The boxer rebellion
If ever there was a persuasive reason to start a men’s underwear shop in downtown Portland, Steven Lien thinks he has it. “Women,” he observes, “are tired of seeing guys in bad underwear.” more >
Next: Molecular glue for your lens
It’s fitting that a new technology so tiny it can’t be seen by the naked eye is being used to build a better contact lens. more >
Former tech CEO pedals into a new job
WHEN KYLE RANSON resigned from a faltering InFocus in 2007 after three years at the Wilsonville projector company’s helm, it seemed only logical that the 20-year tech veteran would soldier on in the field he knew best. more >
Tactics: The operative
It was in Washington, D.C., in the mid-1980s where Lisa Grove — today a political strategist and pollster but back then a fresh, idealistic Lewis & Clark graduate — learned a key commandment of the political game, and one that would later shape the success of her Portland-based political consulting firm. more >
Should executives share the pain of pay cuts?
If corporate ethicist David Layzell had his way, all public companies would institute performance-based executive pay programs like Monaco Coach recently did. more >
Don’t cut marketing when things get slow
It’s fiscally tempting to scale back the marketing budget of your business in lean times, even though doing so may only cause more pain. more >
Next: The GlideCycle
In the world of odd-looking exercise contraptions, the GlideCycle fits somewhere between Suzanne Somers’ ThighMaster and your favorite treadmill at the gym. more >
Office policy: Keep politics in its place
As the nation enters the boxing ring of presidential campaigning this fall, it’s not unusual for the jabs of political convictions to enter the workplace, too. more >
CEO Strategies: Work the system before it works you
IN 2000, AT THE NADIR of his career — and possibly his life — Sam Carpenter found himself depressed, medicated, logging 100-hour workweeks and just days away from missing a payroll for his Bend telephone answering service, Centratel. more >
