say it. The stakes have never been greater. Here are several tips and tricks to help guide your marketing strategy amid the pandemic.
Evaluating fear and how you face it
Cows run from storms, buffalo's run towards the storm and through it. Are you a buffalo or a cow? The choice is yours and will make all the difference in the outcomes you experience.
When layoffs abound, compassion is critical
The trajectory of COVID-19 remains uncertain around the world. Published spending cuts typically impact employee headcount and whether or not this pandemic results in the layoff of one or hundreds of individuals, how employees are treated during this time can pay long-term dividends to a company’s future brand and recruiting efforts when the market does recover.
How to protect your business and family through proper planning
Here’s the truth: although nobody wants to think or talk about it, considering what would happen to your business upon your death or in the event of your incapacity is one of the single-most important things you can do for your business.