Is bigger always better? Amy Tan doesn't think so. While her Amy Tangerine clothing line is available in over 100 boutiques nationwide, she's been very careful to avoid retailers such as Target. Here, Tan talks about finding the right scale for your business, choosing quality over quantity, and staying true...
In the last 10 years, Jennifer Happillon has executed senior-level executive and CEO searches for the likes of Disney, HBO and Yahoo. The firm she works for, Morgan Samuels Company, is one of the top twenty executive search firms in the U.S. Here, she explains how to find the...
It's not Nintendo and it's not gambling, but every month 80 million games are played in nine languages on King.com. Billed as "the world's largest skill games site," King.com has capitalized on the public's appetite for fun, charging many of its 10 million registered users small fees for competition and...
After making the big time with distributors like Saks Fifth Avenue, award-winning fashion designer Nony Tochterman decided to scale back. Why? After shipping, price reductions and technology expenses, her Petro Zillia line wasn't making any money. Now, she sells online and in select boutiques as well as in her own...
In the past fifteen years, Dr. Jay Grossman has built a stellar dental practice in one of L.A.'s most affluent areas. During that time, he has not only served over 10,000 mostly well-off patients, but he and his associates have also delivered over $1 million in free dental services to...
Directing a film is a lot like running a business. You have a budget. You have crew. And then you have the biggest H.R. challenge the world has ever known: celebrity egos. Director Joe Carnahan has worked on the low-budget "Narc," the $17 million "Smokin' Aces" and the $180 million...
How does a good idea take hold? Serial entrepreneur Jason Calacanis knows the answer. The Brooklyn-born new media bad boy has been stirring up money and attention for his projects ever since he founded The Silicon Alley Reporter in 1996. He followed that with Weblogs, Inc., which he sold to...
Some of the best businesses come from simple solutions to everyday problems. That's what drove Jennifer Gunn to create The Cupcake Courier, a handy baked goods travel case that's now sold in Bed, Bath & Beyond, Dillard's and Linens 'N Things. It's even been featured in Oprah's magazine. Along...
What are the key elements in advertising today? According to Richard Bronshvag, Group Creative Director at ad firm Dailey and Associates, it's all about creating a mythology, having a great brand manager, and the power of media both new and old. These elements have helped Bronshvag and Dailey craft winning...
FOR all the renewed talk of a "conservative crack-up" these days, there are still some things conservatives can largely agree on. The big examples are pretty obvious: Markets are more efficient than government, collectivism is bad, Reagan was put on this earth to kick ass and chew...
IF YOU'RE thinking of getting a pet, remember - a pig, rabbit, lizard, goat, tarantula and horse is for life, not just for Christmas. Because if you go down to the pound today you're just as likely to come home with a...
Through the marvels of DNA testing, some of the greatest mysteries of Mutt-dom are being revealed. Dogs of vague or unrecognizable ancestry -- whether fluffy white mongrels with Chihuahua ears and beagle-like voices or massive hounds that resemble nothing previously seen in nature -- are being...
Within minutes, a New Jersey judge yesterday said what he thought of the 24 defendants, charged in a $60 million illegal sports-gambling ring in the high-stakes poker room inside the Borgata Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City. "I don't look at these kind of cases" like sexual assault...
The Maryland State Bar Association's Web site promoted the keynote speaker during Solo Day at its annual convention as "THE Jay Foonberg," as if to assure lawyers they would not be seeing the equivalent of a cover band. That is because Foonberg is...
SANDUSKY, Ohio -- Amusement parks and water parks aren't likely to see a drop-off in visitors this summer, despite surging gas prices and the struggling economy, the head of North America's third- largest park operator says. Families and teens still will come to...
What do pony rides, firetrucks and kayaks have in common? They'll all be at the Sundance Children's Festival, Friday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., at the resort in Provo Canyon. In addition to pony rides, entertainment will include clowns, kayak and yoga...
A month after the videotaped police beating of three shooting suspects, emotions remain at a flash point. Yesterday, a judge's suggested one-day delay in a hearing on a pretrial motion by the lawyer for one of the suspects dissolved into a shouting match, with defense attorney D. Scott Perrine...
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