Liggett Stashower

I was watching a documentary on Jimmy Carter a while back and something really stuck with me. As the film reviewed the historic Middle East peace talks that took place at the Camp David summit, it portrayed an exhausted Carter who tenaciously worked through those difficult days. At one point Carter ...

Jon Wiley became employee of the year at Brokaw Inc. after just two days on the job. Why? He stepped up and captured a rogue bat while everyone else just screamed.

Imagine having a business strategy of losing to your competitors to be profitable. That sounds crazy, but apparently it’s a strategy that is reaping rewards for several major league baseball teams.

I’m feeling a little left out these days. As a member of the more than 78 million Baby Boomers in the U.S. – the generation of consumers born between 1946-1964 -- I am largely ignored by consumer products marketers (CPG). This from an industry where I make my living?

While cleaning out my mom's basement, I came across a chest of my grandmother's treasures. We found two badly tarnished sets of silverware, photographs, a horrifying doll in traditional Polish dress and random trinkets. Lining the bottom of the chest was the sports page from the now defunct Clevelan...

Would you wear clothes made of duct tape?

Every morning I write a to-do list of the projects I’m working on in the order they need to be completed. That helps to keep me on track, but life at Liggett can be very unpredictable.

Who is Don Draper? Mad Maniacs will understand that question and know that Sterling Cooper’s creative, hot and enigmatic brain trust declined to answer, thereby missing a decidedly key opportunity to brand the new advertising firm. (Even if you don’t watch “Mad Men,” keep reading.)

Crain's Cleveland Business: Marilyn Chase