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Punching Out: How to Stay Focused in Business and M&A

06/23/2026 | Tom Kastner -- Column: Punching Out!
It is getting harder and harder to stay focused these days. In fact, I started writing this column, got an email alert, and six days later, I realized I was still working on the first sentence. Among the hundreds of daily distractions, it is difficult for business owners to stay focused on the important matters. In the middle of all that noise, some owners feel like they have been dragged through a war zone, while others seem like Zen masters.

It’s Only Common Sense: Stay Curious, My Friends

06/15/2026 | Dan Beaulieu -- Column: It's Only Common Sense
I’ve met people in business who act like curiosity is a weakness. They think asking questions makes them look inexperienced or uninformed. They throw around buzzwords and charts. They look serious in meetings, yet hope no one asks them a direct question. Meanwhile, the truly smart people in the room are willing to raise their hands and ask for the explanation. Curious people almost always outperform know-it-alls. Why? Because curious people keep learning. The world changes far too quickly for anybody to stop learning. Especially now.

Elementary, Mr. Watson: Controlled Impedance—When ‘Connecting the Dots’ Stops Working

06/11/2026 | John Watson -- Column: Elementary, Mr. Watson
Signal integrity follows physics that are consistent, predictable, and fully explainable. But those rules don’t show up in the schematic. Instead, they live in the electromagnetic fields around the traces, in the stackup, and in the relationship between conductors and their return paths. The authors weren’t claiming black magic; they were calling out how it feels until you learn what’s going on. The fact that they said it more than 30 years ago only reinforces how fundamental and enduring these concepts really are.

It’s Only Common Sense: Lighten Up!

06/08/2026 | Dan Beaulieu -- Column: It's Only Common Sense
There’s a strange thing that happens when you’ve been in business for a while. Somewhere between production schedules, endless emails, delayed shipments, quarterly reports, and meetings, we forget how to have fun. We start acting like joy is somehow unprofessional. Like if you smile too much at work, people won’t take you seriously. I’ve never believed that for a second. In fact, the longer I’ve been around business, the more convinced I’ve become that the happiest companies are usually the most creative, productive, and successful companies in the room.

I-Connect007 Editor’s Choice: Five Must-Reads for the Week

06/05/2026 | Marcy LaRont, I-Connect007
It’s Friday, the sun is out here in Arizona, and AI is on my mind (and always in the news). So, AI seems like a good place for me to focus this week. My first recommendation for this week is an article I wrote about the e-glass (and copper foil) shortage now plaguing laminate and PCB fabricators as a result of the global market’s very heavy focus on AI-related tech, hardware products, and supporting infrastructure.
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