Monthly Archives: August 2018

Technology tools are crucial but they aren’t everything.

PepsiCo to Acquire SodaStream for $3.2 Billion

by Venturer • August 24, 2018 • 0 Comments

Plus, Walmart completes its $16-billion investment in Flipkart and Y Combinator invests in a non-invasive breast cancer screening bra.

The Co-Founder of Orchard Mile Shares How She Handles Investor Rejection, Manages Startup Hype and Deals With Doubt

by Kathleen Griffith • August 24, 2018 • 0 Comments

Jennie Baik opens up about what she’s built and the lessons she’s learned along the way.

After Having a 'Hell of a Year,' This Entrepreneur Rewarded Himself With the Car He Wanted, Not the Car He Needed

by Joe Keohane • August 24, 2018 • 0 Comments

‘Anyone who says money can’t buy happiness has clearly never driven my car,’ says Steven Sashen, CEO and co-founder of Xero Shoes.

These 9 Entrepreneurs Turned Down Acquisitions, and Their Businesses Are Doing Great

by Rose Leadem • August 24, 2018 • 0 Comments

Even when offered millions, sometimes billions, of dollars, these entrepreneurs chose to hold their ground.

10 Ways Artificial Intelligence Can Help Your Team Increase Sales

by Michael Georgiou • August 24, 2018 • 0 Comments

From crunching data to grinding out grunt work, AI can multiply your team’s availability and effectiveness to do the critical, human part of sales that computers can’t.

How to Lose an Employee in 10 Days — and How to Keep One for 10 Years

by Jim Barnett • August 24, 2018 • 0 Comments

Retaining employees is about engagement and purpose, not perks.

Vemma $75 Million European Market Back In Full Force – BK Boreyko Speaks out

by Ted Nuyten • August 24, 2018 • 0 Comments

One of the biggest questions in Network Marketing, can a brand come back after closing a market down?
All of us in this industry heard about the Vemma story, but until now, we never knew what really happened.
In a recent instagram post by @bkboreyko, a podcast, (you can download the podcast here) discusses some of the shocking details that just now come to light on the third anniversary of one of the biggest stories in recent years in the network marketing industry…
Vemma: WTF Happened?
I asked this question in an exclusive interview in the Netherlands with BK Boreyko, former founder and co-CEO of Vemma Europe who was rewarded last month with the Business For Home “Never give up!”award.
“We did €70 million per year with Vemma Europe alone and had approximately 100,000 customers which we could not serve for over 3 years now.”
stated BK Boreyko,
“We have received numerous requests from our European customers and affiliates asking when we were going to relaunch.

They simply want the original Vemma products back in their lives.

So a couple of months ago, we reopened 7 European markets with 3 more soon to follow (France, Belgium and Denmark) with a little twist to our marketing