On the subject of career turning points, BTA Executive Director Brent Hoskins has much in common with veteran Genesis prog rock drummer and solo musician Phil Collins. Consider this common denominator of knowledge and opportunity. In 1970, Collins auditioned for the band’s Read More

Dan Doyle Jr., CEO of Tampa, Florida-based DEX Imaging, was among three South Florida business leaders inducted into the Entrepreneur and Business Hall of Fame by Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship (HCBE). Hard Rock Read More

During this period of compelled isolation, the leading OEMs serving the office technology industry would like to remind their dealer partners that they do not need to go it alone when it comes to devising, implementing and executing a sales strategy to address a COVID-burdened Read More

Roland Tolan might not be the first prospector to seek out a fortune in California. But it’s knowing where to look, as opposed to revisiting oft-trodden ground, which will ultimately spell the difference between striking gold and coming up empty. The COO and partner of United Read More

Susie Woodhull gazes out the window of her office and sees the opportunity that lies ahead. The owner and CEO of Springboro, Ohio-based Woodhull LLC is not daydreaming, mind you. A 12,000-square-foot warehouse is being constructed behind the main facility and is expected to be Read More

Over the course of the past six months, COVID-19 has dealt the business community an array of challenges that have been difficult, and occasionally impossible, to reconcile. The hospitality industry, which banks on its customer community to gather en masse, has been impacted like Read More

As Election Day fast approaches, with less than two weeks remaining, President Trump and Congress find themselves in the unique position of agreeing that American workers and the business community are in need of another round of stimulus relief. In a fluid process that seems to Read More

Jim Cerkleski is the first person to admit that he’s a bit of a hands-on executive when it comes to every aspect of business. He’s left his fingerprints at a number of ventures during his career—Superior Office Products, Superior Wireless and now Clover Imaging Group. That he has Read More

Affinity Business Communications, the publisher of ENX Magazine and ENX The Week In Imaging, announces the 2020 list of Elite Dealers. Complete profiles of the 117 award recipients will be featured in the December issue of ENX Magazine. In this year of unprecedented business Read More

In a 16-year career with Lexmark International, Phil Boatman established himself as a marquee player in the office technology industry and was a major cornerstone in developing the company’s Business Solutions Dealer (BSD) program in 2007. Last month, Konica Minolta sent ripples Read More

In a year that’s been wholly out of the ordinary, Chelsey Bode was looking forward to achieving some semblance of normalcy. The 37-year-old president of Pearson-Kelly Technology in Springfield, Missouri—a social butterfly with high energy and a zest for life—was eager to embark Read More

“So often times it happens, that we live our lives in chains. And we never even know we have the key.”  —Already Gone, Eagles The true value of a consultant is to provide a client with a viewpoint that may not have been previously considered. Sometimes, the key to unlocking Read More

There may be no honor among thieves. And for those who deign to make it a career occupation, so to speak, changing the “rules” of the game is vital in order to remain two steps ahead of the white hat crowd hot on their trail. Certainly, netting big fish raises the visibility and Read More

It is safe to say that some of the most significant events during the past 10-plus years of Venetta Diesel-Varney’s life have revolved around Millennium Business Systems of Cincinnati. The question is, did destiny find her, or did she find her destiny? You be the judge. A Read More

Suffice to say, COVID-19 heaped an unplanned fire drill of sorts on the business community when it came to town in mid-March. Companies large and small mobilized, kitchen tables were converted into home offices, and potted plants in offices across the country wilted from the lack Read More