A Fire in the Sky
Family business spotlight: From Macy’s Fourth of July to the Space Needle, Pyro Spectaculars produces more than 400 fireworks shows a year
The show producer opens his laptop, and with a touch of the keyboard the magic begins. Music swells, and a spectacular vision of multicolor sparkling flowers explodes in the night sky, along with golden starbursts and shiny cascading waterfalls.
Gambling on Gaming
Family business spotlight: How an Auburn-based company cornered the gambling market
In his lifetime of entrepreneurship, Don Whitaker has managed to mostly avoid competitors. “You try to find a niche where you have no competition,” Whitaker says of his approach to business. He found his niche market with Ceronix, which he started in 1984 out of his Auburn home.
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Plumas Bank
Jag Madare, Vice President
Banks play a crucial role in supporting local economies by helping small businesses expand and thrive. If small businesses are the engines that drive our communities forward, then banks, especially community banks, provide the fuel for those engines. Plumas Bank has spent more than 40 years powering small and medium-sized businesses in the region.
Pipeline to Success
Family business spotlight: Ramos Oil delivers bulk oil to farms, ranches, construction companies and more
The oil industry doesn’t typically evoke warm-and-fuzzy words like kindness, compassion and unconditional love. That is, unless, you’re speaking of the Ramos Oil Company.
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Legacy Law Group
COMMITTED TO A FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT AND HIGH-QUALITY SERVICES
Legacy Law Group provides quality legal services in the areas of estate planning, business planning, trust and probate administration, special needs trusts, and limited conservatorships.
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The Johnson Group
SAY GOODBYE TO RECRUITING FIRMS
The Johnson Group (TJG), a national architecture and engineering talent acquisition firm, plays a critical role in the AEC industry, helping firms avoid turning away projects and reducing workload stress on principals and their teams.
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CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATION
SUPPORTING EMPLOYERS WITH HR COMPLIANCE AND TRAINING SINCE 1937
For over eight decades, the California Employers Association (CEA) has been supporting businesses of all sizes and industries with HR solutions, training and professional development services.
The Wage of Innocence?
Comstock’s president and publisher reflects on minimum wage and the value of work.
The Way We Work: Stoel Rives Managing Partner Melissa Jones
A glimpse into the daily life of the law firm managing partner
When you’re the managing partner of a blue chip law firm it’s kind of like being a CEO, but in some ways it’s far more complex. Just ask Melissa Jones, managing partner at Stoel Rives, a firm known for its expertise in renewable energy and natural resources.
Owning the Narrative
How to take initiative and solve problems before they reach your supervisor
There is nothing more rewarding than creating and implementing a plan to fix a broken process — before being asked to do so. It changes everything because the leader is using her creative fuel instead of being told what to do. Instead of being asked to fix a broken process, the leader self-evaluates her operation and addresses broken processes of her own volition.