Empowering Your Team Empowers Your Business

In the beginning, all bets are off. A business owner’s sheer will and determination is enough. This works when you reach four or five employees. Then comes an epiphany. Fatigue and plateau set in. And you realize that if you keep doing the same things, you will get...

Epic in The Fox Valley – Mike Algrim

A Conversation with Mike Algrim, Director of Commercial Banking for First National Bank, about growing up in St. Charles, what lights him up about entrepreneurial growth, and his prediction on a cashless society.   You attended St. Charles High School. What is...

What Makes a Great Partnership in Business?

By Lucas VanDeWoestyne, CPA, CGMA and Partner of Apex CPAs & Consultants   In many ways, a great partnership in business is like any lifelong relationship. Both require a sense of shared values, and the willingness to take next steps together. Successful...