March 29, 2025

Three Trips in Seven Weeks: TSA and the Thrill of Drug-Sniffing Dogs

It’s been a whirlwind start to 2025, with a trio of events on my docket—Executive Connection Summit, Sharp Road Show and Xerox Global Partner Summit—spanning a seven-week period from late January to mid-March. We all have our share of airport horror stories, most of them centered
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Keeping Humanity at the Center of AI: Three Steps Leaders Can Take Today

AI’s effects on business are no longer speculation. It’s here, actively reshaping workplaces in real-time. While many leaders worry about resistance to AI adoption, research shows the real challenge lies in leadership inaction—failing to proactively guide and shape AI’s
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Here’s What’s Happening in the M&A Scene

The most frequent questions I get revolves around the current state of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the industry. Folks want to know who’s buying, who’s selling and where business values are coming in. Some questions are easy to answer, others are more complicated.
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Charting the Torpedoes that Sink M&A While Imagining the Perfect Deal

Few things in this industry stir the imagination as much as a major acquisition. Last December, we witnessed a pair of jaw-dropping deals on both the dealer and manufacturer fronts. Donnellon McCarthy Enterprises virtually doubled in size with its acquisition of Ohio Business
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Selling Smart, Buying Wise: Marco’s Playbook for Acquisitions

When you’re looking to grow your business quickly, you have three main options: build, partner or buy. At Marco, we do all three. We’ve developed new offerings and departments to fulfill unmet client needs, cultivated strategic partnerships and acquired smaller providers in key
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Cost-Savings Only Scratches the Surface of Quick Quality Cabinets’ Value Proposition

Matias Aramburu is looking to save his dealer clients and their end-users a good deal of money by offering them copier and printer stands from Quick Quality Cabinets (QQC). But don’t get him wrong—the 30% savings when compared to OEM alternatives is a compelling reason to opt for
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