BizX's 2015 Holiday Party - Wednesday, November 18^th, from 5:30 to 10:00pm at SoDo Park in Seattle, WA

If you attended last year’s event, you know it’s not something to be missed!

Last year’s event saw over 700 people in attendance with nearly ¤23,000 raised for BizX charities through the silent auction. There was food and drink, shopping and spending. It was an awesome event made even better by an amazing community.

This year’s Seattle area event will be no less epic, but done in a whole new way.

Our third panel discussion in the #meetmixbizx series went off without a hitch! The BizX community came together to ask questions, exchange ideas, network and all around have a good time. A big thank you to everyone that attended last night!

Everyone came together at the Adriatic Grill in Tacoma to hear our panel of experts share their thoughts, opinions and knowledge surrounding the digital marketing industry.

The financial technology (fintech) revolution is knocking on our door and a tidal wave of change is coming with it. This wave is already changing the way we do business, and will continue to bring major change in financial efficiency, nurture more businesses and break the strangle hold conventional banks and other institutions have on the industry.

#MeetMixBizX is the name and networking, learning, eating and drinking was the game. BizX’s second hot topic event was a complete success. Thank you to all who attended and made last night such a smashing success.

The BizX community took over the Rumpus Room at LunchBox Labratory Seattle last night for the second BizX panel discussion, this time taking aim at all things digital marketing.

Employee turnover, especially in key management and team member positions, is killing the ability of small and medium sized companies to increase their top line sales and bottom line profitability. In my restaurant and hospitality consulting business, I have seen so much damage created by turn over, that I am surprised anyone is making money.

This has led me to revisit a management concept that every service and product delivery business should consider if they plan on being around for the long term, or are considering expanding their current operations– developing highly autonomous, self–managed teams (SMT’s). This is not a new concept; variations of this leadership system or pieces of it have existed in service businesses for decades.