by Paul Lepa | Jan 25, 2011 | Growing Business
First day at work and have spent the whole day meeting individually with my mgmt team to discuss the 2011 business plan. I have made some very significant changes and bets on our future and wanted that I was on the right track and didn’t miss anything. The...
by Paul Lepa | Jan 23, 2011 | Growing Business
This week I spend most of the time in Hainan – with 3 of those days in meetings with Pecce. Pecce is the man I have asked to be my mentor – and this was the first trip to see if he would be willing to mentor me. On Friday, I we schedule 4 hours of meetings...
by Paul Lepa | Jan 23, 2011 | Insights
“Some foreigners with full bellies and nothing better to do engage in finger-pointing at us,” he said. “First, China does not export revolution; second, it does not export famine and poverty; and third, it does not mess around with you. So what else is there to say?”...
by Paul Lepa | Jan 18, 2011 | Growing Business
Spending the rest of week in Sanya – my meeting with Pecce – my mentor – got push to Friday or Saturday so it actually good that I book the week. Over couple days I have pretty much decided to separate Pearlsonly and RedStores into separate...
by Paul Lepa | Jan 14, 2011 | Growing Business
First day at work – and it was a great day. Some really nice surprises. Our new RedStores Packaging is now in use and I love it. I saw it first when I saw our outbound bin, and the deep red looks so cool vs the purple. My prelim financial...