May 2020 Archives - 425 Business

Quitting Time: Chipmonkey Wine Gifts

The Place Chipmonkey Wine Gifts The Drink Curated wine gift boxes or customize your own Hours Of Happiness 24/7 — it’s the internet, baby! By now, we are socially distanced/work-from-home…

Expertly chosen wines with a genuine laugh — something we could all use right now.

Lifestyle

May: Listen up!

Before Breakfast This daily podcast hosted by author and productivity queen Laura Vanderkam offers three- to five-minute bite-sized efficiency lessons to be listened to prebreakfast — but hopefully post…

Here are some recommendations for advice on the go in the form of podcasts aimed at business, entrepreneurship, productivity, and more.

Lifestyle

24 Hours: Jason Brown

In a world dominated by e-commerce, it’s easy to feel as if personal touch has gone missing. But it’s always good to remember that actual people run e-commerce companies with…

It’s always good to remember that actual people run e-commerce companies with the purpose of making consumers’ lives easier. There is a story behind everyone’s business, even digital ones. Jason Brown is no exception.

Startup

Side Hustle Success

Speaking to industrious Washingtonians who turn side hustles into a full-time living makes one feel anything is possible. Certain commonalities seem to ring true for all entrepreneurs: Achieving dreams requires…

Four local talents talk about their passion projects becoming their full-time work.

Lifestyle

Why We’re Still Talking About Women In Business

Talking about women in business can feel like an exhausted trope. We ask women how they balance it all — the kids, the groceries, the companies they start — though…

Experts — and data — show that the successes of women in business still are vital ones to highlight because equity is far from achieved.

Lifestyle

May: On the Books

Weird in a World That’s Not Misfits rejoice! Media powerhouse Jennifer Romolini is proof that being a bit awkward or outside-the-norm can be an asset in the workplace, as opposed…

Here are a few more titles to add to the ever-growing mountain of tomes on your coffee table.

Lifestyle

A Voicemail Box to Reduce Recidivism

Leaning over his laptop, Alex Peder squints at the long list of messages lined up on his screen. He scrolls, considers, then clicks on one and turns up the volume.…

Bellevue-based Corrio is helping incarcerated people overcome communication barriers and simplify their re-entry process.

Lifestyle

ASK: Stuart and Jeremy Butler

Editor’s note: This interview was conducted prior to the worldwide outbreak of Coronavirus. More than 25 years ago, the management of Ballard-based Ray’s Boathouse told its two valet managers its…

Stuart and Jeremy Butler recently sat down with 425 Business to discuss strategic growth, the melding of work and family, and the future of the hospitality industry on the Eastside and beyond.

Quitting Time: Chipmonkey Wine Gifts

May: Listen up!

24 Hours: Jason Brown

Side Hustle Success

Why We’re Still Talking About Women In Business

May: On the Books

A Voicemail Box to Reduce Recidivism

ASK: Stuart and Jeremy Butler

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