As we have the previous two years, the TCBN again explores the northern Michigan realtors listing and selling the most real estate. Following is the list of the top 2018 volume Realtors, based on actual listings and sales data provided by BrokerMetrics. This section includes the...
By Paul Jarvis Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, Jan. 15, 2019 272 pages, Hardcover Reviewed by Chris Wendel In a Nutshell: For years we have been taught that fast growth is the way to financial success and happiness. “Company of One” explains how this dynamic has changed. Who’s it for? Aspiring entrepreneurs;...
Nathan Brown joined Twin Bay Glass shortly after graduating from Northwestern Michigan University in 1999. Twenty years later, he owns the company, which specializes in shower doors, car windshields, and residential and commercial windows. Brown and his wife, Kerri, purchased Twin Bay Glass from original owners...
I have spent much of my career at Northwestern Michigan College thinking about blue oceans. Not just for our work in water, for which we are recognized experts both here and abroad, but the blue ocean business strategy that leads organizations to find new marketplaces...
Erika Nita, Real Estate One, Traverse City Erika Nita always knew she’d move back to her home state. She also knew she wanted to get into real estate. After leaving her native Petoskey, first for Northwood University and then for the Windy City, she eventually found...
[caption id="attachment_20764" align="alignleft" width="550"] TentCraft used a 2016 grant to help buy paddle boards, kayaks and snowshoes for employees to use.[/caption] Walking paths, fat tire bikes, yoga, kayaks and stand up paddle boards aren't just popular for leisure. Employers are now tapping into these activities and more...
[caption id="attachment_20778" align="alignleft" width="300"] Graduation diploma on background of US dollar bills[/caption] Do you want your business to be able to attract top-tier talent? If so, you’d better have something in your benefits package that includes the word “tuition” in it. Out of the college graduating class...
[caption id="attachment_20755" align="alignleft" width="300"] The Maritime Technology program has received more than 350 applications for fall 2019, with the application window still open until July 1.[/caption] Two Northwestern Michigan College programs are renowned on a nationwide level and can claim an exceedingly rare and desirable stat:...
(top l-r): Lo, Kuenker and Jeffries (middle l-r): Leithauser and Madion (bottom): Andriese Hot lasers. Cold lasers. Microwaves. Micro-needling. Platelet-rich plasma therapy. They are among the newer cosmetic and medical treatments people in the Grand Traverse region are increasingly seeking, according to...
The Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District (TBAISD) Career-Tech Center is seeing record enrollment numbers across many of its programs and growing demand from local industry employers – trends that Principal Pat Lamb attributes to “a positive swing in the direction of skilled trades,” as...
