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. >> something finally clicked, when beth met fran phillips. the addition of fran's former colleague don oakes to the conversation set the ball in motion. >> don and i are both originally from maine. born and raised here. he's thrifty like i am and he's very, very level headed and easy to talk to. and i left that meeting saying there's a guy i can learn from and work with. >> beth made it clear she wasn't looking for investors, but she was looking for partners and that she needed band width and she needed people who could work in the business. >> before any formal agreement was signed beth fran and don got to work. >> even though we went through some heavy, heavy negotiating, once emotionally we all knew we wanted to work to the don and fran crucially had a lot to share with my business. >> the hope was that their involvement would ensure smoother transition. >> the most important thing i needed to do was learn the business. so i was looking at it from the outside in. and now to be able to sit in on the inside. >> after eight months of wrangling
. >> something finally clicked, when beth met fran phillips. the addition of fran's former colleague don oakes to the conversation set the ball in motion. >> don and i are both originally from maine. born and raised here. he's thrifty like i am and he's very, very level headed and easy to talk to. and i left that meeting saying there's a guy i can learn from and work with. >> beth made it clear she wasn't looking for investors, but she was looking for partners and that she...
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. >> something clicked when she met fran phillip. oaks set the ball in motion. >> we are both from maine, born and raised here. these thrifty, level headed, and i left saying there's a guy to learn from and work with. >> beth was not looking for investors, but partners and needed bandwidth and people who could work in the business. >> before any formal agreement was signed they got to work. >> we went through heavy, heavy negotiating, and the deal could have broke at any point, but once we knew we wanted to work together, don and fran had a lot to share with my business. >> the hope was that their involvement ensured a smoother that's session. >> most important thing to do is learn the business. i was looking at it from the outside in and now to be able to sit in on the inside. >> after eight months the deal was done. both sides had to look beyond the negotiations because they knew their skills complimented each other. >> if not for beth and my commitment to this, it would have fallen apart. >> we quickly became adept of saying, you
. >> something clicked when she met fran phillip. oaks set the ball in motion. >> we are both from maine, born and raised here. these thrifty, level headed, and i left saying there's a guy to learn from and work with. >> beth was not looking for investors, but partners and needed bandwidth and people who could work in the business. >> before any formal agreement was signed they got to work. >> we went through heavy, heavy negotiating, and the deal could have broke...
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she found the perfect match in don oaks and fran phillip.n to a new business owner, it would be one thing i've learned is my philosophy is real simple american express open forum is an on-line community, that helps our members connect and share ideas to make smart business decisions. if you mess up, fess up. be your partners best partner. we built it for our members, but it's open for everyone. there's not one way to do something. no details too small. american express open forum. this is what membership is. this is what membership does. we're in seattle to see which 100 calorie black cherry greek yogurt tastes best. definitely that one. that one's delicious. it's yoplait! what? i love yoplait! the other one is chobani. really. i like this one better. yoplait wins again! take the taste-off for yourself. >>> i want to tell you a story about a girl named jillian lynn. at a young age, jillian was considered hopeless in school. her teachers called her parents said they thought she had a learning disorder. now if this were today, they would have
she found the perfect match in don oaks and fran phillip.n to a new business owner, it would be one thing i've learned is my philosophy is real simple american express open forum is an on-line community, that helps our members connect and share ideas to make smart business decisions. if you mess up, fess up. be your partners best partner. we built it for our members, but it's open for everyone. there's not one way to do something. no details too small. american express open forum. this is what...
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she found the perfect match in dawn oaks and fran phillip.tured the brand for future success. if i can impart one lesson to a new business owner, it would be one thing i've learned is my philosophy is real simple american express open forum is an on-line community, that helps our members connect and share ideas to make smart business decisions. if you mess up, fess up. be your partners best partner. we built it for our members, but it's open for everyone. there's not one way to do something. no details too small. american express open forum. this is what membership is. this is what membership does. if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis like me and you're talking to your r if you have moderate t about a biologic... this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my joints from further damage. this is humira giving me new perspective. doctors have been prescribing humira for ten years. humira works for many adults. it targets and helps to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms
she found the perfect match in dawn oaks and fran phillip.tured the brand for future success. if i can impart one lesson to a new business owner, it would be one thing i've learned is my philosophy is real simple american express open forum is an on-line community, that helps our members connect and share ideas to make smart business decisions. if you mess up, fess up. be your partners best partner. we built it for our members, but it's open for everyone. there's not one way to do something. no...
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fran phillip, tom and colonel reese. we're seeing a pattern here.talking about here in the u.s. who might be interested in doing something like this young man? >> we really don't. the problem is it's an ever growing population. i think we've spoken before. i started a non-profit called the counter extremeism property. social media have been subverted and used by extremism to disshow their propaganda. it seems like this ohio man was just such case. he's on there. he's sort likes the idealology and looking for an opportunity to act. with all these bad actors using social media to show their propaganda it's a very dangerous environment. the fbi interrupted this one, but there are too many for them to be able to do that every time. >> let's take a look at a couple of photos. one is the yearbook photo of the young man. you can see how young he is. 20-year-old chris lee cornell and pictures of authorities really taking him down. he is in custody at this point. this is an example of a potential lone wolf. how big of an issue is this? >> social media is the
fran phillip, tom and colonel reese. we're seeing a pattern here.talking about here in the u.s. who might be interested in doing something like this young man? >> we really don't. the problem is it's an ever growing population. i think we've spoken before. i started a non-profit called the counter extremeism property. social media have been subverted and used by extremism to disshow their propaganda. it seems like this ohio man was just such case. he's on there. he's sort likes the...
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let's talk to phillips about their numbers. we will speak to the ceo, frans van houten.nk you for joining us. how is the performance of the business doing? you are sad and you are 1% behind achieving yourselves growth -- you said it you are 1% behind achieving your sales growth, tell us a more. >> our 2014 results in my view were disappointing. we had internal issues and also the outside world where the growth is slowing down in china and russia and emerging markets was a lower currency. and we are going to unprecedented transformation of philips separating out the lighting division and making it a self standing company. that is a lot of movement. it leads us to wanting to inform our shareholders we are currently tracking above one percentage point below our growth rate crawford ability. -- profitability. we look at the future very positively. yesterday obama said he want to go to a health care system that is much more focused on quality and output at a lower cost. that is exactly our strategy. we are looked -- where focusing on partnering with hospitals. we want another
let's talk to phillips about their numbers. we will speak to the ceo, frans van houten.nk you for joining us. how is the performance of the business doing? you are sad and you are 1% behind achieving yourselves growth -- you said it you are 1% behind achieving your sales growth, tell us a more. >> our 2014 results in my view were disappointing. we had internal issues and also the outside world where the growth is slowing down in china and russia and emerging markets was a lower currency....