Posts from Allison Decleir

Open blog post titled 'On The Cutting Edge of Dyslexia'

On The Cutting Edge of Dyslexia

NEW BEDFORD — William Baker III has struggled with dyslexia almost all of his 19 years — he was diagnosed at 18 months as part of a Rutgers University study. But Baker never dreamed that a summer job

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Open blog post titled 'BrightScope Teaches How His Startup Racked Up Sales'

BrightScope Teaches How His Startup Racked Up Sales

I was on the phone with Mike Alfred when he told me how his young company is growing sales and landing big customers, like Lockheed Martin. I thought he had some interesting techniques

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Open blog post titled '5 Questions With Titans Offensive Lineman LeRoy Harris'

5 Questions With Titans Offensive Lineman LeRoy Harris

I asked offensive lineman Leroy Harris to answer 5 questions …Q. One song you’d karaoke and why? A: “I’m not sure. I don’t always know the names. I just listen to the radio. I’m not a big CD person.”

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Open blog post titled 'Vector Marketing & A Culture of Giving'

Vector Marketing & A Culture of Giving

Recently, I finished reading Seth Godin’s book Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? It does a great job articulating a feeling that has been developing within me over the past couple years as it challenges the reader to become great, or a ‘linchpin’, in their given industry through art creation. ...

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Open blog post titled 'Kindest Cut Nets Service Award'

Kindest Cut Nets Service Award

Calgary businesswoman Angie Macdougall, division manager for Vector Marketing Corporation, the direct sales division of Cutco Cutlery Corporation, was recently presented with the "Marty Domitrovich Award for

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Open blog post titled 'Summer Job: Nice Pay, if You Can Cut It'

Summer Job: Nice Pay, if You Can Cut It

When Derek Kernus failed to land a summer internship at a big company, the College of William & Mary student responded to an ad in the paper for an admittedly unusual job. Now he's spending the summer traipsing

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Open blog post titled 'CUTCO Cutlery Keeps Manufacturing in U.S.'

CUTCO Cutlery Keeps Manufacturing in U.S.

A once-thriving cutlery industry, whose roots go back to English craftsmen who came to America in the 1700s, has pretty much disappeared from the landscape. But CUTCO Corp., a $184 million company

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