In the past three decades, a series of quiet revolutions in design have changed the way offices are used, erasing former hierarchies of walls and cubicles and incorporating workplace methodologies from the technology industry into team-based, open-plan layouts. At the same time, digital tools such as e-mail, Excel, Google Docs, video conferencing, virtual whiteboarding, and chat channels like Slack have made a worker’s presence in those offices less essential. The pandemic has collapsed these divergent trends into an existential question: What’s an office for?
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A new business on Vassar St. is set to open early March. The Virgil serves as a shared workspace and an event venue that could host up to 150 people.
The three level building features plenty of work seats and a patio. Co-founder Rachel Macintyre said the design will have mid-century and modern touches. She said The Virgil will be the fourth shared workspace business in Reno.
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Career Bound NV is now accepting applications from juniors and seniors in Churchill County and Lyon County for its Medical Career Development Program.
Career Bound NV serves as the intermediary between Renown Health and local schools to provide opportunities for students to explore medical career pathways and develop work-readiness skills,
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Saatvik Advisors is actively building the New Internet – its third generation. Business, municipal, personal and educational use of the internet is exploding due to XFH (Everything From Home) as well as new internet-based technologies designed specifically to expand the use of the internet.
Simultaneously, users of the internet face a unique challenge in meeting a foundational requirement of the New Internet. The internet has run out of the IP addresses used to uniquely identify connected devices, IPv4; requiring a global transition to the next generation IP addressing protocol, IPv6.
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Tabu McKnight checks his phone. It’s 4:40 p.m. No missed call. It’s a Tuesday afternoon in early January and McKnight, owner of Tabu’s of Reno Barber Lounge, is starting to doubt the person who scheduled a haircut for 4:30 p.m. is going to show up.
“We’ve had a lot more no call, no shows,” says McKnight, staring out the windows of his downtown Reno barbershop. “And that’s been pretty hard. We’re a service-based business. Our livelihood is connected to people that come in and we provide service. But, if they don’t come in, then we can’t have our livelihood.”
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While not getting much press, the COVID-19 Stimulus Package approved by Congress in December has several significant components that many business owners are unaware of.
What follows is a comparison with the federal CARES Act from last spring, and the new $900 billion Stimulus Package from December.
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The Nevada Small Business Development Center announced the launch of the Nevada Entrepreneur Network — a free mobile app and website that connects entrepreneurs with resources needed to grow and succeed with support from applicable government, nonprofit and private organizations.
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I’m starting a new business. Which social media platforms should I use? My team and I are working from home indefinitely, what’s the best way to manage/motivate them? NCET’s panel of business and technology experts answer your questions in our monthly column.
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The past will soon meet the future of workforce development in the historic Southside Studio, operated by the University of Nevada, Reno in downtown Reno. K-12 robotics competition teams stimulate interest and development in robotics, computer science, engineering and automation, and these teams need large, open areas in which to design, build and test their creations. The K-12 Robotics Center|University of Nevada, Reno, will open in the first quarter of 2021.
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This week, the government released updated guidance on the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) (covering both the “first draw” program, and the recently enacted “second draw” program), including new interim rules governing the second draw loan program and a consolidated interim rule (with frequently asked questions) covering most facets of the first and second draw loan programs.
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If 2020 was a year of disruption and transition for small businesses, 2021 will be a year of continued evolution. To help you prepare, we talked with a handful of business experts about what to expect in the coming year. Here are six business trends and changes to look out for:
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We have all heard the term “set it and forget it” applied to various scenarios. Your business should not be one of them!
The goal of having a business is to create a business that is an asset, not a job. This means that you can work “on” your business not “in” your business. If you can reach this elevated state within your business, it is important to make sure you do not take your eyes too far off the ball.
Here are some things that you should be looking at in your business at least every 90 days.
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First, I’m going to do my best to talk you out of it.
Regardless of your geographical location, there are likely tons – TONS – of nonprofits already in existence. Nevada alone has over 8,000 nonprofits. Under the theory there’s no such thing as an original thought, chances are someone else is already doing what you want to do.
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An issue that will only become more prevalent moving into the future, cybersecurity is something that affects everyone. From the grandfather that sends his social security check to a “prince” in Nigeria, to the CEO who finds her proprietary data held hostage by a cyber thief, no one is immune to online threats and scams. Business owners need to be especially careful as they must protect, not only their own information, but, in many cases, the information of their customers as well.
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The 2020 NCET Tech Showcase and Awards Gala was scheduled to take place in late March at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center — an annual event that brings roughly 400 businesspeople together. But, as March moved along, and the coronavirus cases in Washoe County climbed, “it became clearer and clearer that we were not going to be able to hold that event,” Dave Archer, president and CEO of NCET.
On Oct. 21, during a brief window when the state increased the limit on gatherings to 250 people, NCET was finally able to hold its annual event.
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If you were asked to visualize a construction worker, you would likely picture a laborer in a hardhat, tool belt and work boots, wielding a hammer. A foreman? Clipboard in one hand, rolled up blueprints in the other, pencil behind the ear.
While that visual is still seen on your typical construction site today, there is a growing amount of technology — from equipment on site to software behind the scenes — being used by construction companies to increase efficiency and productivity.
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In 2017, international food flavoring giant Monin bought land just north of Reno as it looked to expand its footprint in the West Coast.
Three years and a global pandemic later, production is finally underway at the new 115,000-square-foot Monin West manufacturing and distribution facility after COVID-19 ravaged the restaurants, cafes and food establishments that served as the company’s primary clients.
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What a year 2020 has been! I have been thinking fondly of January 2020 because I didn’t know it yet, but I was much younger and oh so naïve! This year has certainly aged me while providing important life lessons. Thank you, COVID!
Let’s start simply by pointing out that the CDC website was one of the most used tools in HR this year. I’m not sure that I even knew the website existed back in January when I was so young and fresh.
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Nevadans start several thousand new businesses each year. If you’d like to be one of them, NCET and the Reno Gazette-Journal are pleased to introduce a new monthly column designed to help you start your business. Each month, our local business experts will walk you through the steps you’ll need to take to launch your business.
The first step to starting a business is determining if business ownership is right for you. There are many signs you can look for to determine if owning a business is right for you. If you truly believe in your idea, have an appetite for learning, and are ready to face failure, you may be ready to take on business ownership.
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When Arya Udry was a little girl, she would stare at the sky and ponder the possibility of life beyond Earth.
So when NASA selected the UNLV professor to be part of its Mars 2020 rover mission, Udry was over the moon. “At 32, to be selected so young for this mission is incredible,” Udry said.
NASA chose Udry and 12 other scientists, including fellow UNLV professor Elisabeth “Libby” Hausrath, out of more than 100 applicants for the mission.
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