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LA Times:
G.T. Dave’s company began in his mother’s kitchen. His family had been drinking kombucha, a little known Asian elixir, for years believing it increased energy and cleansed the body of harmful toxins.
Convinced the sweetened tea had helped his mother beat back advanced breast cancer, Dave thought he could sell the drink, which is made […]
The New York Times:
Want to sell more? The best advice may be to talk less.
The biggest mistake in selling is thinking that “if you just get the chance to ‘make your case’ — your prospect will be compelled to buy,” says Lenann McGookey Gardner, president of YouCanSell.com, a marketing consult in Albuquerque. “Selling is not […]
TreeHugger.com:
A new kind of lawn service has emerged in response to the water drought in the US Southeast.
Always Green Grass Painting in South Carolina paints the lawns of homes and businesses for $250-$700.
The paint is non-toxic, environmentally friendly and depending upon traffic can last up to 90 days.
John Imand’s business is so good that the […]
BusinessWeek:
Fewer than 3% of businesses owned by women hit the $1 million annual sales level, while twice that percentage of men hit $1 million. “That astounding statistic…drove me to write this book,” writes Susan Wilson Solovic in the introduction to The Girls’ Guide to Building a Million-Dollar Business.
Why the discrepancy? One problem is in different […]
Inc.:
A network of Oregon public universities is hoping to tap a new pipeline for entrepreneurial funding through a program that rewards donors with considerable tax breaks.
A 60 percent tax credit is available to Oregon taxpayers who contribute to the newly formed University Venture Development Fund, designed to help the state’s eight public universities push research […]
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