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Handmade With Love, Anna Lim
Handmade With Love, Anna Lim
Research Collection Institute of Service Excellence
Anna Lim of The Soup Spoon discusses the importance of investing in staff engagement and keeping true to your brand DNA.
Building A Better Business With Retention Policies, Richard Huggins
Building A Better Business With Retention Policies, Richard Huggins
Research Collection Institute of Service Excellence
Richard Huggins of Rabbit Carrot Gun comments on Singapore’s manpower challenges and his radical solutions
Inventive Solutions, Alson Teo
Inventive Solutions, Alson Teo
Research Collection Institute of Service Excellence
Alson Teo of Stamfles International reflects on inventing the iKook and why automation is essential to scale.
It Takes Two, Faye Sit, Ernest Ting
It Takes Two, Faye Sit, Ernest Ting
Research Collection Institute of Service Excellence
Faye Sit and Ernest Ting of Hook Coffee contemplate Singapore’s service standards and if the Singapore market is ready for better service.
The Future Of Local Food, Eng Su Lee
The Future Of Local Food, Eng Su Lee
Research Collection Institute of Service Excellence
Restaurateurs Lee Eng Su and Lee Chan Wai share their views on Singapore’s hawker food culture and how they want to change Singapore’s food industry.
Standout Attractions, Jonathan Jeffrey
Standout Attractions, Jonathan Jeffrey
SCL Faculty and Staff Publications
Living in Chicago and working as a traveling salesman in the 1920s-1930s, Duncan Hines had a hobby—visiting and assessing restaurants. He said he was looking for “standout attractions in the culinary department.” His hobby eventually made this native of Bowling Green “America’s foremost food authority” and one of the most recognized Kentuckians of the twentieth century. This article traces the biography of the culinary entrepreneur from his early years in Bowling Green to his successful publishing ventures, and finally to the phenomenal marketing strategy that was used to create one of America’s most enduring and endearing brands.
The Lizard King Of Sobe Beverages, Laurence Weinstein, John Bello
The Lizard King Of Sobe Beverages, Laurence Weinstein, John Bello
New England Journal of Entrepreneurship
John Bello, aka the “Lizard King,” has been lionized in the business press as having been the brilliant entrepreneur who started a beverage company from scratch in early 1995 with his partner, Tom Schwalm, and then sold the product line to PepsiCo seven years later for a reported $375 million. What many people do not know is how close Bello came to failing with his SoBe line of innovative drinks.
Cashing In On Seafood, Laurence Weinstein, Stephen Heard
Cashing In On Seafood, Laurence Weinstein, Stephen Heard
New England Journal of Entrepreneurship
Stephen Heard graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 1970 with a degree in business administration. He started his career by signing up as a management trainee at Woolworth’s Department Store in Wellesley, Massachusetts. It didn’t take him long to realize he missed his calling: being by the Rhode Island shoreline and employed in the fishing industry. Nearly 35 years later, Stephen is a self-made multimillionaire, having followed both his passion for entrepreneurship and for living his life on the Atlantic coast.