Op/ed: Retaining talent is important during booms and busts
Now is especially the time for companies to pay close attention to their human capital by implementing appropriate talent retention strategies.
Op/ed: Central planning still rules China’s economy
Does innovation really function in a communist state-controlled economy that only partially incorporates a few facets of free-market capitalism?
Op/ed: The case for a revenue-neutral carbon tax
We have a moral responsibility to future generations to take powerful action now to moderate climate change, by severely curtailing our greenhouse gas emissions.
Op/ed: How family businesses can beat the succession odds
By John Ambrecht on October 4, 2013 The drive to survive — one of humanity’s strongest, most basic instincts — has become both friend and foe to family businesses in the Tri-Counties. While it has created mega-wealth for many, it has also led to the loss of significant family fortunes when power-holding parents pass away Read More →
Op/ed: My latest startup is a corporate rugby team

Shopatron, a growing technology company based in San Luis Obispo, competes both locally and nationally to find world-class talent to drive our business forward.
Editorial: Taking time out to avoid a Paso Robles water crisis
After an epic 11-hour meeting, the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors made the right decision when it voted 4-0 to impose a moratorium on new pumping in the Paso Robles groundwater basin. The emergency restriction could last up to two years and only allows new pumping if it is offset by a 1-to-1 Read More →