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OMNIKAL 1st Annual Supply Chain Entrepreneur ‘Pitch’ Contest

OMNIKAL 1st Annual Supply Chain Entrepreneur ‘Pitch’ Contest – For $10,000 in cash prizes. “Every breakthrough business idea begins with solving a common problem. The bigger the problem, the bigger the opportunity.” – Michael Dell What’s this? By now you might’ve figured out that we exist to support entrepreneurs in achieving their goals to Go Big. At this year’s annual Business Summit, we decided to ditch the boring panels and turn up the energy with a live pitch competition – done our way! Our goal with the first annual pitch competition is to give our entrepreneurs a chance
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Omnikal 17th National Business Summit Announced

Southport, CT/ — Omnikal (formerly DiversityBusiness.com), the nation’s largest, inclusive business organization, will be hosting its “17th Annual National Business Summit” at the Harvard Club in New York, NY on May 18, 2017 http://www.omnikal.com/summit/. The summit draws entrepreneurs, Fortune 1000 corporations, government agencies and social/tech enthusiast from all over the United States. The Omnikal summit offers a solid platform for the kind of networking that is usually missing from daily business life. Omnikal will also host its 1st Annual Supply Chain Entrepreneur ‘Pitch’ Contest that’s open to all entrepreneurs http://www.omnikal.com/pitch-competition/. The event will feature a special celebration for entrepreneurs and
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Women Need to Stop Singing “It’s My Party And I’ll Cry If I Want To”

by Pat Heim, Ph.D. and Tammy Hughes The Heim Group, LLC www.heimgroup.com 7 Reasons Why Men Aren’t Responsible for Failing Gender Initiatives. Ashley has been a manager for four years. She leads a highly motivated team that produces great results and has high moral to boot. But she has recently started thinking about leaving the organization. The men that were hired on at the same time as she have speedily moved up one or two ranks above her and Ashley feels stuck. She talked to her boss about her future. He said that her former colleagues have moved up
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How personality, motivation, company culture can fuel your small business success

by Susan Solovic It’s in style now to talk about company culture. Honestly, the general topic has long been discussed, but in previous days it was referred to as the “work environment.” I do think that the term “company culture” captures the bigger picture and gives us a handle to grab on to as we discuss and try to understand a range of issues that are critical to success in business. The downside is that when we talk about company culture, the focus is often on mission statements, managerial styles, and employee empowerment.
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Discover the Yin and Yang of marketing alliances

by Susan Solovic There is strength in numbers and if you can form alliances with other businesses, you can grab some additional marketing strength. Earlier this year, I outlined a system and some tools you can use to find other businesses that are wooing the same social media audience as you’re trying to get onboard. Today, I want to suggest another very simple way to find companies that might be amenable to forming an alliance with your business. Simply put: If you’re a product supplier, contact the companies who supply related services to your customers. And if you’re a service provider, contact
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