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...worried first-years can take heart. Though the networks seem impenetrable and intimidating, that's not always the case. Often, people who know each other only cursorily will clump together during the first few weeks, seeming like longtime buddies...
...into place. Peter Sheras, a clinical psychologist who works with families as they struggle through school transitions, suggests that the best way to deal with the anxiety of that first day is to get your kids--no matter what age--inside their new school before it opens. Teachers are often happy to meet a student during those pre-opening days. At the very least, a careful look around school may prevent the mortification of getting lost on the first day. If there is an appropriate school activity starting before the academic year, such as sports or club meetings, Sheras suggests...
...pace of change at some big corporations never seemed to affect ex-farmer Zaitz, who says radical change suits him just fine. "I grew up on a dairy farm, where everything that happened in your life revolved around the cows," he says. Feeling trapped by the job, Zaitz often wondered, "'Boy, wouldn't it be great if you could go fishing anytime you wanted?' With Farms.com I wanted to create a lifestyle out of this business--and I did." B2B enterprises like his seem certain to keep cropping up until...well, the cows come home...
...year her staff voted to switch to the SIMPLE. In addition to offering easier administration, Lasley says, the SIMPLE was attractive because it doesn't have strict rules about what percentage of employees must participate or how little they can contribute. This gives smaller employers a flexibility that they often need. "The reality is that it's tough to get a 19-year-old kid to say, 'I'm gonna give up my salary now so in 40 years I can enjoy it,'" says Lasley. "We try, but this way we don't have to struggle to offer a plan...
Though sports-equipment companies are high profile, they have been erratic performers as businesses. They were often small parts of large outfits, and changed owners frequently. Prince, another company started by Howard Head, was sold to consumer products maker Chesebrough Pond's in the '80s. It is now owned by the Italian apparel company Benetton, which is building a sports division. Wilson, once owned by PepsiCo and then Wesray Capital, is now part of a Finnish conglomerate called Amer Group...