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Article: The Charlotte Observer, N.C., Business Question & Answer Column.
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- June 6, 1999
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Jun. 7 -- QUESTION: You started your business in 1995 to do cross-cultural business consulting. How did it evolve into negotiating contracts for foreign publishing rights?
ANSWER: When I first left IBM -- it's a huge society in itself -- I was not connected into local Charlotte business. I joined the Charlotte Chamber. At a newcomers meeting, the speaker had written a book... . I read it and said wow, this has a market in China or at least Taiwan. I put together marketing packages for eight publishers. Three came back with interest, and we went with the best offer... . Through that project, the Taiwan publisher ...