This week was fascinating. I loved the case study about Burt's Bees. Roxanne was a rockstar with what she was able to accomplish. A fellow student mentioned that there was a video on Netflix that was a documentary on Burt. I was interested to see what his views were on things especially since learning in the case study that he didn't last very long after they moved operations down to NC. Roxanne believed whole heartedly in the company and in their potential and nothing was going to change her mind. I think this helped her to make the tougher choices of up and moving the whole company. Another takeaway I got was her ability to hire on people with more experience than herself. She got top talent in NC and by giving them a piece of the company, she was able to help hook them and bring them on board. I would also venture to say that those high value employees were more productive when they had skin in the game too.
$100 business challenge update: I'm not going to lie. This was a depressing week. I've been trying to get info for the "About Us" page for the nursury and landscaping supply company but they just aren't getting back to me. I know it's their busy season. Plus I'm trying to get them to pay me. I can't get paid if they aren't giving me what I need to finish the site! Although I've been in sales my whole life, this is a new experience of doing all of the work and not getting paid! Building websites can be very time intensive and part of me doesn't want to sell a lot more because this has been such a hassle. Maybe I did it too cheap. Maybe people would take me more seriously if I charged more. It's been a great learning experience and I wouldn't change it for the world, even though it's frustrating and hard!
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