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The INC 5000 Awards Rinkya?s Growth Again |
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Written by Business Portal 24
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Saturday, 20 September 2008 |
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Tempe, AZ and Tokyo, Japan-. For the second year in a row Rinkya, the premier Japanese shopping network, is proud to be named to the prestigious INC 5000, America?s standard listing of the fastest growing companies. ?I grew up with small business,? says Rinkya?s CEO Heather Russell. ?I can?t really remember a party or gathering when I was growing up that didn?t include some of my parent?s clients. I think some of the lessons learned then have made Rinkya what it is.
?If we have any real advantage,? continues Heather, ?it is the fact that we are pioneers. As American Internet companies begin to look at international business opportunities through the Internet, we have already staked a claim. And a lot of the new land we?re exploring comes from applying small business ideas to the international marketplace. ?One summer, when I was in high school, my Dad employed me in his fur factory to make earmuffs he invented with walkman earphones (embarrassing show of age, please make allowances.) He actually handled the books and did the advertising, so I asked him why he started sewing fur too. He said something I?ve used ever since. ?When you?re green, you?re growing, when you?ve learned it all you?re ripe, that?s when you rot.
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