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Brilliant Boutique: 10 Keys To Lasting Small Business Success

Terry Starbucker

It wasn’t hard to like Sarah Young as soon as we walked into her downtown store back in 2010, when we first moved to Portland. You can do it without outside financing. We financed it with personal loans – just a little credit and a little faith. On June 2 nd , 2004, we opened. SmallBizProud'

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Leadership in the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association

Coaching Tip

Presented to an individual within the RV industry who has made extraordinary contributions to the industry''s overall success. The RV Financing Community. Norm Jacobson. Lance Camper Manufacturing Corp. Sid Johnson. Jayco, Inc. Pete Liegl. Forest River, Inc. Wade Thompson. Thor Industries. Jim Sheldon. Monaco Coach Corporation.

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Social Networking for Business: Does it Really Work? :: Women on.

Women on Business

Example 1: During the 2004 election season, I connected with a new friend through a grassroots Asian Pacific Islander political group. Finally, Example 5: I started a Facebook Fan Page and a group for my online community, which is focused on success-oriented women. Who do you think I will do business with?

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Growing Entrepreneurs And Entrepreneurship: Lessons From Estonia

The Horizons Tracker

The country has attempted to engage with this significant, often highly educated, and well-connected population through its Compatriots Program, which was launched in 2004. These efforts hope to succeed where Bringing Talent Home, which was an initiative run between 2010 and 2012, failed.

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

And then we found Alibaba — and it found us — and that connection led to the partnership that ultimately proved to be remarkably successful. This success was built on what we learned from our prior efforts, as well as a resolve to take new risks to do what was necessary to succeed.

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Leadership Teams: Why Two Are Better Than One

Harvard Business Review

We became involved with the company, which produces inventory software, in 2004 when one of us (David) was sent by the prior majority investor to shut the fledgling company down. Instead, seeing the potential in the product and commitment of employees, we came up with financing to buy out the investor and keep the company operating.

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Tough Dilemmas for Companies on Campaign Spending

Harvard Business Review

These are some of the most salient issues of campaign finance facing CEOs and boards of directors as the nation heads into what will certainly be a bitter election year, with both houses of Congress and the Presidency up for grabs. The issues arise in the wake of the Supreme Court's 2010 decision in Citizens United v.

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