Your packaging decisions might seem trivial, but they’re not. It will be the first thing a consumer sees–and you want it to be a joy to dive into. With toddlers running around our homes, we’re always reminded how important packaging is. Like most kids their age, when a box arrives, our one-year-olds often obsess over […]

Hey, Joe Biden. Look out, Paul Ryan. Here’s four expert speaking tips that might even help you sharpen your strategies at the debate tonight. I recently attended an executive-level speakers training program called “Leaders Edge” at Speakeasy in Atlanta, Georgia. Speakeasy has been around for 38 years and conducts intense three-day coaching workshops to elevate […]

Make sure that your product or service is worthy of receiving your customers’ attention. Here’s how to do it. The leadership team at Avondale has been discussing a potential new venture around private equity (PE) investing. We want to help investors dissatisfied with the traditional private equity model link up with businesses that want to […]

The crowdfunding website tightened its terms of service in order to increase transparency and manage backer expectations. Crowdfunding website Kickstarter announced new guidelines Thursday, which aim to increase project transparency and stop prevent its platform from being used to sell finished products. “Today we’re introducing a number of changes to reinforce that Kickstarter isn’t a […]