by Paul Lepa | Mar 18, 2010 | Growing Business
Met with Klaus this morning for breakfast – to discuss the move forward path and also our relationship together. We are very much on the same and very complimentary skill sets, which makes working together quiet easy. We talked about various issues that could cause...
by Paul Lepa | Mar 17, 2010 | Growing Business
After 2 days of heavy work, today was the day where we sketched out the term sheet. I had worked on preliminary cost estimates on the China side to establish funding level, and runway time. We also spent a few hours looking at an individual P&L of an order,...
by Paul Lepa | Mar 16, 2010 | Growing Business
Here is some photos of the DLM Retail Stores. When I went to Germany I expected a small store without a lot of branding – instead I found a beautiful, smart, exciting presentation and very high quality visual imagery. So much to work with. Very exciting to take...
by Paul Lepa | Mar 16, 2010 | Growing Business
Had a great day today – excellent discussion on the business – and discussion of execution, speed, deadlines, etc. Basically, in 3 days, we are able to frame a business plan, with an execution deadline of Jan 1, 2011. It will involve launching some 20 sites, over...
by Paul Lepa | Mar 15, 2010 | Growing Business
Early start at 5AM – mostly due to jet lag. Spent the morning going over the presentation material and at 8AM Markus picked me up and we drove out to Thomas loft for the meetings. The day unfolded very well, with exchange of information about the DLM group and...
by Paul Lepa | Mar 13, 2010 | Growing Business
I flew from Beijing to Narita and had one night in Narita before taking a flight for Frankfurt. It was the first time I stayed in Narita (instead of Tokyo) and it was great. My ‘airport’ hotel turned out to be some 30 minutes from the airport – not quite what I...