I experimented – up to a point – with the new service in Memphis called Lawn Love, which provides grass mowing, leaf removal or other yard services with the touch of a mobile app or click on the website.

For the first time in many years, a national philanthropic group focused on improving the experience of aging will hold its annual conference in the South, specifically at The Peabody hotel.

Most businesses would be ecstatic if their revenue increased more than 100 percent in less than two years. Scammers are business people too, scams are their products, and the FBI reports that their revenue from one scam increased 136 percent between December 2016 and May 2018.

When doing both strategic planning and innovation work, the biggest hurdles are your own experiences, worldviews, and knowledge of the market and players in it.

Greater Memphis Chamber chairman Richard Smith says the organization welcomes input from local elected officials on the process of replacing its president and CEO, but the Chamber does not need to make it a public process.

Things are about to get a whole lot sweeter in Collierville as Dinstuhl’s Fine Candy Company returns to town with the opening of a new store in the Poplar Square retail center.

Imagine being in California and getting a notification on your smartphone from your lawn in Georgia informing you that your lawn there is about to be cut and asking if you accept the action.

Hera Health Solutions started from Idicula Mathew’s senior design project at Georgia Institute of Technology.

There is a new podcast in town that highlights entrepreneurs, specifically female business owners. Grindset, which launched Sept. 28, targets female professionals with a “mindset to grind.”

A Downtown boutique hotel at 79 Madison, formerly known as the Madison, is on the rebound after nine months of renovations and a public relations battle royale with a pair of local artists.

There’s an old African saying to “run towards the roar.” For those unfamiliar, it means to run toward what scares you instead of away from it, for the greatest reward often comes from the greatest risk. Jeffrey Veale Jr., school director at Leadership Preparatory Charter School, “ran towards the roar” when he decided to enter the field of education.

Ray’s Take: Here’s the bottom line. We all make mistakes. And when you find yourself in the midst of a huge financial blunder, stay calm and don’t panic. 

Carrier Corp. will be barred from using a quality testing system created by a Memphis software engineer on its assembly lines, a federal judge says.

There is much value in having a last will and testament, generally referred to as a “will.” However, as with most things, a will’s value is relative; it largely depends on your unique circumstances.

Thousands of Mid-Southerners visiting the Gulf Coast on fall break have decisions to make about heading back home or riding out Hurricane Michael, which will make landfall in the Florida Panhandle within hours as a life-threatening Category 4 storm.

With October being cybersecurity month, I wanted to share the story of NotPetya, the most devastating cyberattack in history.

“Anytime you can move the needle on home ownership in Binghamton, it’s a good day. And today is a good day.”

When the principals of an investment firm working to revitalize a blighted building on South Main Street received approval for a 15-year tax break Tuesday, they didn’t shake hands.

Last Friday, a group of students from Bolton High School toured Competition Cams Inc., a Memphis-based manufacturer of performance camshafts and other valve train parts. At the beginning of the tour, feet were dragging and yawns were contagious, but as students moved through the production process and more machinery came into play, they began to ask questions.

You know, I love tech companies. With a computer engineering undergrad, I’ve spent my entire career working in the world of technology in one way or another.

River Inn of Harbor Town in Downtown Memphis has been named the No. 1 Hotel in the South by international travel publication Condé Nast Traveler.

After working in corporate America for 10 years, Tisch McDaniel was looking for a change.

According to a report by Content Marketing Institute, 72 percent of content marketers credit strategy as a major contributor to their increased level of success. If your company is enjoying mind-blowing metrics from the content-marketing strategies you have in place, good for you! If you’re struggling with less than favorable metrics and are thinking of throwing in the content towel, think again.

Editor’s note: Part four of a four-part series. We were recently asked to speak to the Memphis Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP). We share these remarks here as we believe they are important to all of us who care about Memphis.

A new Memphis company that makes foam-protected packaging is more than doubling its size after only six months in business. GLS Integrated signed a new lease to add 20,783 square feet to its existing 16,000 square feet in the warehouse building at 4841 Cromwell in Memphis’ southeast industrial district.