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Turning the corner
EV production will require supply chain resilience, innovative support

According to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Global EV Outlook 2023, sales of electric vehicles (EVs) continue to rise. The IEA expects some 31 million EVs to be sold worldwide in 2027, up from 10.5 million in 2022. Read More ›

By |July 30th, 2024|Featured Posts|0 Comments

Amplify Your Business Through AI
Five Takeaways for Your Business

Following the release of ChatGPT in late 2022, AI (artificial intelligence) is dominating conversations in every sector. Rapid growth in AI technology has some observers of business and technology likening its impact to the commercialization of the internet in the 1990s. Read More ›

By |July 30th, 2024|Featured Posts|0 Comments

AI: technology’s new frontier
Minority, diverse businesses urged to get on board

If a minority business enterprise (MBE) relies on technology to sustain and grow its business, one thing is clear: There is no hiding from AI (artificial intelligence). Read More ›

By |July 30th, 2024|Featured Posts|0 Comments

The Connectonator
Patti Winstanley encourages business certifications to foster connections

When you have experienced firsthand the impact that business certifications can have on an organization’s ability to distinguish itself like Patti Winstanley has, it is only natural that you would feel inspired to assist other businesses in identifying and navigating the certification process to reach their goals. Read More ›

By |July 30th, 2024|Featured Posts|0 Comments

Perfect Pairing
Teneral Cellars Winery Owners Share a Passion for Giving Back

Jill Osur and Lisa Orrell met in San Francisco at a Golden Gate Business Association event, and the two have been inseparable ever since, both in life and in work. Read More ›

By |July 30th, 2024|Featured Posts|0 Comments

CEO Chat

Doug Wetzel, Managing Partner/CEO, Ashton North LLC, Pewaukee, WI Read More ›

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Become a Ripple Effect Leader
Building High Trust in a Low-Trust World

Leaders today do not fully appreciate the ripple effects of their decisions, and it’s eroding trust in organizations. Read More ›

By |July 30th, 2024|Featured Posts|0 Comments

Cultivating a Culture of Growth
Bill Kapfer Channels His Childhood Passion into a Career in Supplier Diversity

As a child in upstate New York, William “Bill” Kapfer would save his allowance and ride his red Schwinn bike two miles to the local nursery, where he’d carefully select another new plant to nurture. Read More ›

By |July 30th, 2024|Featured Posts, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Affinity Inc Magazine Chats with Prominent LGBTQ+ Entrepreneurs

By |November 30th, 2023|Featured Posts|0 Comments

Meet Some of These Power Players of Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital

Business Spotlight LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs and investors are growing in numbers and influence in the U.S. and beyond. In its most recent listings, the venture capital, private equity and M&A database PitchBook named 47 “founders, entrepreneurs and VCs you should know.” Read the June 9, 2023, blog by Kelly Knickerbocker and view the photos and links
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By |November 28th, 2023|Featured Posts|0 Comments