Southern California Professional Magazine is California’s first Dual Internet Platform™ (DIP™)* online business publication. Written exclusively by leading business professionals, Southern California Professional focuses on business, financial and legal matters affecting businesses, business owners, and their clientele. Contributors include attorneys / lawyers, accountants, business consultants and advisors, and business owners.
Southern California Professional features articles on business, finance and legal issues written in a reader-friendly way. It is designed to provide individuals, families, businesses and business owners with information and strategies that will guide them through many of today’s challenging business, financial and legal issues.
Why some businesses are destined to be market leaders. HP, Dell, and Lenovo make great computers. But Apple is a great brand. Adidas and Converse are excellent shoes. But Nike just does it. BMW and Toyota make amazing hybrid ca...
There are lots of “urban business myths” floating around—from Facebook to Chia Pets, McDonald’s to Microsoft. But one of my favorites is the iPod. I remember driving in my car hearing a DJ talk about this ra...
What an amazing time it is to be in business. Social media has everyone scrambling to rethink the value of their own marketing and how can it be leveraged into actual profit. But let’s be realistic, folks. Facebook just went ...
The MoneyTree™ Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, The National Venture Capital Association. Thomson Reuters tell us that there were just under a billion dollars in venture capital investments in the Southern California regio...
The cannabis culture is quickly becoming the cannabis economy here in California. The November 2016 vote that legalized pot here is scratching the surface of popular knowledge, but those in the know are seeing huge investment i...
Follow these rules for a successful future. Ignore them, and you may risk everything. As a CEO, a president, a managing partner, you are the figurehead for your company. You are the leader, the north star, and the light to whic...
The more I interact with established business men, the more I have come to know that they struggle just as much, if not more, than us women with the whole “Life / Work Balance” issue. Women are far more forthcoming ...
What one marketing professional and part-time university professor has learned about millennials may surprise you! They are not who mainstream media thinks they are! They are lazy. They are loners. They are narcissistic. That�...
A lot of time and expense are put into registering trademarks. Here are some best practices for registering and protecting your business from scammers. For small business owners and start-ups, registering a trademark is fairly ...
Southern California is a hotbed for some really great blogs. While many blogs are just shills and fronts for folks trying to “sell” services, we’ve found a number of them that we think are great reads. So, sit...
Jeff Munjack is the founder and president of JDM Financial Group. He has more than sixteen years of experience in working with family-owned businesses, successful professionals and multi-generational families. His unique expert...