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These Asian American Entrepreneurs Celebrate Their Chinese Heritage While Feeding America’s Appetite for Chinese Street Food

Success

Jen Liao and Caleb Wang are second-generation Chinese Americans, and the husband and wife team first opened Xiao Chi Jie (XCJ) as a single restaurant serving Chinese street food in Seattle’s Bellevue neighborhood in 2018. XCJ’s branding is cheeky and modern, with a fun social media presence and earnest customer service.

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3 Tricks to Scoring That Sale

Success

The customer’s inability to make the trade-offs necessary for consensus is, in part, why so many deals fail to close and why so many companies limp along, never solving their biggest challenges. How to help a customer build a consensus Leaders and managers know that consensus increases an initiative’s chance of success.

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Can Starkey’s Latest Hearing Aid Technology Save Conversation?

Success

When we were at a restaurant, she would nod as we were telling a story, but I could tell she couldn’t really hear what we were saying. They are often held in meeting rooms or restaurants with a high level of background noise. after every sentence or two that I, my husband or my daughter spoke. It was frustrating for all of us.

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Ep 240: Joe Rare on Email Management and Working with a Virtual Assistant Team

The Leader Assistant Podcast

In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, Joe talks about recruiting, training, and managing virtual assistants, email management, tips for business process standardization, and the biggest mistake he’s ever made in working with an assistant.

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Tips for the Tourist in All of Us: The Savvy Admin’s Guide to Travel!

Office Dynamics

Taxi: Your choice should depend on the city you are traveling to, the distance you will be going from the airport to the hotel, and any other local traveling you will be doing—such as going from a hotel to a restaurant; plus the time of your arrival (are you arriving after dark and traveling alone?). It takes being proactive and organized.

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The Rise of Coworking and the Variable Cost Economy

Small Business Labs

The article closes with a description of the move from fixed cost business models to variable cost ones: This is starting to look a lot like other outsourcing trajectories, whether it’s manufacturing, customer service, or IT. The shift to variable costs continues to be a megatrend.

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Ep 245: Natalie Lee – Senior Executive Assistant and EA Manager at Atlassian

The Leader Assistant Podcast

Lee is a Senior Executive Assistant and EA Manager at Atlassian, a remote-first, global software company. Lee is a Senior Executive Assistant and EA Manager at Atlassian. Natalie (or Nat!) LEADERSHIP QUOTE Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.