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overstock.com
Posted by: Janna Chi | December 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment
If you want to buy discount products online, Overstock.com is a good choice. The idea behind this website is in its name, overstock. Companies which have surplus products can sell to Overstock.com. Nowadays, Overstock.com is expanding their business and becoming more and more popular. The reason for the expansion for the company is because plenty of companies do […]
Dec
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The google culture
Posted by: Janna Chi | December 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment
I can almost guarantee that every University student has used Google’s services. Its most popular services are google search and google map. In 1998, Google was formed. In a relatively short time, it became the top search engine. I believe besides the good leadership in Google, a solid workforce is one of the key reasons behind the company’s success. Google employees are very satisfied. […]
Dec
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Successful entrepreneurs
Posted by: Janna Chi | December 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment
The prof asked a question before we started the entrepreneurship class: ”who’s family has their own business?” Even though I didn’t put my hand up at that moment, I grew up in an entrepreneural family. My father has been an entrepreneur since I was born. He has invested in a lot of different industries, food industry, […]
Dec
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Warren Buffett
Posted by: Janna Chi | December 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment
When we talk about finance, the first person comes to my mind is Warren Buffett, a 77 old man who once passed Bill Gates and became the richest person in the world. In the class, We learned the basic about finance which is risk allocation, how stock prices are determined, how finance affect a company’s opperation. Buffett’s main […]
Dec
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social entrepreneur in my life
Posted by: Janna Chi | December 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment
After the social entreprenurship class, I am interested in doing volunteer work and helping others. When I went online and search for relevant information, I found a report about a national organization, the Canadian Social Entrepreneurship Foundation, and its recent cooperation with a SFU club. Even though the program has just been launched, it sounded very promising. In UBC, […]