Archives for November 2013
“Entrepreneur” and “CEO” are titles that go hand-in-hand in business, but their close association has been known to give rise to another kind of leader entirely: the entrepreneurial CEO. That’s what Forbes Contributor Robert Sher calls a leader whose penchant for “strategy tinkering”—however well intentioned—can have an adverse effect on organizational growth.
In this month’s Executive Connection, Direct Selling News Publisher and Editor in Chief John Fleming speaks with Tim Brown, Founder and CEO of Jamie Oliver At Home, about leadership, falling in love with the industry, and sharing the mission of health and well-being.
USA Today’s Talking Tech recently spoke to Stella & Dot Founder and CEO Jessica Herrin, as well as stylists and shoppers at one of the company’s popular trunk shows. Stella & Dot projects sales of over $200 million for 2013, and Herrin predicts annual sales will reach $1 billion by the end of the decade.
Since 2003, Amway has directed its people-centric Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts toward improving the lives of children around the world. The company’s annual CSR report for 2012 revealed that 10 million children have now been impacted through the Amway One by One Campaign for Children.
MonaVie Nutrition and Fitness Expert Mark Macdonald is joining up with Mike Galanos and CNN’s HLN (Headline News) in a new weekly segment called "Mike, Mark & Monday — Getting Back in Gear.”
Luxembourg-based Oriflame Cosmetics has announced significant investment in pioneering plant stem cell technology. The company is cultivating its own cell cultures, an innovative technology that will enable Oriflame to source raw materials in the formulation of its beauty products.
Today, personal development is an integral component of most direct selling companies; for many, it is the fuel that fires that entrepreneurial spirit.
As we move toward another Thanksgiving holiday, it is a most significant reminder, regardless of what else might be going on, that there is something very real about an attitude of gratitude and that there is always much to be thankful for.
In six short years, J.Hilburn has grown to be the largest maker of custom shirts and made-to-measure trousers in the world. Each year since its 2007 launch, J.Hilburn’s revenues have doubled. The company is on track to reach $55 million by the end of 2013.
As a business leader are you creating all this new stuff, but in the end, it’s really just the same old thing repackaged and called “new”? Perhaps because you are so close to it you don’t see it that way.
A man on a mission. That’s celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, namesake and inspiration for one of the U.K.’s fastest-growing direct selling companies, Jamie at Home.
About a year ago I had a conversation with the founder of a new direct selling company. We discussed the treacherous road that must be traveled to establish a successful and enduring company in our channel.