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"Wang Jia Home" (Translator note: The original version of the company name Elevatehome.) Edgar Blazona, 35 years old, was a furniture designer of Pottery Barn company, and now is the boss of Wang's home company, Also serves as CEO of the company. In the company's production, Blazona mainly relies on two partners. The two factories are in Thailand and the other in India. They are responsible for producing all the products of Wang's home company. Of course, Blazona closely supervises and controls the production of two partners. And outside this mile--in Blazona's backyard in California State Berkeley, it's the company's "headquarters". By working from home, Blazona has done everything. This company, Blazona, is typical of a new type of small business operation: transnational Entrepreneurship. The number of employees in this small company is generally few. Managers, however, often do not have to fly around and maintain close and cautious relationships with foreign suppliers in their offices. This mode of operation appears to be quite effective. Blazona expects his company to generate profits by the end of the year. By then, his company had only been operating for 18 months. By this fall, Wang Jia home will release its first set of children's home and bedding products--true Xiandai (truemodern.com), True Xiandai is the product family name. The translator did not find a suitable translation and, for the sake of respecting the original, put the original English name here. Blazona expects 2006 earnings to reach $750,000 trillion. This is in the eyes of any typical multinational company, I am afraid it is not a big money. But for such a family of only three employees, through Home Office, low-cost management of small companies-wang home, 750,000 dollars is enough to profit. "As long as your company is a small, low-cost operation like ours, it's much easier to make a profit." Blazona said. -Jonelle Raffino, a southwest trading company of Martin Justin and his family, founded the Southwest Trading Company. The company has successfully stirred up the market's demand for some special yarns. The fibres of these yarns are derived from bamboo, corn, and soybeans. But Raffino companies are not fast enough to supply. Production is not a problem and the factory produces up to 500 to 800 tonnes a month. The problem is that the origin of these yarns is in China, while the Raffino warehouses are in the US Phoenix (Phoenix). How to efficiently complete the transport, this really let Raffino worry. Raffino found the answer from FedEx. The company orders from a number of factories. All goods will be shipped to the FedEx Shanghai office and put into a container. All customs formalities are completed by FedExAnd eventually transported to Phoenix (Phoenix) by truck. Since August this year, Raffino has added a service requirement to FedEx, which will ship the goods directly to Australian and British distributors, without having to relay them from Phoenix (Phoenix). Although Raffino not tell us how much money she earns in a year for her family-owned small company, which is only 8 people. But she also disclosed to us the astonishing growth of the revenue figures. Corporate revenues grew 500% last year, compared with 45% this year. Of course, the profits are considerable. "Because we've straightened out this business process, we just place orders for the goods we need," he said. This frees up money to expand the business. Raffino said. For example, Southwest Trading Company released this year, a new product-printed with its trademark, with soy fiber yarn made of a series of animal models. -julie Sloane