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Investment Whiz Kid: Buffett Amasses a Fortune
With $100 of his own money and $105,000 from friends and family, Buffett created Buffett Associates, Ltd. in 1956. By the end of the year, he was managing over $300,000 in capital from a small office out of his new home. It was a lot of money, but for Buffett, it wasn’t enough.

Becoming the Asian Superman: Li’s Business Takes Off
Li’s plastics manufacturing company was officially founded in 1950 and began by making plastic combs and soapboxes. He had borrowed the startup capital he needed from family, friends, and the contacts he had acquired while working as a salesman in the years before, but it still was not a lot. “The first year, as I didn’t have much capital, I did everything myself,” Li recalls, “which kept my overhead low.” From learning about everything from accounting to how to fix the gears of his equipment, Li says he “started from the bottom up.”
The Father of Chewing Gum: The Early Years of William Wrigley Jr.
William Wrigley Jr. was just 29 years old when he used his life savings of $32 to start up his own soap manufacturing business. After experimenting with selling both soap and baking powder, Wrigley Jr. finally found his niche in chewing gum. He did not invent it, but he did go on to build the top chewing gum manufacturer in the world, bringing it for the first time to the masses, first in America and then around the world.
CONNECTING IS NOT ENOUGH: The Anatomy of a Referral (Part One)
This article originally appeared in The National Networker Growing a business without developing a flow of good quality referrals can be tough. Yet so many companies try to do so.
Financial and Cost Statements in Cost Accounting
An indispensable part of any system of accounting is programmed of periodical statements and reports to inform management of the current financial position of the business and of the progress made by, and the costs incurred for, each process, department and division.
The Ultimate Sales Tip
The ultimate sales tip has only 3 words. Discover what it is today.

Getting Paid
Getting work is not automatic, and so is getting paid after you've done your work.
You Never Know Whom They Know
Don't think a gardener can be a referral source to the rich? Think again. Discounting even one potential networking opportunity can be disastrous.

Be Googled Or Die
Companies who don't know the importance of SEO and Google will fade off from the scene in no time.
A Basic Guide to Promotional Products
Running a business requires you to use various marketing strategies and determining when it’s best to use which. One marketing strategy that you’ll no doubt use often is giving out promotional products, and if you haven’t had any experience yet with this strategy, here’s what you should know.
Is Ford's auto-xchange the "Real Deal?" (Survey Response 2)
In a recent video that was released by The Ford Motor Company, Ford's Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Jim Yost indicated that the company has to "share information in real-time" and therefore can no longer use "the sequential processes” in which there were many “handoffs" and "transfers of information." Yost also emphasized the fact that Ford needs to "integrate much more closely with their customers, supply base and even internally," as well as stressing the importance of making information available to multiple levels of their supply base "simultaneously," thereby eschewing the current "cascade processes that might take days, weeks and even months" to disseminate. To enable you to respond to this question, you can access both the video as well as the corresponding article by contacting the author.
Are Multiple Supply Chain Networks Important A PI Q and A Track No 3
The following is the third track in the Q&A series which posed the question, “Are Multiple Supply Chain Networks Important?” Given the continuing strong reader response, the series will be extended for the balance of this week.

Why discounting is bad for business
Discounting is a short term fix with long term consequences! While there is some disparity among experts, most say that even in the current marketplace, discounting can cause long term damage to your overall business success. According to www.sm.com.au, discounting is a costly strategy for retailers. While the book called, You Can Compete, suggests that discounting will double retail sales, most data points towards a business disaster. There are several successful alternatives to discounting that are available for your business.
The Future Workplace
Where and how people work in the future will have little resemblance of what we have today. A crystal ball view of the future does not exist, but many forces will dramatically change the workplace. For sure, organizations will go through constant experimentation as they struggle to stay competitive. What will appear chaotic to some – specifically those presently employed – will seem natural to other, especially the “Y” Generation, our next American workforce.
EXPORTING
The Fastest Way To Grow A Small Manufacturing Business!
Engage Your Staff in The Word of Mouth Process
From time-to-time, business owners ask me how to get their staff members to buy into word-of-mouth marketing as a way to grow their business. I find that many times business owners don’t even consider asking their staff to cultivate strong word of mouth for the company

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The Power of Two: Partnerships in the Manufacturing Industry
In the manufacturing industry, the term partnership used to apply to old-school joint ventures, now it can just as easily be used in the context of modern distribution, licensing or joint development deals. To start a new business in this traditionally cash-strapped, union-laden industry, it’s important to understand the attributes of a partnership in the manufacturing industry, and success stories from the most 4 beneficial types of partnerships for small businesses.
Kyaizen An Old New Quality Concept
The Japanese word 'Kaizen' means gradual, unending improvement; doing little things better; setting - and achieving - ever-higher standards. Masaaki Imai, the author of a book with the same title in the late eighties, says that it is Kaizen that is the simple truth behind Japan's economic miracle and the real reason the Japanese have become the masters of "flexible manufacturing" technology - the ability to adapt manufacturing processes to changing customer and market requirements, and do it fast.
The Efficiency and Labour Market Impact Have Varied Across Sectors
In the competitive manufacturing and tradable services sectors, efficiency gains, defined as improved performance of the company, have been generally achieved with wide variations in performance across firms and countries.
If You're In Trouble, Reach Out for Help... Now!
Last week, I got a call from a client asking me to help a friend, the owner of a small manufacturing company. "What's a Forbearance Agreement?", she inquired. Gulp! "Tell me more," I suggested, knowing full well that a few months of trouble had certainly preceded her friend's question.
Offshoring and the tough questions to answer
Are you thinking of taking your manufacturing offshore? Can you spell Melamine? Lead paint? SARS? Tough questions that will probably lead you to realize that Asia is not for your U. S. company.

Manufacturing productivity tool belt
To improve manufacturing productivity, to cut cost and add output, many tools and practices are useful for specific applications. Use this checklist to review your own manufacturing operations; follow them to the more significant opportunities

Is It Time to Rebuild America's Middle Class
While the Ford Motor Company is certainly associated with Detroit, Ford also cranked out cars in Pittsburgh, PA, reports Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post as it will explain how Pittsburgh’s Ford plant illustrates that America’s complex manufacturing backbone was created over many decades yet was wiped out in 10 years. In order to rebuild its middle class, America must make a conscious and collective national decision to be friendlier to capital investment in order to create opportunities associated with energy, mining, manufacturing, distributing, and selling goods and services.

Lessons from Christopher Columbus and Steve Jobs for Your Career
There is a time and a place in your career when you just know. You know something or you see something and no one else does. It may be a solution to an ongoing problem. It may be the resolution to a bottleneck in a manufacturing process. You might have a connection in another company who if partnered with your company would both greatly benefit. What do you do?
Market Development Funds - How Channel Partners Become Your Best Allies
A manufacturer providing a Market Development Fund (MDF) program would seem like a perfect solution for the company and its dealers, right? It's a cooperative endeavor that supports channel partner marketing campaigns to generate demand and a greater return on investment than what each company could have achieved on its own, yes? So why, then, did I hear this from one of our heavy equipment manufacturing customers - "We had MDF programs for years for co-op advertising, direct mail and other initiatives. But, we finally stopped. We couldn't take it anymore. It was too painful for us and our dealers."
MDF Funds and Channel Portals
A production or manufacturing company that has Market Development Fund (MDF) system is one of the best systems a company should have for its dealers and retailers. MDF funds are systems or solutions that can support a channel partner by providing funding to better promote business.
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