★   BUSINESS ALLSTARS - DECEMBER 2011    ★   
Celebrating people who are adding value around the world
★ Alex Farcet ★
Copenhagen Start-Up Weekend - "The people who take part in Startup Weekends are very special. They're not normal. For one thing, they pay money to work really hard on the weekend, developing business ideas with strangers,”
The Copenhagen Post, Tuesday, 15 Nov. 2011
Jennifer Buley
★  Sarah Cross  ★
Business Woman of the Year: “2012 looks set to be another success and we are looking forward to helping more businesses realise the importance of customer loyalty in taking their business to the next level.”
NewsWales, Section Business 22 Nov 2011
★  Ollanta Humala  ★
China-Latin America Summit: “We sell oranges and they send us back orange marmalade. We not only have to export minerals but move towards industrialization, and to achieve that, businesses can rely on the support of the State.”
Peruvian Times: November 24, 2011
★  Lucy Kellaway  ★
"We deserve to hear the terrible truth" - "What is needed is not a system of protected conversations. It’s a matching pair of crash courses that everyone would have to go on. The first should be called Telling It Like It Is; the second, Taking It On The Chin."
Business Day [Johannesburg]: 2011/Nov/28
★  Jaroslav Skrabalek  ★
The Fight for Innovation: "It's necessary to stimulate these ideas - to pass on experience so that exaggerated optimism of fresh entrepreneurs doesn't end up in chaos, or that ideas don't die because entrepreneurs are trying to finance them by themselves and they don't have enough capital."
Leaders Magazine V/2011