3 Considerations Getting ready for an office building tour and a home tour are very much alike. I’m selling my house. It’s been 16 years in the suburbs and I’m ready for urban, walkable living. We had a realtor walk through the house to help us get it ready to sell. She went through every…
Our Project Life Cycle At Found Advisors, we approach all projects and clients with a fresh mindset, because we realize not all clients are the same. Depending on how much time each client has and how far along in the commercial real estate process they already are, we work with them at various stages of…
An Act of Kindness or A $100 Backpack I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the phrase “random act of kindness”. Every day on my way to class, I see the same faces. They are on the corner of an intersection or sitting in the shade of one of our city’s many bridges. In addition,…
Random Acts of Kindness Bear with me for a moment. It may not seem like it, but I promise I’ll get to the point of this blog – random acts of kindness! I played the flute most of my life. I say it in the past-tense because I haven’t picked up my flute in quite…
Keep the new ideas rolling in Cultural change is a real issue – at home and at work! Every year, since I was 12, my family has taken a beach vacation. Most of those years, we have gone to the same place – Bethany Beach, Delaware. It’s familiar and easy for us to get to…
Some Thoughts on Corporate Social Responsibility This coming Saturday, I will get up earlier than I like, head to the city, and walk in benefiting the Light of Life rescue mission. If you’ve read any of my blogs, you have likely stumbled across a reference to the mission. They serve the hungry and homeless in…
Timing of the Cracker Plant and its role in commercial real estate Royal Dutch Shell is in the process of constructing a $6 billion petrochemical plant in Beaver county on the banks of the Ohio River. The facility, also known as a “cracker plant”, will take in oil and gas and break it into smaller…
Wellness Core Value One of our core values at Found Advisors is wellness. We recently purchased desk treadmills for the office. Typically, I average about 15,000 to 20,000 steps a day while I work. Of course that depends on how many meetings I have. I have had to learn how to type and walk. It…
This is a picture of my treadmill desk at the office. Remember the movie, Up? I loved every part of it – from the tear jerker beginning to the happy ending and everything in between. Among other things, I think it’s because I relate a little too much to the talking dog. You know the…
Must Have Solutions Okay, I don’t believe in time management at all. I know we have limited time. In addition we each must manage the time that we do have. However, don’t you find that something always comes up that is outside of your control? Therefore you can’t manage it. For me, being efficient and…
Three Resolutions for the Business Owner January is often the time of year when you look back on your successes and failures and look forward to growth and improvement in the coming months. When we do this in our personal life, we say that we’re making New Year’s Resolutions. More often than not, however, we…
On-boarding – All Aboard! Does your on-boarding process work for new hires? New employees…they bring energy, new ideas and complications. Will they assimilate? Can they add to the bottom line? How quickly will they add value to your organization? Even more questions come to mind, thinking about on-boarding. When will you know what they’ve bought…