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Indian conglomerate Godrej is one of the fastest growing companies in the world. David Bain speaks to the Chairman about the family aspect of running the business and why it is growing so quickly. Paul Polman, the president of consumer goods giant Unilever, regularly visits India. In fact, he has been there at least five times since becoming CEO in 2008. Polman doesn't go because he loves this country more than anywhere else in the world. Rather, the 51-year-old Dutch businessman's frequent visits to India are a result of the country being at the forefront of the global battle to…
Beneath the sunny skies of Spokane Valley's Mirabeau Park, Nick Lunga is living a dream. He spun, twisted, and screamed as he tried to free himself from the extremely determined German Shepherd's grip on the chew toy in his hands. His efforts were in vain. “Bad guy, don't move or the dog will get hurt!” Lunga's wife, Jacqueline, warned. Lunga fell to the ground and the dog stood over him, its ferocious barking echoing throughout the park. A few minutes later, the same shepherd was showering Lunga with her love. The Lungas own and operate I-Guard, a German Shepherd breeding…
London — October 14, 2010 — Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: “MSFT”) opens Convergence 2010 Europe in London today with a keynote speech from Kirill Tatarinov, corporate vice president of Microsoft Business Solutions. Through events in three cities, including Prague and The Hague, from October 14th to 21st, Tatarinov will share how the company is realizing its dynamic business vision by delivering customer-driven innovation. I plan to. As part of his keynote address, Tatarinov announced upcoming promotional pricing for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online. He also discussed the expansion of Microsoft Dynamics AX for Retail into new markets, the availability of ERP two-tier…
The value of creating a business plan is often discussed in the entrepreneurial community.For every successful business that's been launched with a well-thought-out business plan, there seem to be equally successful businesses that have been launched with nothing more than something scribbled on the back of a napkin.In fact, the most common approach you'll hear may be the contrarian one, where entrepreneurs dismiss business plans as something they wrote and shoved in the back of a drawer.Tim Berry, founder of Palo Alto Software (a contributor here) Small business trends) recently reported new data that shows the value of a business…
Friday, April 30, 2010 |Two immigrant families vie for a chance to showcase Orange County's surf culture by operating a small grocery store atop a picturesque bluff overlooking Dana Point's Salt Creek Beach . The battle, which has been going on since last September, will go before county supervisors next week. Board members will face a difficult question regarding county interests: preserving tradition or promising more revenue. The competition also offers a window into the behind-the-scenes intrigue that often precedes the decisions managers make on stage. Currently, the Dana Point concession is operated by the Efstatiou family, led by father…
At Convergence 2009, the biannual New Orleans event for the Microsoft Dynamics lineup of business management solutions, Microsoft Business Solutions Corporate Vice President Kirill Tatarinov introduced Dynamic Business, a way for organizations to combine the unique values of their employees. We have outlined Microsoft's vision called . , business processes, and connections with customers and trading partners, making them more relevant, responsive, and impactful. He also said the software giant is trying to help businesses make the most of their investments in enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) to help them weather economic downturns at no additional…
NEW YORK — March 16, 2006 — Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer today outlined the company's vision that people with the right software are the key to driving business success. This vision of a business called “People-Ready” is the backdrop for a series of innovative solutions in new and existing categories that Microsoft plans to bring to market over the next year. Mr. Ballmer presented new business solutions to his more than 500 business customers and announced that they will be able to integrate them with the company's next version of the Windows Vista™ operating system, the 2007 Microsoft® Office…
MANATEE COUNTY — It took Tony Zanoni three months to find warehouse space for his growing kitchen installation business.He eventually found an 11,000-square-foot lot at the Sarasota-Bradenton Commerce Center on East 15th Street between Whitfield Avenue and Talevast Road in southern Manatee County.”We store cabinets and furniture that are worth a lot of money,” says Zanoni, president of Lakewood Ranch-based Kitchens Direct. “We needed something that we knew was safe.”Kitchens Direct is one of 20 companies currently occupying more than 575,000 square feet within the complex.Notably, more than half of the space, or 350,000 square feet, was leased in the…