On the road to excel: Entrepreneur looks back on business development experience of building a railcar enterprise
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Eugene Constance, founder of Excel Railcar Services Inc., describes the way his group of companies, started his business in 1980, consummating his first deal for 247 railcars, when he did not have a single railcar with him. Excel is rated No. 33 on the Hispanic Business Top 50 Exporters list with an inventory of 1,200 railcars, used to transport commodities such as cement, glass, paper, agricultural products and silica sand, and by 2010, Mr. Constance projects Excel would have 10,000 railcars.
Publication Name: Hispanic Business
Subject: Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies
ISSN: 0199-0349
Year: 2006
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Abba Tech takes on integration challenges, both large and small
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A brief note on the entrepreneurial achievements of Andrew Baca and his company Abba Technologies Inc. of New Mexico, which has grown to achieve a turnover of $50 million per year, is presented. Abba, apart from being a successful businessman, also serves the Hispanic society in ways such as funding scholarships at New Mexico State University and Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation.
Publication Name: Hispanic Business
Subject: Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies
ISSN: 0199-0349
Year: 2006
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Money moving north
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CEOs of Latin American companies are making all efforts to link their companies with the US' Hispanic market. The firms find it easier to play the role of 'bridge' to foreign investors by taking advantage of the increasingly wired Latin America, less expensive long-distance phone costs and air fares that are far cheaper than 10 years ago.
Publication Name: Hispanic Business
Subject: Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies
ISSN: 0199-0349
Year: 2005
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