Welcome to the inaugural Nevada Business Awards! Thank you for being a part of this very special issue. There is a reason Nevada is known as the Battle Born state. Apart from the way Nevada became a state, the title resonates with Nevadans because of the resilience and perseverance it implies. Battle Born is particularly applicable to Nevada businesses and entrepreneurs who … [Read more...] about Nevada Business Awards
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Family Owned Businesses 2020
Nevada State Bank is proud to join Nevada Business Magazine in celebrating the accomplishments of the 2020 Family Owned Business award finalists. Although each family business is unique, successful companies share qualities like perseverance, ingenuity, teamwork and community service – qualities exemplified by the businesses featured this year. This year will long be … [Read more...] about Family Owned Businesses 2020
Minority Owned Businesses in NevadaLeveling the Playing Field
Nevada is open for business. The state is considered business friendly, and that goes for international corporations and small minority owned businesses equally. “With my business, one of the things I observed is that Nevada is truly open for business, whether you are a minority or any other ethnic type of individual doesn’t make any difference,” said Bob Daniel, owner, … [Read more...] about Minority Owned Businesses in Nevada
The New Generation Gap: Five Diverse Groups
Millennials, Generations Z and X, baby boomers and the traditionalists or silent generation is a diverse list of titles to represent an even more diverse group of people. Today there are five generations in the workforce, each with their own characteristics and commonalities, strengths and weaknesses. The generations differ in work styles, communication styles, what … [Read more...] about The New Generation Gap: Five Diverse Groups
Family Owned Business 2017
Congratulations Finalists! The 2017 class of Family Owned Businesses are comprised of some of outstanding and hard-working families who care for their businesses and their communities. We are honored to name each and everyone of them a Family Owned Business Finalist. This year’s honorees were chosen by a panel of judges who reviewed hundreds of nominations to narrow it down … [Read more...] about Family Owned Business 2017
Minority Owned Challenges & Successes
The backbone of the U.S. economy has traditionally been composed of millions of small businesses that are owned and managed by entrepreneurs who savor being their own boss. As the economy inches its way to recovery, that same hard scrabble independence remains a driving force behind numbers that indicate some sectors of the financial world might be getting better all across the … [Read more...] about Minority Owned Challenges & Successes
Closing the Generation Gap: Millennials vs. GenXers vs. Baby Boomers
In workplaces across Nevada, change is coming more quickly than at any time since baby boomers changed the status quo regarding diversity, hair length and governance in the 1960s. On shop floors and in cubicle farms from Ely to Searchlight, millennials – a term used to describe those under age 34 – are challenging the baby boomers – those now over age 50. The genXers – those … [Read more...] about Closing the Generation Gap: Millennials vs. GenXers vs. Baby Boomers