How Ohio Women can Enormously Grow Their Business in Eight Weeks

G2Local has long been involved with Bad Girl Ventures (BGV), an organization that promotes, supports, and finances women owned businesses.  When G2Local was a very young business, we were picked to be a finalist as part of their Cincinnati class #3.  Since then, BGV is now on class #10, and chapters have opened in cities all across Ohio and beyond.  We are proud to have gotten our start with...

The Jargon of Junk Food: tasty new words in the English language

When I saw this article, I knew I had to post it.  For G2Local, this is a timely piece as we recently finished a translation for a manufacturer of snack cakes and other sweet treats.  There was quite a bit of the language below in the translation we did, and I believe some of this language will come up again.  Our translation team had a lively discussion about some of these terms, and I...

Will Certified Interpreters End Their Party Early?

I hope this post does not make me unpopular in the interpreting world but, when I see something that makes me wince, I feel the need to comment.  A topic that keeps coming up again and again recently involves court interpreters and the cost of court interpreters. In many states, including Ohio, the courts are required to use CERTIFIED interpreters at all times.  If one is not available, only...

The G2Local guide to getting employees to do what you need them to do

Late last week I met with a woman who is in charge of a local company that hires a lot of refugees.  All of the refugees are legal but many of them do not speak even a little bit of English.  I know the owner of this company; she is a wonderful, kind, and generous lady who goes out of her way to help the community as much as possible.  She employs people that are difficult to employ, and I...

Where do profits come from?

I was lucky enough to be in attendance today at the Tri-State Business Awards, a recognition event for companies who grew in revenue and employees over the past year.  Not only was G2Local the recipient of one of these awards, we were also privileged to hear a talk by Dunhumby USA’s CEO. The most important thing the CEO, Stuart Aitken, said to the audience was this statement, “profits are...