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How One Woman’s Flat Tire Inspired A Global Trucking Movement

YoungUpstarts

But she has persevered while pursuing experience in steel fabrication, traffic management, and transportation regulatory consulting. She continues to attract fellow visionaries from global corporations to guide and fuel her vehicle for helping women. She’s encountered her own array of potholes along the way. Step on it Ellen!

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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

I started my first company in 1999 and was admittedly swept up in all of this: Magazine covers, fancy conferences, artificial valuations and easy money. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC).

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Consider Emerging Markets for Your Global Expansion

Transformify

Globalization is the most significant challenge facing multinational firms today, especially in the emerging markets of Russia, Brazil, China, and Mexico. However, global businesses evaluate a variety of considerations before expanding their operations into a new market. Emerging Markets As The Pocket Full Of Potential.

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Leadership Failure! What Will It Cost You?

YoungUpstarts

Just one floor below him, one of Mike’s managers, Rambling Roger, started running a different racket. This manager wasn’t one of Mike’s political buddies. Keith Martino is head of CMI, a global consultancy founded in 1999 that customizes leadership and sales development initiatives. Mike’s employer took it on the chin.

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Why Corporate Dysfunction Is Deadly

YoungUpstarts

And true to their word, senior management promoted Matt amidst great fanfare. Soon production managers picked up on the insular mentality and it spread. Keith Martino is head of CMI, a global consultancy founded in 1999 that customizes leadership and sales development initiatives. Matt’s branch shot to the top.

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9 Tips to Increase Profit NOW from Leading E-Commerce and Online Retail Experts

Mike Michalowicz

Phil Leahy, CEO Retail Global is passionate about making connections and has founded 2 major annual conferences for digital retailers. The Retail Global conferences were launched to cater for new businesses who will potentially become the large E-Commerce businesses of the future. Edward Wiley – Alliance Manager | OFX.

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Think you’ve got a strategy to enter the Chinese market? Think twice

The Next Web

Yu graduated from Nankai University in 1999 with a bachelor’s degree in economics. Such extreme differences between the two markets have made it difficult for US mobile startups to successfully enter China, even if they manage to partner with top local players. Earlier in his career, he was a VP at Legend Capital.

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