Monthly Archives: January 2016

Finding Your Focus Through 'Deep Work'

by Lisa Evans • January 21, 2016 • 0 Comments

Working on something intently will produce much better results than working with distracted, fragmented attention.

8 Ways Intelligent People Use Failure to Their Advantage

by Travis Bradberry • January 21, 2016 • 0 Comments

Failure is an inevitable part of life, but smart people know how to make it work for them.

The State of Small Business: California

by Successful IBO • January 21, 2016 • 0 Comments

What is it like doing business in California? Business News Daily interviewed small business owners, lenders, and development organizations to find out.

IT skills shortage continues to impede businesses

by Successful IBO • January 21, 2016 • 0 Comments

Despite rising rates of educational attainment, employers continue to struggle to hire thanks to troubling skills shortages, a study finds.

TelexFree – Sann Rodriques in Jail

by Ted Nuyten • January 21, 2016 • 0 Comments

One of the top promoters in TelexFree Inc.’s alleged $3 billion pyramid scheme is being held in a Florida jail on a contempt charge, after failing to return assets including cars and cash that securities regulators had frozen.
Sanderley Rodrigues de Vasconcelos, known more widely as Sann Rodrigues, was arrested in May on visa fraud charges and has been home under electronic surveillance awaiting trial. But he was arrested Thursday and is now in custody in Tampa, according to federal officials.
A judge in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s civil case against Rodrigues in December held him in contempt for violating the terms of his release on bail.
He had been given a deadline of Jan. 15 to return $233,473 transferred out of his bank accounts, as well as proceeds from the sale of a

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Ruby Ribbon Adds Veteran Joey Carter To Advisory Team

by Nicole Dunkley • January 21, 2016 • 0 Comments

Longtime direct sales executive Joey Carter is joining Ruby Ribbon’s advisory team, after participating in the shapewear company’s recent Series C funding round.
Carter is General Partner at Direct Selling Capital, the Dallas-based firm that co-led Ruby Ribbon’s $7.5 million round alongside San Francisco’s DBL Partners. Silicon Valley venture firms Trinity and Mohr Davidow also participated in the round.
Before founding Direct Selling Capital, Carter was Chairman and CEO of Home Interiors & Gifts Inc., a direct selling company founded in 1957 by his grandmother, Mary Crowley. During his tenure the business reached annual sales in excess of $600 million.
Carter also has served as Chairman of the Direct Selling Association and held a seat on the Direct Selling Education Foundation’s board. He currently is an advisor and consultant to Ambit Energy LLP.
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