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John Campanelli's blog: Apple, others are right to stand ground
JOHN CAMPANELLI - It sounded like quite a meeting. According to the Wall Street Journal, representatives from Apple Inc., including the company's general counsel, sat down Oct. 1 with Deputy Attorney...
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John Campanelli's commentary: Diversity is still a top priority
JOHN CAMPANELLI - Unless we were fortunate enough to start and build our own successful business, all of us entered our positions with existing companies or organizations. We inherited customers,...
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The long game is a proven winner
JOHN CAMPANELLI - Back in May, MetroHealth CEO Dr. Akram Boutros stopped by Crain's newsroom to reveal plans for a complete transformation of the health system's main campus on West 25th Street.Dr....
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Embracing a not-so-Hallmark holiday
JOHN CAMPANELLI - It's easy to view contrived celebration days — sometimes called “Hallmark holidays” — with rolling eyes. Grandparents Day, Administrative Professionals Day, National Boss Day, even...
View ArticleJohn Campanelli's blog: Creating new ways to teach
JOHN CAMPANELLI - Six years ago, Stephanie Lammlein was a biology teacher at Rootstown High School, teaching and inspiring Portage County students about science by injecting the real world into her...
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'Yes, women workers do present problems, Joe'
JOHN CAMPANELLI - It’s important for all of us to focus on – and work to change -- the challenges faced by women in business: lower pay, relatively few women in management, sexual harassment and more....
View ArticleJohn Campanelli's blog: Trophy isn't only thing raised by title
JOHN CAMPANELLI - It’s been a week since the Buckeyes — led by an untackle-able backup quarterback from Cleveland — shocked the sports world and raised the new college-playoff championship trophy. This...
View ArticleJohn Campanelli's blog: A speech that hit it out of the park
JOHN CAMPANELLI - Until last June, Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona was 8-0 in the big games. He's now 9-0. As manager of the Boston Red Sox, Francona twice swept opponents in the World Series....
View ArticleJohn Campanelli's blog: Staying afloat in a sea of email
JOHN CAMPANELLI - I just checked my phone, and as I type this, I have 272 unopened emails. Almost all of those are junk: rental-car offers, Groupons for gun ranges and LinkedIn requests from unusually...
View ArticlePublisher John Campanelli's column: The colorful legacy of the Gay Games
JOHN CAMPANELLI - Last August's Gay Games — like the sun, sandals and margaritas of summer — seem so long ago. But for Nigel Jarvis, the Gay Games in Cleveland are really just starting. Jarvis is a...
View ArticleJohn Campanelli's blog: Creativity flourishes in diverse groups
JOHN CAMPANELLI - It's not easy to become a venture capitalist. You'll likely need most, if not all, of the following: access to fat stacks of cash; a degree from a top-shelf business school; a Rolodex...
View ArticleJohn Campanelli's blog: City needs to be a better business partner
JOHN CAMPANELLI - There's a great story unfolding on the 31st floor of 200 Public Square. At a clip of about eight new employees a month, Gabriel Partners is filling cubicles and adding good-paying,...
View ArticleJohn Campanelli's blog: Browns are sore spot for Cleveland
JOHN CAMPANELLI - The second phase of the “modernization project” at FirstEnergy Stadium is underway. When the Browns kick off in the fall, fans will see new graphics around the stadium and upgrades to...
View ArticleA next-gen approach to entrepreneurship
JOHN CAMPANELLI - Jim Clifton is out to create a new Juilliard in Cleveland. Instead of music prodigies, this one would be a Juilliard of jobs, focusing on a different kind of genius: the entrepreneur....
View ArticleLooking to the city for inspiration
JOHN CAMPANELLI - Some of America's great brands have numbers as part of their names: 7UP, V8, 9Lives, Formula 409, 7-Eleven. Others are crafty enough to place a number on the end of their name as a...
View ArticleBlending learning and technology
JOHN CAMPANELLI - If two or three hall-of-fame business leaders copy-and-pasted their accomplishments into a single document, you'd have Rob Briggs' résumé: Air Force veteran, longtime CEO at...
View ArticleHere's your Brando business translator
JOHN CAMPANELLI - My son is almost 15 and, on most days, he's more adult than child, so my wife and I recently decided he was ready for an important rite of passage. He was ready to watch “The...
View ArticleCleveland needs a thicker skin
JOHN CAMPANELLI - Last week, Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy, in town for the Cavs-Celtics series, turned his watch back 40 years and wrote a column bashing Cleveland. You might have heard about...
View ArticleSometimes a walk can be work
JOHN CAMPANELLI - Back in the early 1990s when I was a struggling student cartoonist at Ohio State (struggling mostly because I could hardly draw), I got to sit in on a talk by Cincinnati Enquirer...
View ArticleOhio could be going up in smoke
JOHN CAMPANELLI - A couple weeks ago, representatives from ResponsibleOhio, the marijuana-legalization ballot initiative, stopped by the Crain's Cleveland Business newsroom.(One colleague suggested we...
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