Showing posts with label Crain's Chicago Business. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Crain's Chicago Business. Show all posts

Monday, September 19, 2022

How Chicago-based Bluedog Design Made It to the Top, Twice

Crain's Chicago Business reports, "For the second consecutive year, Bluedog Design, a marketing and growth consultancy in Fulton Market, was ranked the top place to work by Crain's."

How did Bluedog do it?  What can we all learn from the founder and CEO of Bluedog, Michelle Hayward?

Well she certainly cuts to the chase when she addresses the reporter's first question:

If you had to name one thing as the reason you're a best place to work, what would it be?

Curious?  So was I.  So glad I read the entire interview.

(Screenshot photo courtesy of Crain's Chicago Business feature article 9/14/22.)

Monday, April 12, 2021

Bluedog Design #1 for Best Places to Work in 2021 by Crain's Chicago Business

Culture matters.  Just ask founder and CEO of Bluedog Design, Michelle Hayward (pictured), who just earned the #1 spot as the Best Places to Work in 2021 by Crain's Chicago Business.  We are busting our buttons with pride because Michelle is a force for good and also a WPO Platinum member.  We are thrilled for her and her team on earning this extraordinary achievement.

It takes creativity, hard work, tremendous effort and 'intent' to achieve this honor, especially during such a harrowing time in our lives.

Congrats to Michelle Hayward and her team.  Great leaders inspire others to become great, too.  Lead on! 

Learn more.

Monday, November 07, 2016

Entrepreneurs: The New Face of the Uninsured

Read the story of a 58-year-old entrepreneur who, over the past 20 years, had two bouts of breast cancer, is now cancer-free, but due to the change in the health exchange marketplace, is in a position of being wary as to who will insure her next.

Learn more:  Are entrepreneurs the new face of the uninsured?

Monday, August 11, 2014

News of Interest: Where WPO Chicago Member Shea Soucie Dines to Make a Statement

WPO Chicago member Shea Soucie (pictured) is co-owner of two Chicago-based companies:  Soucie Horner Ltd., an interior design studio and SHIIR, a fine artisanal rug company.  She says:
“Everything I do is very visual, so where I choose to eat says something about me from a visual standpoint. We are about quality, not volume.”
Click here for where she dines to make a statement.

Monday, June 23, 2014

News of Interest: Where Mary Bahr Lunches in Chicago

Our very own WPO member, Mary Bahr (pictured), president of MAB Advertising, is featured at Crain's dining blog:
Mary Bahr is president and creative director of MAB Advertising Inc., a 15-year-old Chicago firm whose clients include Sears Holdings Corp., Kmart Corp. and Pet Supplies Plus Inc. She often dines with chief marketing officers ...
Read the entire article:  Where the president of MAB Advertising does lunch in Chicago

Monday, June 02, 2014