PORT ST. LUCIE, FL – Industry veterans Stewart and Jodi Clawson have added a new division of Hurricane Mountain Sound LLC called Hurricane Mountain Event Solutions to address the specific live audio needs of Florida’s local communities. Hurricane Mountain Event Solutions offers a more affordable event production package, consistently delivering professional quality production that is streamlined so it won’t break the budget. “Our experience has taught us that bigger is not usually better. It is often more expensive “go bigâ€? when, really, the desired result could be more effectively achieved using finesse as opposed to financeâ€?. more

Understanding we’re in a recession; two good indicators of when we exit are capital investment and lending. These (investment and borrowing) are the most common tools organizations use for growth. Today, both are quite slow. This doesn’t mean companies aren’t growing, or better, changing; it just means that lending and investment are less and stretched over longer periods. more

With industry (Tradeshow and Event Services) revenues down thirty (30%) to fifty (50%) percent, real unemployment closer to twenty (20%) percent (BLS rate (10%) PLUS short-term and long-term “discouraged workers�), and GDP down four (4%) percent, it’s extremely important to consider how one’s organization is going to adjust and overcome these issues.

Unfortunately, the talk of coming out of the recession is still just an emotional response. Capital investment and lending (aka GROWTH) have come to a near standstill. Instead companies (aka clients) are still contracting; shrinking sales, layoffs, budget cuts, etc. New product development (and “introduction�) has also slowed dramatically (lack of capital investment) or is being “stretched� over longer periods with fewer products coming to market. Sales and marketing budgets are also being trimmed. The emotional influence driving these actions/decisions is FEAR. more

Bo Klune, who executed the Quest Drape turnaround, has launched a Professional Services firm (Klune & Company LLC) dedicated to serving the Event Services Industry with solutions that address the current economic/business environment including strategic planning, sales growth, operations management, accounting and financial services, and human resource solutions.

For more information, contact Bo Klune @ 404.803.9892, bo@klunecompany.com or www.klunecompany.com.