julyaugust 2014
Canine Inc.
BY AMY MILSHTEIN
Pet parents feed the doggy economy.
The Private 150: Bigger But Leaner
BY KIM MOORE
Total revenue increased at Oregon’s top 150 private companies, but the number of employees continues to decline as firms downsize in the post-recession economy.
Downtime
BY JESSICA RIDGWAY
How Julie Harrelson, CEO of the Harrelson Group, spends her free time.
What I’m Reading
What Aric Wood, CEO of XPLANE, and Marvin A. Kaiser, CEO of Mary’s Woods, have been reading.
Cubicle Games
BY VIVIAN MCINERNY
Those who think outside the Xbox probably don’t want to work in one.
Powerlist: Staffing Firms
BY KIM MOORE
A conversation about the staffing industry with CEOs from Madden Industrial Craftsmen and Selectemp Employment Services followed by the staffing firm powerlist.
Neutral Agents
BY LINDA BAKER
The best defense against chemical weapons is eliminating them altogether.
The C-Suite Generation
Editor’s letter Business magazines used to be niche publications catering to corporate executives, business owners and managers. Then the world flattened: The economy collapsed, Internet technologies democratized entrepreneurship, and business jargon, from credit default swaps to the Lehman Brothers, became part of the national vocabulary. No longer (solely) an old boys’ network, the world of … Read more
Dream Jobs
The employment outlook for recent college graduates is grim.