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Calvin Conquers America: The Rise of Calvin Klein Ltd.
When he was 26 years old, Klein finally decided to stop taking apprenticeships and to venture out onto his own. With $2,000 of his own money that he had saved and a $10,000 loan from his friend, Barry Schwartz, Klein founded Calvin Klein Ltd. Schwartz became a partner and the two set out to make Klein’s dreams come true.

Privacy, Investing Alpha, and the CEO's Mother-in-Law
Much of investing is a search for hard-to-get data that can give you an edge, or alpha. That quest for alpha via better data is one of the themes of my Money:Tech 2008 conference, and it is the topic of an unusual and fascinating article in Wednesday's Wall Street Journal.
Venture Capital & Recessions
Lots of talk in the venture business, as everywhere else, about the impact of recessions on the business. In general, recession vintage venture funds have been among the better-performing funds. Here are some related points:

Preparing for the upturn - Retaining and attracting the best skills in the market.
With the first signs of economic recovery upon us employers need to be prepared for the upturn, they need to focus on retaining skills and keep employees engaged in their work, if voluntary turnover increases after an economic downturn, then companies have to bear the costs to recruit, train, and attract new employees to replace those who have left. Replacing lost employees quickly becomes expensive. Not only does turnover have financial implications, it also impacts workplace performance. However this is just the tip of the iceberg as customer relationships are impacted, knowledge is lost and often other employees have to pick up the slack, causing increased levels of stress among the remaining workforce.
Get Prepared for the Upturn
Tips to get your ready for the upturn in the economy
Sales Management Training Tips: Sales are down. What can you do?
I faced a similar situation in Q1 2003. As VP of Sales of a Canadian pharmaceutical organization we faced the SARS crisis. Access to our customers became limited. Hospitals and physicians were also limiting sales rep visits. Marketing started calling the sales numbers down for the year, blaming the SARS crisis. As head of sales I had few options. What I did know was that I had to utilize my resources where they were going to generate the greatest revenue. What would you do?

How to secure a pay rise in a recession
Of all the job-related minefields you can enter into, asking for a pay rise must be one of the most dangerous. To ask during a recession surely it is out of the question? Surely it will give good reason for your boss to think you are totally out of touch with reality, or maybe you are just insensitive?

Surviving through troubled times demands Marketing Excellence
An economic downturn is not the time for companies to start cutting back on their marketing activities.
With U.S. Unemployment at 8.1%, Here’s Where to Invest Today.
Economies turn around like ships, not speedboats. Instead of trying to "pick the bottom," why not turn to what's working now. There are many Japanese Yen pairs in the forex market that appear to have bottomed in October.
Taking control of your IT&T career - June 2004
Implementing a successful career management strategy in the IT&T industry has been anything but easy in the last few years. Changing market conditions, mergers, acquisitions, redundancies, retrenchments, and pay reductions have become the common mantra.

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Making business work for development: Rethinking corporate social responsibility
Business is everywhere. Some is crucial to development, while some is implicated in poverty, human rights abuses and environmental destruction. In recent years there has been an upturn in corporations taking responsibility for development challenges. Research shows this is a mixed blessing whilst development practitioners and policy makers could engage more critically to ensure real benefits for development.
Do you want to succeed in a down economy? Many have; you can too.
Staying afloat during an economic downturn is difficult, but it's not impossible. Can you hold on? Will you be ready for the upturn? Can getting back to basic business fundamentals guarntee your company's staying power and a solid comeback in the upturn? Here's what you can do.

Developing a Skilled Workforce for the Upturn
The current economic climate is not to last for ever. It is therefore important that employers begin to prepare and ensure that they have the staffing required for the upturn.
Managers - Put That Stick Away!
Truly acknowledge how important and valuable your people are to you. Treat them well and they will help you ride out this recession and be ready, with you, when the upturn arrives, as it surely will!
Get Prepared for the Upturn
Tips to get your ready for the upturn in the economy
Why entrepreneurs adjust their thinking when business failure is not an option
A true entrepreneur only sees opportunities and the chance to make a lot of money. In a down economy they see it as the time to build greater knowledge, strength and resources to be ready for the inevitable upturn in the economy. However, we if we are not wired like the true entrepreneur we need to remind ourselves of what it takes to keep going and get to the next level.
Preparing for the upturn - Retaining and attracting the best skills in the market.
With the first signs of economic recovery upon us employers need to be prepared for the upturn, they need to focus on retaining skills and keep employees engaged in their work, if voluntary turnover increases after an economic downturn, then companies have to bear the costs to recruit, train, and attract new employees to replace those who have left. Replacing lost employees quickly becomes expensive. Not only does turnover have financial implications, it also impacts workplace performance. However this is just the tip of the iceberg as customer relationships are impacted, knowledge is lost and often other employees have to pick up the slack, causing increased levels of stress among the remaining workforce.
Crossing Your Street Of Success
Regardless of what we read about in periodicals or hear on TV, none of us really know where our economy is going. While I have studied economics and on occasion have made some sound economic predictions, I am not an economist. Therefore, I cannot, nor am I going to, predict when we will see an upturn. I will, however, go way out on a limb and predict we will see some form of an upturn soon, followed by what could be many years of peaks and valleys.

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