Every successful business depends on something it doesn't own: a healthy community.We depend on customers who can support local businesses, employees who can afford to live here and families who see a future in Kitsap County. We depend on good schools, safe neighborhoods and the quality of life that makes people want to put down …
A week from today, the election will be over.The ballots will have been cast. The campaign advertisements will stop. The yard signs will begin disappearing, and the conversations that have dominated so much of our attention will gradually give way to other concerns.Some candidates will celebrate. Others will be disappointed. Some voters will be pleased …
There is a phrase we hear a lot in business: Find a need and fill it.It sounds simple.Of course, anyone who has ever owned a business knows there is absolutely nothing simple about actually doing it.As I read through the stories in this month’s issue of Kitsap Business, something kept jumping out at me. Again …
There is always a reason to wait.Wait for interest rates to come down. Wait for inflation to settle. Wait until hiring gets easier. Wait until consumers feel more confident. Wait until the election is over, the housing market improves or we have a little more certainty about what comes next.Business owners have become pretty good …
When a business owner gets closer to retirement, there is an element of uncertainty and expectation that starts to swell.
Every community tells a story.You can see parts of it in the obvious places. In the schools and neighborhoods. Along the waterfront. In the ferries moving back and forth across Puget Sound. In the shipyard, the military installations and the communities that have grown around them.But you can also see it in the businesses we …
Stop wondering if AI is going to replace you and start using it to outpace your competition. Join Amazon #1 best-selling author and AI consultant R. Kenner French and the gang at Bainbridge Brewing at Coppertop for a casual, "no-jargon" hangout. Whether you’re a total tech newbie or a seasoned pro, we’re breaking down how …
