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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. Wang quit his full-time job in finance to focus all of his time and energy on helping XCJ survive.

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How to Survive a Recession, According to a 91-Year-Old Business

Success

To keep the 76,000-square-foot store running with only 120 employees, down 40% from the prior year, and with 50% fewer staff in the restaurant, they had to find efficiencies like streamlining the restaurant menu. As a result, he began monitoring the company’s finances on a weekly basis. Great advice.”

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Ep 254: Ciara Trotman on Forming Professional Relationships and Career Paths for Assistants

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

Ciara Trotman is an executive assistant and event planner with over 20 years of experience in corporate finance and big box technology. LEADERSHIP QUOTE I will not lose, for even in defeat there’s a valuable lesson learned, so it evens up for me. –

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Ep 229: Michelle Motz on Being an EA in a Public Company and the Role of an EA in a Remote World

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Michelle Motz is a highly accomplished and results-driven administrative professional with a knowledge of finance, investor relations, strategy, M&A and Human Resources. In this episode, Michelle talks about working in a public company, the changing role of an executive assistant in our remote world, and how to elevate the role.

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Ep 212: Mariah Kerby on Discovering and Using Your Gifts, and Nurturing a Community of Growth for an Assistant Team

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She currently serves a Software Engineering Executive but also has experience assisting in the medical, arts, legal, real estate and finance fields. . – 1 Timothy 4:12 CONNECT WITH MARIAH Mariah on LinkedIn ABOUT MARIAH Mariah Kerby is an experienced assistant who has been in the space for 10 years.

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Ep 221: Jennifer Chamberlin on Working From Home and Seeing Yourself as More Than Just an Assistant

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Jennifer is now a certified bilingual online business consultant after completing Gemma Went’s Conscious Consultant Certification program where she learned about research methodology, business strategy, marketing and sales, finance, and operations.

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Competitive Intelligence: Not Just For Big Business | THE SMALL.

The Small Business Blog

Steve Said on January 26th, 2010 at 3:38 pm I often find that CI is overlooked by small businesses especially regarding restaurants for example. Say you have a competing restaurant a few blocks away. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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