PAST ISSUES: August 2007

Editor's Note:  We never stop learning
In the business world, a person's education does not end at the time of graduation from school, at least if that person expects to be flexible, able to deal with change and, most of all, successful.

Cover Story:  Wanted: Workers with people, financial skills
The two biggest skills shortfalls of entrepreneurs and managers are financial and "people skills," according to Professor John Burtt, chairman of the Department of Business and Computer Technologies for the New Hampshire Community Technical College.

Cover Story:  Training = stable work force
For most of the past three decades, the American work force has been transformed almost beyond recognition. Before technological advances and fierce global competition changed the path to middle-class success, a high school diploma was enough to get a high-paying manufacturing position or a college degree could lead to a career in a Fortune 500 company as a white collar executive. Those days now seem as quaint as the height of the horse and buggy era.

Cover Story:  Planning for the boomer bust
Since they have been old enough to take a stand, members of the baby boomer generation have been more than willing to express their opinion, work toward change and reflect on what they want for themselves.

Entrepreneur Watch:  Nature's way
As more and more attention is paid to the growth of the biotech industry in the Greater Boston region and the larger debate about the direction of health care in the country, Dr. James L. D'Adamo has proven that he definitely marches to the beat of a different entrepreneurial drum. For more than 50 years, the 70-something D'Adamo has carved out a highly innovative and profitable niche as a leader in the growing field of serious alternative medicine at the D'Adamo Institute for the Advancement of Natural Therapies.

Politics:  The cost of education
There was a time not that long ago when a high school graduate of modest means could pay his or her own way through college by working summers and a part-time job during the school year. It wasn't easy, but it could be done.

Last Word:  On the move: Former Portsmouth chamber chief takes on new challenge
My first week as business editor of the Portsmouth Herald in late September 2004 was also Dick Ingram's first week as president of the Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce. He was also the first of about 100 interviews with Seacoast-region business movers, shakers and interesting personalities I did for the Herald. When I reminded Ingram of that shortly after it was announced that he would leave his chamber post to lead The Housing Partnership, he said with his customary dry wit, "I hope I set a good precedent."