Where friendship met business

On a Saturday night in late September, hip-hop artist Michael Casper was set to play his first show in an inconspicuous house on 36th Street. His managers, sophomore music industry students Sean Lewow and John Van Liere, had carefully crafted the moments leading up to Casper's performance, even changing the set list so that certain friends could catch Casper's performance before leaving. But right as Casper was supposed to take the stage, he was nowhere to be seen.

Lewow sprinted down 36th Street searching for Casper, who had gone to the grocery store, while Van Liere tried to stall the lineup and persuaded the audience to wait. At the time, the stress sent them both into a frenzy. But recalling the incident several weeks later, in between bouts of laughter, Lewow and Van Liere saw it as just another part of the job — running their own A&R company, Bottom Feeder Management.

"We were just yelling at each other all night," Van Liere said. "At the end of the day he played a great set, and we all had a really fun time. We got mad at each other for a second and then five minutes later we're back at it talking like normal. That's how it goes."

Lewow and Van Liere met at a parents' mixer for music industry majors at the Thornton School of Music and immediately realized that they shared similar goals and visions. In high school, both Van Liere and Lewow put on shows for charity, and Van Liere also admired his partner's work ethic, which he said set him apart from others in the music industry.

"Everyone always has lofty goals and aspirations, but a lot of people don't actually do anything about [them]," Van Liere said. "We instantly gravitated toward each other because we were both really doing it."

Lewow and Van Liere began bouncing business ideas off of each other until they settled on a promising one called the "Thornton Collective." Initially, they aimed to leverage Thornton's connections to help student musicians release their work in the real world, but soon found that many talented artists outside of campus who were also looking for representation.

"And then we were like, why are we doing this through the school? We can just do it ourselves," Van Liere said.

Thus, Bottom Feeder Management was born. The company's six-person team comprises Lewow, Van Liere, three videographers from Ouros, a creative collective and an audio engineer. Currently, managing two artists — Casper and Joe Avio — is a full-time job. The team worked on Casper's debut single "Teenage Apathy" and his upcoming music videos, as well as Avio's debut album release in November.

"We want to create someone that has an aura, a name that people recognize, and can use that status as more of a cultural figure to do good," Van Liere said. "We're not creating music — we're creating worlds."

Understanding the artists as friends and individuals allows Lewow and Van Liere to tap into the artists' most authentic, nuanced personas. Their focus on building relationships trumps the goal of creating a hit track, which is why they spent months getting to know Avio and Casper before agreeing to work with them.

"I'd say for us it's very much a relationship game," Lewow said. "At the end of the day, they're our best friends."

However, that focus on personal relationships can cause tension.

"It gets tough, but only because people are … really passionate about waking up each morning and getting involved in this stuff," Lewow said.

Despite the stresses of the job, they're able to work through difficult moments — like the incident at Casper's first show — by prioritizing their friendship above all else.

"[We're able to look past these instances] because at the end of the day it's not important," Van Liere said. "If [Casper is] five minutes late to his set, we're freaking out in the moment, but then afterward … why would I let this stupid thing carry on?"

Lewow and Van Liere are in the same fraternity, live in the same house and share the same social circle. Despite this physical proximity, they say their ability to cooperate stems from their complementary personality traits. Van Liere handles internal logistics, working on production and creative direction, while Lewow handles external logistics, such as interfacing with professionals and in-house public relations.

Over the past semester, they've had to adapt to the changing music climate brought on by Spotify and other music streaming services, as well as learn to recognize and overcome their own personal flaws.

"We started with a blank piece of paper, and we're drawing a roadmap for ourselves," Van Liere said.

As the company evolves, Van Liere and Lewow's goal is to make Bottom Feeder live up to its name — harvesting talent at the figurative bottom of the barrel and looking for up-and-coming artists whose careers could benefit from professional representation.

"We want to get [Casper] out of … working 9 to 5 every day at a Chinese restaurant," Lewow said. "He's the most creative, just beautiful human you'll ever meet. And Joe, he's slaving away at school … but at the end of the day, he needs to be a professional musician."

The phrase "at the end of the day" is one that Lewow and Van Liere use often. Perhaps the defining aspect of their company is their clear, unadulterated understanding of their motivations.

"These artists have become my livelihood," Lewow said. "At the end of the day, they are our very close friends and that gives us that added attachment to them … these people deserve to succeed, and it is our job to help them get there."

Promote Your Business Friendship With Communication

Much can be said about the value of communication in business. But nothing is more important than clear communication when it comes to combining friendships and business relationships.

Over the past several years, I have been privy to disputes that I should never have been made aware of. Petty disagreements, cries of unfair business practices and statements meant to discredit other business people and their practices have been brought to my attention over and over. In every one of these situations, poor communication has been the catalyst to many disagreements and the poor behaviour that follows.

Today we will start to dig into the concept a little further. We'll discuss a simple process that, if used inside your business, will lead you to more clients. It works whether you're doing crafts, own a restaurant or a construction company. It doesn't matter.

I think it's silly that people have a stigma against salesmen and marketing. I'll listen to people talk at times, and I'll listen to them talk about people in sales. I'll hear them talk down to them like they're some lower level piece of scum. It's so silly. I'm sure you've heard the same thing before. I've also heard people talk down to people who are involved in marketing.

When I hear people talk down about sales and marketing, I just laugh and look at the person speaking like a deer looking into the head lights. Even better, I'll look at them as a dog would when their head slowly tilts back and forth (you know what I'm talking about?).

I don't know why people do this. I guess sales and marketing have had a bad rap or something.The reality is that marketing and sales not only drive a business, but I feel marketing is the most important part of the business. Think about it. If you don't have people to sell to how the heck are you going to grow a business? Trust me, I've been there. It's the sure way to have more money left at the end of the month, let me tell you. Marketing is not only the most critical element of your business, but it should be taken extremely seriously.

Going back to the approach of connection with your potential clients and customers, it's important not only to connect with your future buyers at their level on a personal level, but it's important to understand the process of how relationships are built.

If you search the book store you'll find very little on the subject of how relationships are built and created. It's a topic that, for whatever reason, has not been written about. It's important as business owners that you understand this process. In the NEW world of marketing it's more than just running an advertisement. It's about connecting on the personal level.

By connecting with people on a personal level you'll begin to attract the right people into your business, which will increase sales for your business. You'll start to align your message with people who have a need, want or desire for your business.

In my studies, I have found an approach that's rarely talked about. There's not much written on the subject of how relationships are developed, which is the same process your marketing should be run at as well. It's called the Business Friendship Model which was coined by my mentor, Eben Pagan.

If you consider how people make friends you'll notice there is a process that begins the second you meet them. This is not what "MOST" big businesses do, but this is something that home business owners and smaller business do most.

The business friendship model consists of four things:

Attention - You must be able to get the attention of the person you are connecting with. Look at this in a non-business way. Say you're at a party. You meet someone and you find out that they have the same hobby as you, which is baseball, for example. You have a common interest. Now that you've got that person's attention, you'll be able to move to the next step of the process.

Connection - Now that you have the attention, you've made a connection with them. You'll unconsciously begin to accept this person and you'll begin to let your guard down just enough to possibly move to the next step.

Commitment - After you've got their attention or they have yours, and you're feeling good about this person (because you have a connection) you'll now be able to make a commitment. For example, you remember you have an extra ticket to the Colorado Rockies game and, since they are a huge baseball fan, you offer them something they already have a need, want and desire for - a baseball ticket because they're a huge fan.
Action - After you've gone through this process, you'll now be able to take action, which is to go to the game.

If you think about it, the process I just covered is the process for everything we do unconsciously whether we're doing business, making friends or getting a date. We most likely run through these steps several times a day. Once you begin to understand how this is done you'll begin to cater your marketing around this same approach, which will lead you to more clients and customers.

Look Business Sustainability As A Transformative Process

In contrast to the current economic forces, business sustainability is creating a bright spot of opportunity for new and evolving business. Specifically, leading organizations are finding ways to address today’s challenges and transform economic roadblocks into business sustainability opportunities. Currently there are several trends continuing to create business and individual opportunity. Our sustainability consulting practice keeps a watchful eye on the leading-edge of this pursuit, as we now explore business transformation.

In an Industry Week article, Achieving Transformative Success Requires Convergence, the author discusses the need to adapt to the dynamics of today’s business environment. Reviewing some historic business missteps and the business sustainability challenges of today, Industry Week searches for answers in the convergence of organizational structures, processes, and information flows.

“We are living in a transformative age, and no industry is immune to waves of change. The business landscape has never been more littered with the remains of companies that rose to great heights only to have their fortunes plummet because they were unable to transform themselves as times changed. Now more than ever we need to question and rethink each thing we do -- leaving no stone unturned, and asking what's working, what isn't, and why?”

As the guidance offered in the post goes on to explain, sustainable business transformation is a necessity in order to respond to the challenges today. Thus, the author offers what is refered to as "The Transformation Triangle". This three pronged approach includes:

• Business Agility -- the ability to sense changes in economic conditions and competitive landscape, and proactively implement a response.

• Sustained Innovation -- the ability to develop new products, services, and methodologies that advance beyond the competition through repeatable processes.

• Operational Excellence -- the ability to consistently deliver cost-effective services at defined performance levels to internal and external customers.
With the changing landscape of business and greater evidence now pointing to sustainability as critical component to future business success, the companies that are ready to get started today can make some quick progress. Leveraging internal knowledge and enthusiasm for sustainable business programs is a great way to engage the entire organization and an easy place to start. Whether your company leverages the insight above or inspiration from some other source, the pursuit of business sustainability transformation has become a true best practice.

Business Cooperation Create Your Career

The contributions themselves come from an individual's specific mix of passions and talents. The loyal and trusting relationships make up the "how" of an individual's career.
These flourishing relationships are the result of an individual's character and conscience. Because anyone can make unique contributions and maintain trusting and loyal relationships, anyone can have a great career.
Individuals need to practice and improve their skills to be able to contribute effectually to the organization, and they need to have a character that is worthy of the loyalty and trust of others. Career-seekers also need to maintain the right kind of ambition.
If someone is ambitious solely for financial success and is not willing to work hard for it, their ambition will likely destroy their career and make them miserable. However, if they are ambitious to make a positive and helpful contribution to their organization and the public as a whole, they will be much more likely to experience success and fulfillment both in their personal lives and in their career.
By committing to doing what is right, individuals will become driven to contribute more, feel better about themselves, earn more money, and have a wider range and greater number of positive opportunities. The landscape of the global economy is experiencing a shift from the Industrial Age to the Knowledge Age.
The Industrial Age used machines to increase productivity and required workers to fulfill specific roles and complete very specific tasks. In the Knowledge Age, however, people are expected to choose the problems they work on.
They need to make unique and effective contributions by using their own skills and talents to solve the issues at hand. And because of the dependence on skill and knowledge rather than machinery, there is no limit to the number of contributions an individual can make so long as they continue enriching themselves.
While it is true that the current state of the economy is resulting in a decrease in job security, it is also true that organizations still face a wide variety of problems, and by making oneself useful by posing solutions to those problems, they can ensure the security of the position they already have or obtain an entirely new position. Many employees feel as though they are just going around in circles, getting nowhere with their career.
They feel imprisoned by their job description, they limit themselves and their abilities to so that they can fit within the constraints they've imposed upon themselves. These employees need to realize that their jobs are no longer defined by their job descriptions, and that if they truly are dissatisfied with their line of work, it is never too late to reassess themselves and their career and begin the search for a position that melds better with what they have to contribute and what they would like to achieve.
In the Knowledge Age, individuals can challenge old assumptions and bring new insight to the table, they can stop pigeon-holing themselves into unsatisfying jobs, and they can address problems with a ride range of easily available informational resources. Individuals need to ask themselves what their actual contribution will be, not what their job description says.

How To Make a Career Satisfying

The ideal career is an enjoyable one that utilizes a person's skills and abilities in a pleasant environment with good co-workers. However, a self-defining career that brings joy is unattainable for most people.The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that 67 percent of American workers are unhappy on the job because they dislike their boss or co-workers, the duties they must perform, lack of a challenge, and other reasons. To better understand why two thirds of Americans are dissatisfied, interviews were conducted with individuals experiencing both joy and disdain for their careers.
One worker enjoyed her job because of some of the conditions: decent pay, an easy commute, and prior knowledge of what she was expected to do. In addition, despite feeling a little bored about the work itself, she appreciated having the job during a period of high unemployment.
At the other end of the spectrum, another worker cited politics, too many changes, and 60-hour workweeks as reasons for the stress and dread he faced each day. Instead of appreciating what he had, he felt the company owed him more.
The first challenge around the aspect of career is for both employers and employees to ask the hard questions to better understand the roots of any dissatisfaction. Employers should consider whether or not they are respecting their staff by providing fair wages, competitive benefits, clear expectations, the right tools to do their jobs, recognition for their work, and opportunities for them to voice their opinions.
Employees are recommended to explore the following questions:
* Are you giving it your all? In other words, workers need to determine if they are performing to the best of their abilities, doing an honest day's work, and surpassing both their supervisor's expectations and their own.
* Would a different job matter? People who stay in unsatisfying positions are not helping themselves, their bosses, their customers, or the company as a whole, and would be better off making a change. Showing up at any job with the wrong frame of mind contributes to a culture of disengagement.
* Is it time for a change? Some workers fail to realize that what started out as a "job," has turned into a "career," and that it is not the right fit for them. Perhaps they lack the skills to excel and make a contribution, knowledge of their industry, or the motivation to deal with office politics or other challenges. The other challenge is to continually focus on one's own personal growth. By enhancing their own skills, employees not only add value to their company and earn more appreciation and respect from their bosses, but they prepare themselves for more satisfying opportunities that become available.

Manage the Mid-Space or Your Vision Will Fail

“Our company had a big meeting a few weeks ago where the president laid out his vision. It means big changes and a lot of us were skeptical about it. But I have to say that by the end of his presentation, he had us all sold. It was pretty impressive.”
Frank had introduced himself during a break at a conference where I was speaking last week.
“Very impressive,” I responded. “What’s going to happen next?”
“I’m in charge of the eastern sales force. Part of the vision requires moving our sales force away from the corporate headquarters and closer to the properties we own so they can be close to our customer base. We have major properties in eight cities in my region, so my sales folks will relocate there.”
Frank was telling me what his people were going to be doing, not what he was going to do. It occurred to me the company might be in trouble unless their next step was helping Frank and his peers understand the important role they need to play.
One of the top reasons leaders fail to implement their vision is because they don’t manage the “mid-space.”
The biggest failure in implementing vision successfully is in not effectively managing the airspace between the 3000 ft view from the hot air balloon and the on-the-ground view of day-to-day activity.
The view on the ground looks quite different than it does when you’re way up high. The “mid-space” view translates the high level concept into practical action.
The Critical Role of Middle Management
Too often organizations don’t properly equip middle management to fulfill their role as a conduit between the front-line and senior management.
Frank has a major responsible for the mid-space – connecting the people on the ground with the vision so they understand their role and how they contribute to the vision. It’s up to him to help his people understand the implications of the vision on a day-by-day basis.
A charismatic sell, like the president’s, isn’t going to work for Frank, nor would it the best approach, even if he were oozing with charisma. Frank needs to engage in conversation with his people, not “sell” them.
Jumping From “Selling” to “Doing.”
A chief reason for failure in vision implementation is the bias in jumping from “selling” to “doing.” The mid-space requires involving.
To successfully navigate the mid-space, people need time to reflect on the meaning of the vision, the implications for themselves and their work, and to have an opportunity to give input into the vision itself.
When you involve people in creating the vision, they have a deeper understanding of what it really means and they become more committed to it because they see their contribution. And because they see the organization from a different perspective, they are likely to have ideas that will make the vision even stronger.
Leaders at all levels need to take responsibility to manage the “mid-space.”

Corporation About The Business

The world in which we live is most happening place in terms of business and finance. Business news is complementing the entire arena of the corporate world when it comes to the larger extent of decision making and augmenting the process of redefining the growth process. As an individual when you are moving forward to the best management decisions and corporate strategies, it's always mandatory to call upon a process where thoughts are rectified and process is transparent.
The business decisions are somehow and somewhere very much dependent on the happenings and events that keep the greater impact on the business endeavors. Take the instance of the recent recession that has gripped the economy in very decisive manner. Hundreds and thousands of the organizations were either stopped the business executions are slashed their work force in larger extent to survive against the hard times.
Not only in India but across the globe this recession and financial downturns made the things harder to manage and maintain. The people now become very cautious while taking the investment decisions. They do believe now on the expert advice and the market news comes from several resources. Cyberspace is now flooded with number of resources that allegedly offer stock news and expert advices for all those who are interested to make big money from the business. The reason being is that sometimes the authenticity and the reliability of these sources are always on the dock.
In.com, a dedicated venture of Network 18 is best and most applauded place where all the corporate news and business events are listed in very comprehensive manner. The news from various sorts of corporate domains, the market news, corporate trading fundamentals, rising and falling status of the stocks and several other beneficial suggestions and advices are the splendor of this business portal.
The business specifications offered on the portal in.com are suggested and devised by the business experts and the industry legends with immense experience and skill base in business mechanisms and different stock scenarios.
In.com provides the latest Business News, business updates, happenings and events of the corporate world. Here you can get latest Corporate News from all aspect of the life such as current happenings and events.

.Don't BE Great, DO Great

It’s said that Abraham Lincoln often slipped out of the White House on Wednesday evenings to listen to the sermons of Dr. Finnes Gurley at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. He generally preferred to come and go unnoticed. So when Dr. Gurley knew the president was coming, he left his study door open.
On one of those occasions, the president slipped through a side door in the church and took a seat in the minister’s study, located just to the side of the sanctuary. There he propped the door open, just wide enough to hear Dr. Gurley.
During the walk home, an aide asked Mr. Lincoln his appraisal of the sermon. The president thoughtfully replied, “The content was excellent; he delivered with elegance; he obviously put work into the message.”
“Then you thought it was an excellent sermon?” questioned the aide.
“No,” Lincoln answered.
“But you said that the content was excellent. It was delivered with eloquence, and it showed how hard he worked,” the aide pressed.
“That’s true,” Lincoln said, “But Dr. Gurley forgot the most important ingredient. He forgot to ask us to do something great.”
Great Action Is the Source of Greatness
Abraham Lincoln didn’t expect people to BE great. He expected them to DO something great –to take great action.
Although we won’t all be recognized by history as being great, we are all capable of striving for greatness in our actions. Greatness can lie in the small everyday actions we take. If a friend of colleague needs our attention, it is an act of greatness when we put what we are doing aside and listen with our full, undivided attention. The small, specific things we do can become a platform for greatness.
Most of the good of the world builds on the accumulated efforts of everyday people doing small things in a great way. A life should strive for greatness, as Mr. Lincoln seemed to know.
Great and Perfect Are Not the Same
You don’t have to do something perfectly for it to be great. Focus on what is most important about your action and ensure you do that well; the other trappings are not as important. Conversely, the pieces can be excellent, like the content and the delivery of Dr. Gurley’s sermon, and it can still fall short if what is essential is missing.
The Five Keys to Making An Action Great
Be clear about what is essential: Understand what higher purpose your action serves.
Know what greatness looks like: Have a clear sense of what an excellent job looks like. Start with the end in mind.
Bring a serving heart: Ensure your action provides value, and is not simply self-serving.
Give it your all: Make a full effort, with your full attention.
Learn as you go: Be willing to make mistakes; treat them as learning opportunities.

You Should Reconsider Before You Ask Someone for Free Help

I’ve been utterly floored this past month by the volume of requests I’ve received for FREE help from complete strangers, and by the nature and content of these requests.
The bulk of these requests have come in from readers of my article LinkedIn: Busting 8 Damaging Myths About What It Can Do For Your Career, that ran on Forbes.com on September 13th. It surprised all of us (the Forbes editors and me) as it blew up on the front page and was viewed by over 60,000 people.
That week, I literally heard from over 150 folks asking for all sorts of free help and I continue to get requests, including my review and recommendations on: their LinkedIn profiles, resumes, job or career options, potential career changes, interview approaches, how to get testimonials, and on and on.
What I’m stunned about is that in all of these requests for free help, not ONE person offered to pay for my time, or suggested bartering with something of value. They simply wanted help without offering anything in return. Perhaps I’m crazy, but I would never ask a stranger for help in this way.
Further, a good number of these requests for free help were:
1) Urgent – “I have an urgent career decision to make. Can you respond asap?”
REALLY?
2) Disrespectful – These folks didn’t care or consider for a second that I make my living offering career counsel. I’m not a non-profit or a charity; I’m a business owner. And I’m really good at what I do, after years of training and experience. It takes a significant amount of time and energy to review someone’s information/situation and offer tailored recommendations. I deserve to be paid for my time and effort.
(For the record, I do offer my time for free, but on a very selective basis to organizations and non-profits that have a broad reach and help hundreds of people through their services.)
3) Narcissistic – It’s all about them, and what they need and how soon. Never a second thought about what I might need in order to be of service to them.
4) Clueless – It’s clear that these folks hadn’t a clue that theirs was one of hundreds of similar requests, and as such, impossible to accommodate without their becoming a client of mine, and having time scheduled in my calendar.
Please don’t get me wrong. I’m truly honored and excited that my writing touched a chord and resonated with so many people, and I certainly hope that trend continues. And I do LOVE to be of service to people, helping them make positive change. And I love hearing from folks about how my writing impacted them.
That being said, I’m tired and fed up with free help requests. It remains shocking to me that so many people all across the globe who want help forget to be considerate and respectful of those they’re asking support from. Come on people! Let’s reverse that trend.
My hope is that going forward, anyone who asks another individual for free help will be more considerate and thoughtful prior to making the request. Think about what the helping party deserves for his/her support, what it will take from them to give you the help you want, and what you can offer in return. If you can’t offer money, think about what you can provide that would be meaningful. NEVER ask without considering these issues beforehand.
One more thing – for every request you make for FREE help, offer someone else free help instead.

How To contact Into a Professional Intimate Business Relationship

It used to be that you met someone at a meeting or a mixer, had a real conversation with them, perhaps saw them again at a luncheon, exchanged an email or phone conversation, and eventually, developed those initial interactions into a long-term business relationship.
If you really worked at it, nurtured a friendship beyond the workplace, that connection turned into what I call a Professional Intimate Relationship (PIR) – a relationship that flourishes beyond office walls. A PIR is a mutually beneficial connection that is fueled by your sense of urgency and a shared purpose. A Professional Intimate Relationship is one in which both parties feel understood and appreciated, thereby reducing negative stress and boosting mutual respect. The PIRs in your life fully engage in your passion and work with you because they are as invested in you as you are in them.
Today, many business relationships actually start online: a tweet here, a Facebook “like” there, maybe even leading to exchanged blogs or video posts. With all this modern technology changing how we do business, it’s easy to lose the skills of developing “real-world” relationships — interpersonal connections can’t evolve into PIRs unless you give them the nourishment they need to grow and flourish.
Here are 5 tips to help turn a business contact into a Professional Intimate Relationship:
Agenda-less Listening: Listen without thinking about what you will get out of the conversation. Instead of thinking about how you can make a sale/close a deal, really listen, with your whole self, to what the other person is saying. What are their concerns in work, in life, and how can you help?
Beyond the Boardroom: Make connections beyond the work place. Talk to your business contact about life beyond the office. Do you both love to swim? Do you have kids the same age? Did you both grow up in small towns? Spending time bonding over similarities helps solidify long-term bonds.
Team-Up: Instead of asking for their business, put together a mutually agreed upon plan that will accomplish goals for a shared purpose. If you both are passionate about the vision, you will both work equally hard to make it a reality.
Move Forward: If you do work with the business contact on a project, be sure to think about how you can work together again. Are there other areas of your life in which you can partner? Is he or she involved in charity work that could use our talents? Do you have a sports group that could use a new member? Part of developing a Professional Intimate Relationship is extending the boundaries of your partnership beyond a single job, or a single facet of life.
Constant Contact: When you click with someone, either online or in person, it’s important to stay in constant contact and think about all the ways you can work, and play, together if you want the relationship to last a lifetime.

PERFECT WAY TO CELEBRATE BUSINESS FRIENDSHIP

　　With friendship day just round the corner we are all busy in gathering ideas to make this a special day for both of us. But do we really know the meaning & importance of friends in our life & if we don’t posses a best friend then what? This friendship day let your friend realize that you care for him/her & let us discuss some of the best ways to celebrate friendship day.
　　All of us would know a lot of people however not everybody is our friend. Some of us have many friends and some of us have only a few friends, however, how many of us really have such friends who we can count on in the time of need?! Some on whom we can rely on and share our secrets with, without any hesitations or fear, some body who is not jealous and can motivate us.
　　Well a true friend is the one who care about us without even uttering a word. A real and honest friend is a person who can even understand our silence and support us through thick and thin. Who never discourages us; however, help us keep our feet grounded. A true friend is our real support system on whom we can rely on anytime we need.
　　However, we should be grateful to such friends and should not take them for granted. We must thank them for their unconditional support and be there for them as well in their time of need. One of the best ways and occasion to let your friends know such a heartfelt feeling is friendship day. There are many ways of celebrating this special day and here are some ideas just for you and your friend. You can choose from a wide range of friendship day gifts available in the markets. You can buy flowers for friendship. You can even arrange a party and celebrate your bond with friendship day cake. Friendship day cakes can be ordered as per your choice as well. You can get some of the unique ideas for friendship day celebrations from one of the websites named Ferns and Petals (FnP). It can really guide you in a nice way to celebrate it in a unique way. Ferns and Petals (FnP) can not only give you some good ideas but also make you aware about the ways to celebrate the occasion.
　　You can also buy gift hampers for friendship day such as friendship day flowers with cards. You can personalize your friendship day cards with friendship quotations. Another gift for best friend can be friendship bands, which are available in wide range of colors, shapes and sizes.
　　In case you or your friend can not meet each other for some reasons, you can still send your heartfelt message to him/her. You can send online gift almost anywhere in the world. You can send gift to India and/or send gift to US. You can choose online friendship day cards with friendship day quotes or you can send flowers to India and/or send flowers to USA.

Opportunities For Business Friendship

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Keep Your Business Friendship Close

　　First: Hold your friends close. My approach has been to bond closely and at a level of true friendship with our client contacts. I want them to know I value their friendship—and I truly do. As a firm, we continually offer our support, encouragement, and professional and career counseling to these individuals.
     If they run afoul of politics in their organizations, we offer advice. If they find they need to look for opportunities elsewhere, we help in anyway possible.As a result, these client contacts offer support to us, slash through bureaucratic and organizational obstacles, do internal "marketing" on our behalf, and, should they move on to other pastures, they take us with them if at all possible.But we don’t do this out of tit-for-tat. We do it out of a sincere and genuine interest in these people as people and as friends. The quid pro quo approach that many take in business relationships is, in my opinion, beneath contempt. And it doesn’t even work.Whether you work inside an organization or as an external consultant or adviser, there’s much wisdom in all three of those maxims.
   They have guided me as an external consultant in building strong relationships within client organizations; being brought by client contacts to their new organizations when, for whatever reason, they sever their relationship with the original consulting client; and in navigating the often treacherous waters of the politics within a client organization.I’d say, from the standpoint of business relationships, LBJ was right on both scores.
    But there’s a piece I think LBJ missed that is key in business relationships today: Hold your friends’ enemies close, too.