Diane Ivey, a long-term employee in the nonprofit sector, lost her job in 2011. Diane saw an opportunity where others would see an obstacle. She turned a passion for handcrafted yarns inspired from graffiti art into a new career. Her company…
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I got a present the other day by a buddy via Amazon.com. In the base of the packing list was a query,”Do you prefer to provide comments along the way that your purchase was packaged?” It got me thinking about…
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When I had been selling cowboy clothing at South Coast Plaza that the (then) world’s highest-grossing mall each square foot, I detected a worker attempting to sell a set of expensive boots into some woman. The client had attempted on…
Has this ever happened to you? You walk into a shop you have not been in before because you saw something online, watched a wonderful window screen or were just curious? Like seeing a friendly face in a crowded room,…