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Cultivating the next generation of leadership
February 1st, 2025
Like everything else COVID-19 hit, the pandemic delivered a blow to workplace leadership development, says Oren Margolis, founder of Pinetree & Palm Consulting. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Calif., the firm specializes in coaching founders, executives and high achievers to optimize performance and align personal and professional goals. “It’s been really hard for folks to focus […]
Kyle Van Damme’s goals: grow, improve Marine Tops Unlimited
April 1st, 2023
When he’s not patterning and installing boat covers or managing sales and customer relations, sports enthusiast Kyle Van Damme spends his free time boating, coaching track and field, and cheering for the Minnesota Vikings. Basketball, however, is his sport of choice for analogies about growing up—and growing a business—in the marine fabrication industry. Likening his […]
Marine patterning tech, from beginning to end
August 1st, 2021
Kyle Van Damme of Marine Tops Unlimited Inc., Omro, Wis., is among the new breed of marine fabricators who are embracing tech tools for manufacturing, convinced that the financial investment and the learning curve will be worth it. All photos: Marine Tops Unlimited Inc. For nearly 40 years, Marine Tops Unlimited Inc. has provided custom […]