Prebiotic Musings from Probiota 2019

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend and participate in Probiota 2019, held in Copenhagen, Denmark. I’ve been able to participate in both the European and North…

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A Supply Chain Study – Doing Business in Ghana

As some of you know, I had the opportunity a few weeks ago to travel to Ghana, my inaugural trip to the African continent. The trip was predominantly for business…

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A New Amazon Bezos Twist

We deliberately write a lot about Amazon in this blog series since we see Amazon as not only a powerful force in and of itself, but because in many ways…

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Content Communities – The Future for Natural Products

When I first introduced NPIcenter back in 1999 with my business partner Jason (@jasonbu), the natural products industry and traditional communications pathways were part of a different universe. It doesn’t…

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Blockchain Revisited – Getting Past the Hype

Just over a year ago, I wrote in this column on the potential for blockchain applications in the food and supplement universe. It’s 53 weeks later and a lot has…

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