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Face-to-face
Turn Your Contacts Into Partners With a Meeting
The right opportunity to grow your business may only be a plane ride away. British Airways’ Face-to-Face Program helps small businesses reach global heights by empowering them to conduct business in-person, leading to a direct, positive impact on their bottom line. Find out more about the Face-to-Face program and how to unlock the right opportunity for your business. More >>
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Face–To–Face On–Demand
Expert advice to help grow your small business
Watch keynote addresses from respected business experts like Barbara Corcoran and Bill Rancic, get helpful tips from other small business owners and see the happenings from the Face of Opportunity international networking event. Also, make sure to check out the top three finalists as they make their final pitch in the Face of Opportunity Contest. More >>
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Success stories
One meeting can make a difference
Learn about entrepreneurs like Tommy Clark, founder of Grassroot Soccer, who are using the British Airways Face–to–Face program to conduct meetings in-person and grow their business both at home and around the world. More >>
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Blog
An interview with Kay Taylor, Director of Prevention International: No Cervical Cancer (PINCC) By Amy Westervelt, April 6, 2011
The nonprofit Prevention International: No Cervical Cancer does amazing work, traveling to developing countries to set medical clinics up with the training and equipment they need to conduct screenings for and treatment of cervical cancer. The organization works throughout Africa, Central America and Latin America and has recently begun working in India as well to provide screenings that would otherwise not be possible. More >>
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An interview with Kay Taylor, Director of Prevention International: No Cervical Cancer (PINCC)
The nonprofit Prevention International: No Cervical Cancer does amazing work, traveling to developing countries to set medical clinics up with the training and equipment they need to conduct screenings for and treatment of cervical cancer. The organization works throughout Africa, Central America and Latin America and has recently begun working in India as well to provide screenings that would otherwise not be possible.
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More >> Honoring What Customers Care About
Companies need to be careful when they support a cause. If the endorsement looks like little more than a marketing gimmick, the public will recognize this and respond accordingly, as happened to Bing recently when it attempted to raise money for Japan.
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More >> Using Social Media to Track Your Competitors
Social media is a great way to make new connections, to solidify existing ones, and to listen to your customers. But there’s another group you should probably follow closely on social media: your competitors.
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More >> How to Handle Your Competition
Having walked through some of the challenges of a growing start-up, including the recruitment and retention of a top team, it’s time to pivot our focus once again. In this post, we will be exploring some of the core capabilities that any organization needs to have, and how the nature of those capabilities can vary in a start-up situation.
submitted 321 days ago
More >> The Importance of Respect
Customers like to be treated well. This is obvious, but not every company understands how critical it is for the customer to always feel respected. Those companies that do understand the importance of respecting every customer tend to thrive.
submitted 328 days ago
More >> Social Productivity: Don’t Just Twitter Your Time Away
You and your business have made the commitment to the social web. You’ve created Twitter accounts, you’ve got a LinkedIn profile, you’re blogging and commenting on other relevant blogs, you’ve created a Facebook Page for your business, you might even be testing the geo-location waters with Foursquare and Gowalla.
submitted 328 days ago
More >> Creating the Right Business Culture
One of the many reasons that people choose to work in start-ups — and ignore the trappings of the corporate world — is to experience the somewhat unique culture that often exists in small, newly formed organizations. If you think about most of the small companies that you know, I suspect you could identity a few key attributes that make them a little special: the quirky hours they keep, the Friday afternoon beer ritual, and so on.
submitted 332 days ago
More >> Structuring Equity
Last week we talked about equity as a critical element of compensation packages at early stage companies. It would be remiss to move on from the topic without dropping into a few more specifics to consider when deciding on the size and structure of equity grants.
submitted 339 days ago
More >> Think Globally, Act Hyperlocally: Using Location Based Social Media Tools
As the world becomes more and more connected, you may find yourself working seamlessly through a variety of timezones or working with virtual subcontractors or strategic partners. But the people you work with may be very different from the people your business or service serves.
submitted 339 days ago
More >> Interview with Steven Greenwood
Steven Greenwood has every right to brag. After all, he has an MBA from Harvard, he worked a stint as a McKinsey consultant, and he served as VP of drop.io, the insanely successful creative collaboration site picked up by Facebook last year. But for Greenwood, the secret to his success — and to successful business communication in general — is authenticity. “It sounds simple, but I think it all comes back to that: Be yourself, care about the people you’re interacting with, and build trust.”
submitted 341 days ago
More >> A Trip with Sanaa Hyder, Founder Of ZH Collection
Sanaa Hyder is Creator and Artist behind ZH Collection, a line of handbags. She is also a recipient of a British Airways Business Opportunity Grant. Being a winner of this contest has helped her take her business worldwide and enables her to show her concepts in person. In this video blog, we follow her on a trip to India to visit her manufacturer.
submitted 343 days ago
More >> How Rackspace Got Rid of Customer “Hot Potato”
It should come as no surprise that Rackspace, the San Antonio-based IT hosting company, is racking up customer service accolades — including two recent National Customer Service Awards in the UK. Configuring and managing servers can be a daunting process, even for trained professionals. Rackspace made its name in the industry by focusing as much on customer support as on technology. And Rackspace hasn’t simply tried to improve on existing customer service models. Rather, they’ve reinvented what customer service looks like for a company that hosts websites.
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Benchmark Clothing
Meet John and Erin O’Sullivan, Co-Founders, Benchmark Clothing
Discover how John and Erin O’Sullivan used four hours of face-to-face meetings to replace what would have been four weeks’ worth of phone calls.
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More >> Mannequin Madness
Read how Judi Henderson–Townsend used in-person meetings to find new partners and turn her small mannequin recycling company into a global network.
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More >> Grassroot soccer
Learn how Tommy Clark, founder of Grassroot Soccer, used the British Airways Face–to–Face program to make a difference for thousands of children across Africa.
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Win a chance to grow your business
Tell us how your company could benefit from the right international meeting, and you could win a trip anywhere British Airways flies to conduct your business in–person.
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More >> An interview with Kay Taylor, Director of Prevention International: No Cervical Cancer (PINCC)
The nonprofit Prevention International: No Cervical Cancer does amazing work, traveling to developing countries to set medical clinics up with the training and equipment they need to conduct screenings for and treatment of cervical cancer. The organization works throughout Africa, Central America and Latin America and has recently begun working in India as well to provide screenings that would otherwise not be possible.
submitted 313 days ago
More >> Honoring What Customers Care About
Companies need to be careful when they support a cause. If the endorsement looks like little more than a marketing gimmick, the public will recognize this and respond accordingly, as happened to Bing recently when it attempted to raise money for Japan.
submitted 314 days ago
More >> Using Social Media to Track Your Competitors
Social media is a great way to make new connections, to solidify existing ones, and to listen to your customers. But there’s another group you should probably follow closely on social media: your competitors.
submitted 320 days ago
More >> How to Handle Your Competition
Having walked through some of the challenges of a growing start-up, including the recruitment and retention of a top team, it’s time to pivot our focus once again. In this post, we will be exploring some of the core capabilities that any organization needs to have, and how the nature of those capabilities can vary in a start-up situation.
submitted 321 days ago
More >> The Importance of Respect
Customers like to be treated well. This is obvious, but not every company understands how critical it is for the customer to always feel respected. Those companies that do understand the importance of respecting every customer tend to thrive.
submitted 328 days ago
More >> Social Productivity: Don’t Just Twitter Your Time Away
You and your business have made the commitment to the social web. You’ve created Twitter accounts, you’ve got a LinkedIn profile, you’re blogging and commenting on other relevant blogs, you’ve created a Facebook Page for your business, you might even be testing the geo-location waters with Foursquare and Gowalla.
submitted 328 days ago
More >> Creating the Right Business Culture
One of the many reasons that people choose to work in start-ups — and ignore the trappings of the corporate world — is to experience the somewhat unique culture that often exists in small, newly formed organizations. If you think about most of the small companies that you know, I suspect you could identity a few key attributes that make them a little special: the quirky hours they keep, the Friday afternoon beer ritual, and so on.
submitted 332 days ago
More >> Structuring Equity
Last week we talked about equity as a critical element of compensation packages at early stage companies. It would be remiss to move on from the topic without dropping into a few more specifics to consider when deciding on the size and structure of equity grants.
submitted 339 days ago
More >> Think Globally, Act Hyperlocally: Using Location Based Social Media Tools
As the world becomes more and more connected, you may find yourself working seamlessly through a variety of timezones or working with virtual subcontractors or strategic partners. But the people you work with may be very different from the people your business or service serves.
submitted 339 days ago
More >> Interview with Steven Greenwood
Steven Greenwood has every right to brag. After all, he has an MBA from Harvard, he worked a stint as a McKinsey consultant, and he served as VP of drop.io, the insanely successful creative collaboration site picked up by Facebook last year. But for Greenwood, the secret to his success — and to successful business communication in general — is authenticity. “It sounds simple, but I think it all comes back to that: Be yourself, care about the people you’re interacting with, and build trust.”
submitted 341 days ago
More >> A Trip with Sanaa Hyder, Founder Of ZH Collection
Sanaa Hyder is Creator and Artist behind ZH Collection, a line of handbags. She is also a recipient of a British Airways Business Opportunity Grant. Being a winner of this contest has helped her take her business worldwide and enables her to show her concepts in person. In this video blog, we follow her on a trip to India to visit her manufacturer.
submitted 343 days ago
More >> How Rackspace Got Rid of Customer “Hot Potato”
It should come as no surprise that Rackspace, the San Antonio-based IT hosting company, is racking up customer service accolades — including two recent National Customer Service Awards in the UK. Configuring and managing servers can be a daunting process, even for trained professionals. Rackspace made its name in the industry by focusing as much on customer support as on technology. And Rackspace hasn’t simply tried to improve on existing customer service models. Rather, they’ve reinvented what customer service looks like for a company that hosts websites.
submitted 359 days ago
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