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Monthly Archives: May 2017
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LinkedIn's Reid Hoffman: To Scale, Do Things That Don't Scale
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To kick-off the new podcast, ‘Masters of Scale,’ Reid Hoffman chats with the co-founder of Airbnb, Brian Chesky, on creating the perfect experience for a handful of customers.
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Why 'Trust Your Gut' Is a Myth
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When it comes to making tough decisions, those voices in our heads are wrong at least as often as right.
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What It's Like to Start and Run a Family Business
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The 6 Best Lessons I've Learned In Life So Far
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Making money doing what you value and using what you earn to live a bigger life are what entrepreneurship is all about.
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Answer These 7 Questions Before Starting Your Side Business
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Take stock of the assets you have and create a realistic plan to define your purpose, gather resources and develop market insights.
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After a Brush With Shark Tank Fame, This Woman Closed Her Business for Her Dream Franchise
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A small-business owner took her original plan to Shark Tank before scrapping it and buying a franchise.
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Amway Invests $1.5 Million In Philippines
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Michigan-based Amway, is strengthening its operations in the Philippines by investing an additional $1.5 million. The money will be used to upgrade facilities and infrastructure to support the market, which Amway believes has the potential for significant growth.
According to Amway Philippines Country Manager Elenita Olmedo, declining poverty incidence and rising incomes is making the Philippines an upper-middle income country, providing more opportunities for retailing, especially for consumer goods in the fast-growing categories of health and wellness, beauty and home care.
“The Philippines is in a unique position to provide a fertile testing ground for some new ideas for Amway,” said Amway Philippines Country Manager Elenita Olmedo. “Our economy is currently among the fastest growing in Southeast Asia and has been on this stable trend in recent years.”
At present, the Philippines ranks well behind
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Avon Sponsors Liverpool Ladies Football Club
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Avon Products Inc., the company for women, recently announced a ground-breaking sponsorship as the global beauty giant became Principal Partner of Liverpool Ladies Football Club and the Club’s Official Ladies Beauty Partner.
Avon and the Liverpool Ladies FC herald a new dawn in women’s football, as the partnership will see Avon become the team’s first independent shirt sponsor to that of its male counterpart. Furthermore, for the first time in history, Avon will become the first female-focused brand to sponsor an FA Women’s Super League Club.
“This sponsorship is another stride forward in our support for women and one that we’re approaching with whole-hearted commitment as we embark on this new and exciting venture together,” said Andrea Slater, General Manager of Avon UK.
“The teams and professionals we have spoken to on this journey
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LR Health & Beauty Celebrates New Aloe Production Site
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LR Health & Beauty, the Ahlen, Germany-based direct seller of cosmetics, fragrances and nutritional products, recently held a cornerstone ceremony to mark the construction of its new aloe production site in Ahlen.
After months of excavation and the laying of drainage pipes, the ceremony took place on the premises at Porschestrasse.
The new production building will be docked to the existing LR Logistics Centre. Company executives and representatives of the City of Ahlen were on hand to lay the cornerstone.
“I am very pleased that the construction works start now,” said Dr. Thomas Stoffmehl, CEO of LR Health & Beauty. “The new production site is part of our sustainable growth strategy. In this way, we are reinforcing our claim ‘Made in Germany’ with the highest quality standard and take account of the increasing