sales and more sales!

I've hired my first (non-heritage) employee, a director of sales and marketing. He started yesterday. Today we had an enormous sale of ice cream balls! Yeah! Coincidence, yes, but a nice one.

I also hired a consultant to help me with our Chinese suppliers. He speaks several dialects of Chinese and can provide good support on how to approach the cultural issues, in particular on how I should negotiate. We need to improve both the financial terms and the price on our supply arrangement. Lots to do!