The Delaware State Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business Alliance will honor this year’s Superstars in Business award winners at their annual awards ceremony at the Hotel du Pont’s Gold Ballroom on Nov. 10. The Marvin S. Gilman Superstars in Business Award, named for one of Delaware’s leading small business entrepreneurs, honors businesses and non-profit organizations…
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Author Stuart Diamond shares expert negotiation advice
By Matt Sullivan Special to Delaware Business Times After 40 years of bloody guerrilla warfare, the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) prepared to sit down for peace talks. First item on the agenda for the government: Unilateral disarmament of terrorist forces. But negotiations advisor Stuart Diamond had other ideas. “Lunch!…
Negotiation specialist offers tips at Leadership Delaware event
Wilmington, Del. – Wharton professor Stuart Diamond shared tips on developing negotiation skills with more than 200 people Thursday morning at an event sponsored by Leadership Delaware. Diamond, who is author of one of the seminal books on negotiating, “Getting More: How You Can Negotiate to Succeed in Work and Life” stressed that many of the…
State Chamber to honor superstars in business award winners
The Delaware State Chamber of Commerce’s (DSCC) Small Business Alliance (SBA) will honor this year’s Superstars in Business award winners at their annual awards ceremony at the Hotel du Pont’s Gold Ballroom on Nov. 10. The Marvin S. Gilman Superstars in Business Award, named for one of Delaware’s leading small business entrepreneurs, honors businesses and…
Delaware Business Achievements October 2015
New board members at Catholic Charities Rich Kolodgie was elected board chair of the Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Wilmington. Kolodgie is currently senior career transition coach for Barton Career Advisors in Wilmington, and has over 25 years of experience in human resources. New board members are Cindy Hayes Mann and Benjamin Ryan. DelTech…
Businesses should put higher priority on customer service
Sometimes it can be hard for me to be the customer. While I shop I am either looking for ideas to make my own company better or else critiquing the business where I spend my money. Unfortunately, I find myself doing more critiquing than finding ideas from other companies. It makes me frustrated and confused…
SBA accepting nominations for 2016 awards
The U.S. Small Business Administration is now accepting nominations for its 2016 National Small Business Week Awards, including Small Business Person of the Year. Since 1963, National Small Business Week has recognized the outstanding achievements of America’s small businesses. “National Small Business Week is an opportunity to celebrate the impact these entrepreneurial spirits have on…
Business Roundtable’s agenda for growth could make 2016 a defining year for legislature
By Sam Waltz The years 1865 and 1968 often are regarded by historians as the two pivotal years in American history over the last two centuries. The end of the Southern War for Independence coupled with the emancipation of the slaves and the assassination of President Lincoln defined 1865. Huge social progress in civil rights,…
SBA primer: Programs that can help you

By Kathy Canavan Delaware is no longer Uncle Dupie’s state. While the DuPont Co. still employs 7,000, small businesses are creating more than 5,000 jobs a year here. Half of the state’s private work force now gets paychecks from small businesses. There are 73,934 small businesses in Delaware – companies that have fewer than 500…
Junior Achievement inducts three into Business Leaders Hall of Fame
By Christi Milligan The mission of Junior Achievement of Delaware has always been to inject real-world business experience into the state’s educational blueprint. Last week, the organization, along with M&T Bank, honored three local professionals whose work-force development, strategic planning and innovation are models for the program’s 15,000 students. Developer Rob Buccini, co-founder of the…