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Making “coroplast” promotional signs with corrugated plastic
Making “coroplast” promotional signs with corrugated plastic

Company demonstrates the process of making outdoor marketing signs with plastic corrugated and vinyl printed sheets.

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Shenzhen Aurora company
Shenzhen Aurora company
Chinese Connection:  Do you want to set up some sort of business or linkage in China?
Chinese Connection: Do you want to set up some sort of business or linkage in China?
Your bridge for QUALITY Chinese LED, IT products, Electronics
Your bridge for QUALITY Chinese LED, IT products, Electronics
Sales meeting scene from Glengary Glen Ross (NSFW)
Sales meeting scene from Glengary Glen Ross (NSFW)

Sales down? Maybe you need to bring this guy in for your next sales meeting.

Example of kitting in this tool/gear bag with drawers using corrugated plastic
Example of kitting in this tool/gear bag with drawers using corrugated plastic

Confused by the term kitting? With products and materials like corrugated plastic and foam the custom possibilities for manufacturing and custom kits are endless. This video demonstrates how one company built a storage case utilizing kitting concepts, corrugated plastic, and foam.

LN IRON CO.
LN IRON CO.

Our speciality is using traditional blacksmithing techniques to create unique artistic masterpieces. Our guild of artisans range in production from the most basic functional designs to duplicating elaborate reproduction.

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Leeds project fair: Student business project building markets in Botswana
Leeds project fair: Student business project building markets in Botswana

Jim Marlatt, senior instructor at Colorado Leeds school of business, discusses a student project in Botswana to develop a nutrition bar working with an international food company that would sell goods made in Botswana, made by people in Botswana, that people in Botswana can afford.

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Colorado Leeds CESR Program: Why Talk About Values in Business?
Colorado Leeds CESR Program: Why Talk About Values in Business?

Donna Sockell, director of the Curriculum Emphasis on Social Responsibility, discusses the program, the kinds of businesses students want to run, and the kind of business leaders they want to be. Something for all of us to think about.

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Colorado Leeds CESR Program: Business Leaders Share Ethical Dilemmas in Leadership Course
Colorado Leeds CESR Program: Business Leaders Share Ethical Dilemmas in Leadership Course

Donna Sockell, director of the Curriculum Emphasis on Social Responsibility, covers some of the specifics of the program and issues that students confront, and maybe we all should.

Leeds Project Fair: Introduction to the program
Leeds Project Fair: Introduction to the program

Jim Marlatt, senior instructor at Colorado Leeds school of business, describes the role and purpose of the annual project fair. “These are projects that companies may not have enough resources or expertise to address, such as market research, new product development, product promotion, web site design, supply chain audits and process improvement.”

Small Business Tips : Choosing a Small Business Market Position (eHow & Daniel Diener)
Small Business Tips : Choosing a Small Business Market Position (eHow & Daniel Diener)

It is important to consider you want to position yourself in the market. But most business owners are thinking about short term business strategies when they need to be marketing based on how they want their company perceived in 10 to 15 years.

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I’m rich and you’re not AND your business card is crap!
I’m rich and you’re not AND your business card is crap!

No ego here. Just truth. The self proclaimed greatest pitchman alive today says, “You’re a CEO huh? So what? I know companies that are worth $10,000 who have a CEO. My card tells you what I do, guaranteed. What do you do guaranteed?”

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$18 million for a website?
$18 million for a website?

I was just reading the news and came across this doozy over on the ABCNews website: $18M Being Spent to Redesign Recovery.gov Web Site

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You know someone like this at the office (really NSFW)
You know someone like this at the office (really NSFW)

Christopher Walken is having font issues and he’s not very happy about it.

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Small Business Tips : Small Business Market Position Tips (eHow & Daniel Diener)
Small Business Tips : Small Business Market Position Tips (eHow & Daniel Diener)

Customers come from the people who have never done it before and people who have done it before but are unhappy with the way they are doing it. You aren’t going to steal a competitors happy customers and the unhappy ones won’t come unless you offer something unique.

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Small Business Tips : Small Business Employee Training (eHow & Daniel Diener)
Small Business Tips : Small Business Employee Training (eHow & Daniel Diener)

You’ve got the employees. Now what? Most employers assume that the employee know how to do the job. But in order to do a good job (which most employees want to do) they need to know what you are expectations are.

Small Business Tips : Small Business Market Position (eHow & Daniel Diener)
Small Business Tips : Small Business Market Position (eHow & Daniel Diener)

How you position your company is vital to understand and your decision to make.

Small Business Tips : Small Business Bookkeeping Organizing (eHow & Daniel Diener)
Small Business Tips : Small Business Bookkeeping Organizing (eHow & Daniel Diener)

Some tips on how to manage your books so that you stay on top and find success.

Small Business Tips : Small Business Three-Part Bookkeeping (eHow & Daniel Diener)
Small Business Tips : Small Business Three-Part Bookkeeping (eHow & Daniel Diener)

Setting up the books. Data entry and filing. Analysis of what that data means.

Small Business Tips : Retaining Small Business Employees (eHow & Daniel Diener)
Small Business Tips : Retaining Small Business Employees (eHow & Daniel Diener)

It costs a lot more to hire a new employee than to retain good employees. How do you keep them happy and at their jobs. It’s not as simple as throwing money at them.

Small Business Tips : Small Business Balance Sheet (eHow & Daniel Diener)
Small Business Tips : Small Business Balance Sheet (eHow & Daniel Diener)

You really need to know what goes into the profit loss statement AND what the balance sheet is telling you. Where is the money?

Small Business Tips : Small Business Employee Compensation (eHow & Daniel Diener)
Small Business Tips : Small Business Employee Compensation (eHow & Daniel Diener)

You’ve decided to take on employees. Now you have to decide if you are going to deal with employee turn-over or if you want to keep good employees for the long haul.

Small Business Tips : Small Business Bookkeeping Tips (eHow & Daniel Diener)
Small Business Tips : Small Business Bookkeeping Tips (eHow & Daniel Diener)

What is your role as the business owner in bookkeeping. It’s more than entering the data. You can pay someone to do that.

Small Business Tips : Small Business Compensation System (eHow & Daniel Diener)
Small Business Tips : Small Business Compensation System (eHow & Daniel Diener)

How do you design a compensation system for your business. Daniel Diener covers some of the basics to get you started.

Small Business Tips : Keeping Small Business Employees (eHow & Daniel Diener)
Small Business Tips : Keeping Small Business Employees (eHow & Daniel Diener)

How do you keep good employees? If you want to keep them, make sure they know what they are supposed to do. Make sure you know. And treat them well.

Small Business Tips : Small Business Bookkeeping (eHow & Daniel Diener)
Small Business Tips : Small Business Bookkeeping (eHow & Daniel Diener)

Daniel Diener discusses the importance of small business bookkeeping. Not just for taxes and payroll, but in helping to determine your most profitable product and improving the marketing of it.

Starting a Business : Marketing a Business (eHow & Sweet Leaf Tea)
Starting a Business : Marketing a Business (eHow & Sweet Leaf Tea)

Build a personality around your brand and be earnest.

He wouldn’t do NOTHING differently.
He wouldn’t do NOTHING differently.

I agree.

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LN IRON CO wants you as a customer!
LN IRON CO wants you as a customer!

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Confused by the term kitting? With products and materials like corrugated plastic and foam the custom possibilities for manufacturing and custom kits are endless. This video demonstrates how one company built a storage case utilizing kitting concepts, corrugated plastic, and foam.

Our speciality is using traditional blacksmithing techniques to create unique artistic masterpieces. Our guild of artisans range in production from the most basic functional designs to duplicating elaborate reproduction.

Customers come from the people who have never done it before and people who have done it before but are unhappy with the way they are doing it. You aren’t going to steal a competitors happy customers and the unhappy ones won’t come unless you offer something unique.

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