AUGUST 2017
THE HERALD BUSINESS JOURNAL 3
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Helping small businesses go BIG.
ANDREW BRONSON / THE HERALD
From a dream to reality, WSU opens its $64.6 million Everett campus this month to the first classes. Page 16-17
COVER STORY WSU to celebrate the opening of its new home in Everett this month, 16-17
BUSINESS NEWS Maritime industry attempts to replace aging workforce. . . . . . . . 4-6 Everett Comics adjusts to living in Funko’s shadow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 How a Lake Stevens farm carves its annual corn maze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Design-your-own-pizza Blazing Paddles comes to Tulalip resort . . . . 9 Natural gas danger that could be lurking under your home. . . . . . . . . 10
WSU plans to open institute to research senior living issues . . . . . . 16 EdCC helps small business owner gain entrepreneurial skills. . . . . . . . 22
BUSINESS BUILDERS James McCusker: Leadership lessons learned aboard ship. . . . . . 23 Tom Hoban: Tech that can enhance, upend apartment industry . . . . . . . 23 Monika Kristofferson: How to resist constant distractions. . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Andrew Ballard: Audit assumptions of your marketing plan. . . . . . . . . . 24 BUSINESS BRIEFS . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 PEOPLE WATCHING . . . . . . . . . . 26
CAMPUS OUTLOOK
PUBLIC RECORDS . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
EvCC launches first avionics program in state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
BANKRUPTCIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Forensic accounting class at UW Bothell helps prosecutors. . . . . . . . 13
ECONOMIC DATA . . . . . . . . . 30-31
BUSINESS LICENSES . . . . . . . 28-29
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COVER PHOTO Washington State University in Everett opens its doors to its inaugural classes this month. Andy Bronson / The Herald
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