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Positive response for flexible working legislation
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The extension of the right to request flexible working hours to all staff has been welcomed by a prominent HR trade body.
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Young Living Essential Oils – 530,000 Active Members
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Young Living, the World Leader in Essential Oils, officially surpassed the 1,000 employee milestone this month.
The company plans to continue adding additional jobs at its global headquarters in Lehi, Utah, and 12 international offices, as well as expanding its global farms to meet growing demand for its products.
“This is a great milestone, which underscores the amazing growth we are experiencing as a company. This growth is exciting because it means more and more people are enjoying the benefits of Young Living’s unmatched products,” said Young Living’s Chief Operating Officer Travis Ogden. “More than 20 years ago, our founder Gary Young envisioned taking these products to the world, and that continues to be realized more every day.”
Young Living’s diverse employee talent—from the scientists working in the state-of-the-art research labs to the expertly skilled farmers on seven botanical farms around the world—is a vital part of Young Living’s proprietary Seed to Seal® process, which ensures that the highest quality standards are used from the seeds planted to the sealed product.
In addition to the 1,025 company jobs provided, Young Living offers more than 530,000 active members around the world the opportunity to build a Young Living business and provide an income for
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Tax Reform and Your Small Business
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Every couple of years utterances of the implementation of a flat tax emerge. In fact, in a tax seminar during the early 1990s, a well-revered speaker made one of those mark-my-words predictions that the flat tax would be operational within the next few years.
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The Small Business Expert Busts Top 3 Legal Myths
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Attorney, author and The Small Business Expert Susan Solovic says too often would-be entrepreneurs get stalled by legal myths that can be debunked with a little help from a pro and a smart spending plan.
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6 Tax-Prep Steps to Take Now
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The year isn’t even halfway over, but that doesn’t mean it’s too early for businesses to be thinking about their taxes.
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The Secrets to a Great Slogan: Creativity and Clarity
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While slogans can help build brand awareness and likability, they don’t always resonate with consumers.
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One Way for a Startup to Blow its Chances With a VC
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Should you ask all prospective investors to sign a confidentiality agreement before providing details about your company’s plans for growth? My fast answer is NO! Here is why.
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Willagirls, Network Marketing for Teens and Tweens
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Known as “Willagirls,” the teens and tweens host Tupperware like get-togethers at home, school or just about anywhere eight- to 13-year-olds hang out. Invites typically are extended via text message, since “nobody uses email anymore,” Ms. Messner says. So far Willagirl, which doesn’t disclose annual sales, has recruited 42 sellers in New York, Miami, New Jersey, California, Colorado and Maryland, among other states.
For Willagirl’s young sales reps, the company offers 25% of total sales, for a potential monthly income of $320 to $3,500, according to a pamphlet sellers distribute at their parties. Party hosts also receive 15% of retail sales from the party in free products, plus one half-price item if party sales exceed $400.
“There are all these hidden costs that are tied to brick-and-mortar retailing,” says Willagirl founder and chief executive Christy Prunier, “and besides, tween girls aren’t going to malls anymore.” The company, based in Riverside, is currently building out software, which by September will allow the girls to host “virtual” parties online, she adds.
Willagirl is one of a handful of startups that in the past few years have turned to business models combining e-commerce and social media with the traditional direct-sales tactics pioneered by Tupperware, Mary Kay and
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Youngevity International Expands To Malaysia
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Youngevity International, Inc., a global direct marketer of nutritional and lifestyle products and also a vertically-integrated producer of gourmet coffees for the commercial, retail and direct sales channels, announced today it has taken another major step in its international expansion by opening an office in Johor Bahru, Malaysia to serve the direct selling markets in Southeast Asia.
“We are very excited about being registered in Malaysia and opening an office as we intend to increase our direct selling coverage and distribution model in the fast-growing Southeast Asian markets,” said Steve Wallach, Youngevity’s Chief Executive Officer. “Youngevity has embarked on a strategic global expansion strategy to capitalize on the growing international demand for our products and business opportunity. We are committed to investing in scalable markets with long-term growth opportunities to generate higher levels of global market penetration.”
YGY International (Malaysia) had a successful soft launch in Johor Bahru, Malaysia at the 54th National Malaysian Medical Association AGM & Scientific Meeting of the Private Medical Practioners, a three day conference that was attended by over seven hundred medical practitioners from Malaysia and Singapore. In addition, YGY International was invited to present at the conference and provide further insight on how medicine could be