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VIEWPOINT: 3 ways today’s health-care CFO is no longer a traditional CFO

Though health-care chief financial officers (CFOs) still occupy a traditional role in many organizations, the role has significantly expanded in recent years. No longer can a CFO of a major health-car Read More
VIEWPOINT: What’s Next for Qualified Opportunity Zones?

During these times of unprecedented uncertainty, many Americans believe that President Joe Biden’s administration will introduce sweeping changes to our country’s tax code. After all, every president Read More
VIEWPOINT: Did Your Employees Grow Apart in a Difficult 2020?

5 Tips for a Better Culture Given the uncertainty businesses pace in 2021 as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, company leaders are looking at every phase of their operation to determine ways they can Read More
VIEWPOINT: 6 Factors that Comprise a Company’s Culture

“Corporate culture” is a buzz phrase that has been going around for more than a decade now, though the actual meaning behind this hot topic is often lost. A company’s culture goes far beyond celebrati Read More
CEO FOCUS: Celebrating the Salt City Market & Northside Women’s Wellness Center

Support for entrepreneurs and targeted real-estate development are critical building blocks for economic development. Ensuring those resources and investments reach historically marginalized and disin Read More
VIEWPOINT: 10 Tips For Navigating Business Growth

When running a business, you are constantly striving to promote growth. Once things start to take off, firms often face a whole new set of challenges that they must address. Here are 10 tips I have fo Read More
VIEWPOINT: 2020 Hindsight: 5 Lessons for CNY Business Owners to Use in 2021

While many businesses across Central New York are still dealing with the acute impacts of the economic and social disruption of 2020, innovative companies will apply what they have learned in order to Read More
VIEWPOINT: How to Support our Small Businesses & Local Economy

Buying local supports our area’s economy and builds community by directly helping our neighbors. According to Syracuse First, if we shift 10 percent of our budgets to supporting locally owned, indepen Read More
VIEWPOINT: NYS DOL Indefinitely Cancels Unemployment-Insurance Charges

Paul J. Buehler III On Jan. 14, 2021, New York State Department of Labor (DOL) Commissioner Roberta Reardon signed an order to temporarily modify the unemployment-benefit charging system and ease the Read More

Business Calendar

Learn@Lunch 4/12/2021 12:00 PM - 4/12/2021 12:45 PM Read More
Intro to Negotiation: A Crucial Startup Skill 4/14/2021 12:00 PM - 4/14/2021 1:00 PM Read More
17th Annual Symposium on Energy in the 21st Century 4/16/2021 8:00 AM - 4/16/2021 1:00 PM Read More

Opinion

OPINION: As New York Slips Further into Unrest, Democrats do Nothing to Make Streets Safer New York State’s criminal-justice system has deteriorated to dangerous levels. At the direction of Democrats in the state legislature and New York City, we have seen drastic changes to parole and bail Read More
OPINION: U.S.-China Relationship is Essential, Challenging The relationship between the United States and China is the most important bilateral relationship in the world. When it goes smoothly, global tensions are low. When the relationship hits the rocks, te Read More
OPINION: Budget Priorities that Will Break the Bank The process of developing the annual New York State Budget officially begins when the governor presents his spending proposal in late January. But the terms of negotiations become clearer once legisla Read More

Business Mentors

VIEWPOINT: COVID Puts More Pressure on Already Stressed Nonprofits “In every crisis, doubt or confusion, take the higher path – the path of compassion, courage, understanding, and love.” — Amit Ray The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our world in many ways. The frustr Read More
Seven Great Ways to Create a Really Inclusive Workplace In a recent article in Harvard Business Review, Elisabeth Kelan writes about “gender fatigue,” which she describes as the phenomenon of people acknowledging that gender inequality exists in general, b Read More
VIEWPOINT: The Work-From-Home Vs. Return-To-Office Debate What employees, bosses should consider Many Americans have been working from home full time for a year now since COVID-19 hit the U.S. And many prefer that arrangement to a traditional office. In a s Read More

People on the Move

LESTER BURT LESTER BURT recently joined Dermody, Burke & Brown, CPAs, LLC as a senior manager in the firm’s audit and accounting department. He has more than 11 years of experience in public accounting. Burt’ Read More
JENNIFER BRILLANTE JENNIFER BRILLANTE has been named partner at C & D Advertising. She has been with the firm for 10 years as VP of business development. Brillante has been instrumental in generating significant gro Read More
BLAKE PENN BLAKE PENN recently joined Colgate University as its first chief information security officer (CISO) and director of information security. He previously served as information security policy and compl Read More