Strategic Management

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Four entrepreneurs discuss the idea of acquiring a small business as a route to entrepreneurship. The participants took different routes to Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA): search funds, a self-funded search, and a search sponsored by a private equity fund. Each entrepreneur shares his decision making on the right time to take the path of ETA. Participants: Moderator Peter Kelly; David Kennedy, Sean Callahan, Ciaran Power, and Michael Sanabria. Resources on Search Funds: www.gsb.stanford.edu Center for Entrepreneurial Studies: www.gsb.stanford.edu Recorded: Oct. 5, 2009 as part of Strategic Management 543 course.
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Ergotrons Long-Awaited Presence at ErgoExpo 11 will Demonstrate that the Future of Ergonomics Must Focus on Healthy, Active Movement

St. Paul, MN (PRWEB) November 29, 2011

For the first time ever attendees of ErgoExpo, one of the largest ergonomics conferences in the country, will have an opportunity to see Ergotron and view its full line-up of affordable, wellness-enhancing workspace solutions on exhibit in Las Vegas, Nevada, November 30 through December 2 (booth #441).

With a legacy in designing workspaces for true ergonomic comfort, Ergotron recognizes that traditional, fixed workspacesno matter how well designed for ergonomicsforce knowledge workers into sedentary work routines, putting their health and the health of the organization at risk.

The future of ergonomics must move beyond expensive chairs and keyboards, said Joel Hazzard, president and CEO of Ergotron, relying not only on scientific discipline but staying true to its definition, designing equipment and devices that fit the human body, its movements, and its cognitive abilities. Fixed workspaces do not always accommodate individual needs and more important, do not encourage the movement our bodies need.

What attendees can expect to learn when visiting Ergotron is that the health and productivity of every knowledge worker is at risk in even the most optimally designed ergonomic workspace. Long periods of sitting are linked to cancer, obesity, heart disease and early mortality rates, and sitting disease claims the lives of nearly 300,000 Americans a year.

While sit-only or stand-only products do exist, they can be costly, space-consuming, and difficult to deploy. Moreover, they do not influence the movement needed to combat the harmful, even deadly, risks associated with fixed, sedentary ergonomic work environments.

WorkFit, a family of on-demand sit-stand workstations designed by Ergotron, facilitate healthy, active work routines and have been widely recognized for the affordability and fitness enablement benefits they offer.

With the availability of our new WorkFit products at dramatically lower price points than other height-adjustable or treadmill desks, companies can now afford to invest in their employees well-being and provide sit-stand adjustability to all office workerskeeping healthy workers healthy, while warding off rising healthcare costs and lost time at work due to computing discomfort or injury, said Hazzard. When companies can begin to connect the productivity and wellness benefits associated with sit-stand work environments and how this can positively impact the entire organization, the light bulbs really start going off.

Easily integrated with existing desktop equipment, Ergotrons WorkFit Sit-Stand workstations are available in multiple configurations to meet the single or dual monitor requirements of computer users. Easily calculable ergonomic payback (payback.ergotron.com) helps companies see the inherent productivity gains and quick return on investment.

At ErgoExpo 11 Ergotron is showcasing the latest addition to the WorkFit portfolio, the WorkFit-A Sit-Stand Workstation, available early 2012. One of a select number of products featured in the ErgoExpo Attendees Choice Awards, the WorkFit-A clamps to the rear or side of most surfaces, and like the rest of the WorkFit family, enables an effortless sit-and-stand on-demand work style. The keyboard, swing arm and monitor easily fold out of the way as needed, allowing users full access to desk surface area. Like all WorkFit products, the new workstation features Ergotrons patented Constant Force Technology.

Ergotron is partnering with California-based Office Relief in booth #441 at Caesars Palace. Attendees can visit the booth to learn more about Ergotrons innovative product placement programs or enter to win a workstation makeover, which include ergonomic solutions from Office Relief and a sit-stand workstation and accessories from Ergotron.

ErgoExpo 11 attendees are encouraged to follow Ergotron on Twitter (@ergotron) or via Facebook during the show to learn about additional promotions and information about the company and its WorkFit product portfolio.

Available globally, Ergotrons WorkFit portfolio can be found online at Workfit.ergotron.com, at MSRPs ranging from $ 379 to $ 899. To learn about Ergotron and the entire WorkFit product line, visit http://www.ergotron.com, call 800.888.8458 or join the Just Stand Wellness Uprising at http://juststand.org.

About Ergotron:

Founded in 1982 by VESA FDMI standard author and visionary Harry Sweere, Ergotron is a global manufacturer of digital display mounting and mobility products, headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota, with sales efforts in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, and Singapore. Ergotrons products have been improving the human interface with digital displays for over 25 years. Our history of innovation and passion for differentiation is evidenced in over 37 patents and our growing portfolio of award winning products for computer monitors, notebooks, and large flat panel displays and T.V.s Ergotron products enhance computing wellness, improve workplace productivity and create business process efficiencies, wherever and whenever theyre used. Incorporating Ergotrons Constant Force lift and pivot motion technology, wall and desk mount arms, stands, mobile carts, pivots and vertical lifts require less effort to achieve more ergonomic motion, improving the users experience when viewing any digital display for work or entertainment.

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Launch of the Book “Real Estate Unleashed – The Game has Changed! Do you Know how to Win it?”

San Jose, CA (Vocus/PRWEB) March 22, 2011

Real Estate Unleashed – a book meant for Realtors was recently launched at Santa Clara County Association of Realtors by its authors Shashank Shekhar and Carole Rodoni. Since then, the book tour has taken place at San Mateo, Morgan Hill and Oakland in the San Francisco Bay Area. More book tours are planned in the coming months across Northern California.

Speaking at the Book launch, Shashank Shekhar mentioned “Real Estate Industry gets impacted by a lot of stuff that happens outside the industry. Very few, if any book has been written for Realtors that provide this bigger picture. That’s why Carole and I wrote this book.”

About the Book:

Real Estate Unleashed is about the new wave of real estate – the steak and not just the sizzle. Too many Real Estate Agents dont get the big picture. They are so immersed in whats happening on a daily or a weekly basis that they fail to plan for whats ahead. This book (probably the only one of its kind) tries to rectify that problem. No other book on this topic provides the bigger picture. The book starts by providing Realtors the fundamentals of Economy, Real Estate and Lending. The authors then delve into some of the major changes that are going to impact the industry in a big way. It also provides the readers step-by-step instructions on how they can win this new game of Real Estate, the rules of which have been completely changed.

Among other things, in this book the Real Estate Agents will learn:

*How to master the REO Business

*The fastest growing demographics

*The Buyers and Sellers of Tomorrow

*How to generate business on the web

*How to create a mega brand

*How to plan and execute the right way to guarantee success

*Little known No to Low downpayment loans that can help agents close more transactions

The book is available in both Paperback and eBook format and is priced at $ 9.70. Go to the book’s webpage – http://www.realestatetools4u.com/real-estate-unleashed-book to get the details. The book is also available for sale on Amazon.com.

About the Authors:

Shashank Shekhar – Shashank is widely considered SF Bay Area’s #1 Mortgage expert. He is a mortgage broker/banker with Arcus Lending. He is the author of one of the top rated mortgage blogs in the country and has been featured on several TV and Radio shows. He was named by National Mortgage Professional Magazine as one of the top 25 most connected mortgage professionals in the country. Shashank has previously published the book “First Time Home Buying 101 – a step by step guide of the home buying process” which is available on Amazon.com.

Carole Rodoni – Carole has been in the real estate business for well over 20 years including as President of Fox and Carskadon Real Estate, COO of Cornish & Carey Real Estate and as President of Alain Pinel Realtors where she headed up a firm that did well over $ 1B in annual sales and had somewhere around 1,000+ people working for the firm. She currently spends her time consulting for various title companies and other real estate offices all over the country and is often quoted in the Wall Street Journal, the San Francisco Examiner, and other local papers in the SF Bay Area.

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Headquartered in Deerfield Beach, Florida, China Direct Industries acquires controlling interests of Chinese business entities. We operate two primary business segments: Magnesium and Basic Materials. We are committed to improving the quality and performance of each subsidiary by providing an array of resources to augment their efficiency and growth. These resources include management advice, investment capital, business development services, strategic planning, internal control, macroeconomic industry analysis, and financial management. Through this ownership control, we provide resources, enabling these subsidiaries to successfully expand their operations.

In addition, we provide consulting services to Chinese entities seeking to compete in a global economy. These services include strategic planning, business development, investment and financing assistance, M&A planning and analysis, modeling and valuation analysis, financial management, SEC report filings and management, SOX 404 compliance, and investor and public relations services.

With offices in the United States and China, China Direct Industries is comprised of both Chinese and American business professionals eager to develop creative solutions to access the growing Chinese economy. Employing a multicultural team which has been operating successfully within the landscape since 2001, our organization presents a series of advantages critical to the success of Chinese entities.

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