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I just read a great Steve Jobs interview article on Fortune.com. I have to share with you my notes. On choosing strategy: "We do no market research. We don’t hire consultants.” On demanding reputation: “My job is to not be easy on people. My job is to make them better.” On Apple’s focus: “Apple is [...]

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Today I’d like to share with you part II of my interview with Jessica Clark, co-founder of Suds Homemade Soap. If you haven’t read part I, please read “We have lost our beautiful home, our new cars, and in some respect, our dignity, but … “ an inspirational story of two Michigan mom entrepreneurs first. [...]

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Today I have a special treat for everyone. Jessica Clark is the co-founder of Suds Homemade Soap. I first learned about Suds when Jessica visited this blog and commented on Go Scooter Girls! – An inspiring entrepreneurial story of starting of starting a business during the current financial crisis. Jessica wrote: “We are two moms [...]

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My family enjoys going to a Chinese restaurant near where we live. For the past three years, we go there once or twice a month. One day a few months ago, we went there again. The first thing we noticed when we walked into the restaurant was that all of the waiters and waitress were [...]

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Tony Shieh, CEO of Zappos.com, will be delighted to hear this story. I was looking to buy a pair of New Balance running shoes last weekend. We went to the New Balance store in the local mall. The sales associate in the store was very patient and helpful. I finally decided on a particular model. [...]

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A friend works for a start-up company. They’re on track to generate $30 million revenue this year, which will allow the company break even. Eighty percent of the revenue are from the US, while the other twenty percent are from western Europe. They still have about $10 million of cash that they received as part [...]

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