Interview Time: A Peek into the life of a successful Professional Model from Henan Province, P.R.C.10/25/2021 Meet: Zhang Fang Professional Model from Henan Province, P.R.C. Email: meet-fang@hotmail.com An interview by Andreas Gross Pictures provided for use in this piece by Zhang Fang Date of Interview: January 1, 2021 Last Updated: October 25, 2021 ____________________________  Hi, Fang. Thank you very much for allowing this interview to happen today. We are eager to hear more about you and what it has been like for you to pursue a career in professional modeling. Let’s go ahead and start off with some personal background, if that’s alright? You know, like where you grew up, your personal hobbies and interests, how you got involved in modeling in the first place – those kinds of things. Certainly, Andreas. I’m happy to be here today. My name is Zhang Fang and I am a professional model from Henan Province, People’s Republic of China. I’ve always enjoyed singing, dancing, and yoga as hobbies – just for fun and fitness, not as things I’ve pursued professionally. I have always been very tall since I was a little girl, so I tried many sports growing up, such as basketball, volleyball, long jump, and track & field, but my teachers and coaches were not very encouraging of me regarding my athletic pursuits, so I quickly looked into trying other things. I also studied folk dance when I was young, and at the age of 7 I took part in our local Spring Festival Gala. Dancing on stage was an absolutely unforgettable experience! I loved it and fell even more love with dancing! However, later on, due to the ever-increasing workload of my studies as I began to get older, the only choice I was left with was to give up dancing.  At the age of 14, I signed up for a modeling contest and achieved good results. That was my grand entrance into the modeling industry! Every year since that time I participated in one or two big competitions, such as the New Idea Model Contest, Miss Model of the World Contest, etc. Because of the excellent results I achieved in these contests, by the age of 17 I was signed on by Shanghai Yifei Model Agency as one of their exclusive models. The company worked hard to actively publicize and promote young models like I was at the time, getting us involved in photo shoot sessions and runway shows to gain experience and grow as professional career models. The company did a lot of brand fashion shows such as shows affiliated with Shanghai Fashion Week, International Auto Show, and other work with magazines and brand clothing photo shoots. These opportunities helped me to meet more people in the industry and also allowed more people in the industry to get to know me! The boss of the company, Chen Yifei, was a very famous painter. Unfortunately, he passed away due to health complications and his departure from this world deeply affected the modeling company, which collapsed shortly after his death. After Shanghai Yifei Model Agency dissolved, I began working as a freelance model, offering my modeling services to major well-known modeling companies. As an individual model, free of company constraints, I networked in the industry through various agencies and started to participate in some TV modeling competitions at this point in time as well. Wow! On stage performing in front of others since age 7! Now that’s an early start to a career. And what a sad story about the boss of Shanghai Yifei Model Agency.
What can you tell us about fans, Fang? I’m sure, as a model, having fans is part of the story one way or another. The fans 15 years ago were quite enthusiastic. Some fans would cheer me on and ask me to autograph various photos they had of me. I also got very warm gifts from many of them. I was only 18 years old at the time when I really started to have a sizeable fan following, and I appreciated the support my fans gave me very much. It helped me to love my career. Awesome stuff, Fang! And what about the challenges that come with modeling? You can watch a fashion show and see pretty models wearing all sorts of fun and stylish clothes and easily think: “Eh, what could be hard about such a fun job like that?” But I’m sure there has to be much more to it than that, right?! Very right you are, Andreas! There is much more to a modeling career than the tiny glimpse an audience member at a fashion show sees. The most important thing in modeling is controlling your diet and keeping your body active and moving. I like the feeling of confidently walking down a catwalk in style. Each and every modeling job comes with its own unique challenges. Showing the designer's work in a bold and glamourous light and making it look as good as it possibly can is really not always as easy as it may seem! Models are constantly trying to out-do each other and can run into embarrassing situations on the runway if they bump into something or trip. I am no exception, but I think of that as a normal part of the job. True confidence comes in being able to stand up again as if nothing happened and continue on your mission to complete the task. In such situations I would tell myself that standing on the runway was the best place for me and I knew I had to keep going. There is also a great feeling of awe and inspiration one gets from the great designers themselves. A lot of works and design concepts have left me feeling both very shocked as well as deeply inspired. Wonderful, Fang; wonderful! Thank you so much for opening up to us today about your life and career. It has been a real pleasure hearing all about the ins and outs of what it takes to survive in the fast-paced world of professional modeling. I hope your story can serve as an inspiration to others who might be considering going into modeling themselves. Before we wrap this interview up entirely, do you have any final closing remarks you’d care to share? At this point in my life, I have more than 10 years of experience (and counting) as a career professional model, not counting my childhood modeling experience. I now have my own family which includes a 4th Grade daughter. I enjoy spending time with my family and I only occasionally do some modeling work from time to time these days, but I do still keep it up – after all, I love modeling! Through my career in modeling, I have grown as a person and have become more independent and powerful. Modeling has taught me that, through perseverance, persistence, and hard work it is possible to achieve dreams! Great, Fang! Thanks again for sharing with us today! As we close things up here, how can people interested in learning more about you and you career as a professional model get in touch with you? It’s been a real pleasure, Andreas. Thanks for reaching out to me. I can be contacted at meet-fang@hotmail.com.  Ladies and gentlemen, Ms. Zhang Fang, professional model from Henan Province, China. Thanks again for sharing your story with us today! May your words serve as an inspiration to aspiring future models everywhere who may read this interview!
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Last Updated: October 22, 2021 How the Job Works Hi Ladies and Gents,
And we’re back for round two today of the new and improved Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises! As promised on Monday, today is our first Coordinate THAT! post on the refurbished blog. The title of this post is How the Job Works, but I almost renamed it A Day Late and a Dollar Short, just because I have already managed to get myself behind in my posts here - posting this Thursday post on Friday! And it's only the first week back online! But, better a day late and a dollar short than never showing up to the party at all, I figure! I will continue to hone my game! October hurries on – and before we all know it, Halloween will be here! Do you have your costume yet? Some, like myself, will also be celebrating Reformation Sunday that day, and October 31st just so happens to fall exactly on a Sunday this year! In case you missed the big “refurbishment and relaunch” of the website this past Monday, we’re back to our regular – new and improved! – programing here on Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises, the website formerly known as Biz Opp Empire. The website Biz Opp Empire and the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises homepage have fused together as one to become the website you are reading right now! This website you are browsing right now is Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises – refurbished and reloaded – and hi, I’m your host, Andreas Gross! Who am I? In many regards I suppose I’m just your typical “post-1492 American White Guy mutt,” but in most other regards my wife, who is Chinese, will tell you I am one of the most internationalized Americans you will ever meet. You see, despite being born in the US (and only because my Mom flew back from Bangladesh, where she and my Dad were living and working at the time, to have me), I have actually spent most of my life outside of the US. I was born in Eastern Washington State, USA, but grew up largely between India and Malaysia. My wife is from Shanghai, China – born and raised! We both currently hold leadership positions in Elementary Schools in the City of Kunshan, just outside of Shanghai, in the People's Republic of China. I am the Foreign Academic Coordinator at the flagship East China campus of a large private Taiwanese school, and my wife is the Deputy Director of the Elementary School English Department at another private school (not a Taiwanese school) down the street in the same city. In addition to my “day job,” which I love, I am an ICF-trained Professional Coach who works with educators, entrepreneurs, and teachers who want to start their own business, and businesspeople who want to get into the world of education. I love education and anything that has to do with making money, particularly startups, “one-person-shows” small businesses, freelancers, independent agents and contractors, and most anything “entrepreneurial” in spirit. I also run a small handful of other websites as well as have several other side gigs I operate, almost all related in some way or another to either the dissemination of information and/or education. With that mini-introduction and little recap of last week out of the way, let’s jump in here to the meat and potatoes of today’s blog post – the first monthly post of: Coordinate THAT! From The Desk of the Elementary School Coordinator. Today’s post: How the job works As I mentioned in last week’s post (and I also discuss elsewhere on this site), I’ve been involved in K-12 educational leadership for a number of years now. I am currently in my 14th year in the field of education at the time of this writing. I’ve been the Head of Elementary and Middle School Science Departments, a grade-level team leader for two years, I’ve even sat on the governing body of my home church as the 2-year elected Education Committee Liaison (which oversaw the church’s K-12 Sunday School and Youth Education Program). Most recently, starting in 2018, I’ve been a Coordinator. To be precise, a Deputy Curriculum Coordinator from July of 2018 through June of 2021, and now (starting in August of 2021) an Academic Coordinator at the same school. The most frequent question I get asked is: What is a “Coordinator” and what does a Coordinator do? I shall attempt to answer these two questions here today without writing an encyclopedia, although that could be tricky! I am a man of many words! Essentially, a coordinator, as the name implies, coordinates things. From my personal experiences in educational leadership, I would venture to throw in there that a good coordinator also leads and has vision. Confused yet? Even if you’re not confused, let’s break it down here. This is how my current school is structured: I work at a large school. It is a private school that has been in operation for close to 20 years. My particular campus, however, is only 7 going on 8 years old at the time of this writing. Here at my particular campus, there are close to 2,000 students in our 1st-6th Grade Elementary School alone (not even including our Early Childhood Department and Middle School and High School!). My jurisdiction as coordinator lies in the Elementary School. The leadership structure of the school works as such: the head of the school is the chairman. He is based out of our parent campus (i.e. “Headquarters”) in Taiwan. Each satellite campus under him is administered by a superintendent. Underneath our superintendent here at my particular campus, our school has two principals – one who oversees the Early Childhood School and Elementary School and one who oversees the combined Middle-High School. Underneath each principal are departmental directors. For example, the department I work in is the called the English Learning Center Department – this department (and every other department within the school) is headed by its own unique departmental director. Underneath each director there are coordinators. Underneath the coordinators are the deputy coordinators. Underneath the coordinators and deputy coordinators are the head teachers. Then you have teachers, who are the leaders of their own classrooms. That is the basic leadership structure of the school I work in. Of course, then you also have various other dedicated office specialist staff. I could also talk about the kitchen, dormitories, and logistics and maintenance departments, each of whom has some slight differences, but the “skeleton structure” of the hierarchy remains the same throughout all departments with only very minor adjustments for some specialists and specialty work. Coordinators report directly to the departmental director and deputy coordinators report to their coordinator. Both attempt to implement the mission and vision that the director, principal, and superintendent have. The coordinator and deputy coordinator also bring issues and concerns “up from below” (i.e. from teachers) to their director. Essentially, as the coordinator and deputy coordinator, when your director says “Make X, Y, and Z happen!”, it is the coordinator’s job to first find out how X, Y, and Z can be done, and then do whatever it might take to make them happen, ideally all while keeping teachers happy, but if nothing else, at least functioning smoothly, at their posts! You are the middleman(woman) between upper management and “the trenches,” if you will (as we often affectionately refer to the classroom). You have ONE MISSION as a coordinator: to get things done while keeping as many people happy as possible! That is basically your job description. YOU coordinator. You are the one who makes things happen in the end of the day! You director may give you some assignments to carry out: “The teachers need to start using this new textbook next semester and incorporate a Friday morning review time in to their weekly plans.” Ok, boom, this has just landed on your desk from director, now it’s your job to actually make this become a physical reality! Your mind instantly starts racing: ok, great, there’s the mission....do we have that textbook in our storeroom? If we don’t, or if we are short, how many do we need to order? How long will the order take to come in? If the order can’t come before the start of the next semester, what is the “Plan B” for an implementation timeline on this book? How do teachers feel about using this textbook? Is it a book they have been pushing for (an easy sell)? A book they feel neutral about (also a fairly easy sell)? Do they hate the book? If they hate the book, you’ve got your work cut out for you in the hearts and minds department if your director still insists on using that book (or perhaps her hands are tied and the principal above her has told her that her department must use that particular book – no ifs, ands, or buts....even if that’s the case, you still have your work cut out for you in the hearts and minds department). How much does the book cost (how much money will need to be requested “from above” for the purchase of this book)? What will parents feel about the switch in textbooks and how can you answer their questions? That’s one of the easier, more straightforward missions a coordinator like myself might deal with. Let’s say a request comes from “the ground up,” from a teacher on the team: “Mr. Gross, I’d like to teach a new course here at the school.” Wow! Ok, heavy! “Interesting,” I say. My mind starts racing again...I could just be a prick and tell the teacher “Sorry, I don’t do that (because I don’t ‘have to’ and it will mean extra logistical work for me),” and call it good. Or, I could look at the bigger picture and see that my job is to help my department not only run as smoothly as possible, but also expand, develop, grow wings and fly! “Cool,” I respond, “what do you have in mind?” Then the next steps include: talking the course over with the teacher – what is already planned out, what still needs to be planned out...oh, my, thank goodness! You’ve been planning this for years you say?! This is your dream class and you already have a meticulously put together curriculum for it?! Great! Perfect! You just made things a whole lot easier – and our sales pitch to the director is going to be a whole lot easier because of that! Ok, put together a 10 minute ‘sales pitch,’ I say. I organize a meeting with the director. I 'prime' her and tell her what it is about in advance. The teacher and I walk into the director’s office at the appointed time. I introduce things....then the teacher takes over....and here comes the pitch! Boom! Home run! The director loves the idea. Ok, not over yet....that was just the very first step. Will the principal approve? Since this is the addition of a class to a department, the director herself will go talk directly to the principal about this (I am not involved with that step).... ......Ok, but the principal has now APPROVED (that is good), so, Andreas, you’re up again...draft a letter to parents explaining the new course, fit the new course into our current schedule, and get a list of all necessary supplies that the teacher will need for this course – get this list ASAP in case we need to buy things that take a long time to purchase. When the new class starts, make sure everything is off to a stellar start! How are things going? Does the teacher need anything else for the class? Is the class working out logistically and schedule-wise? Do the parents have questions? All these things are on YOU, coordinator, to get answers to and find solutions for! I could say a whole lot more about the job, but I promised I wouldn’t write and encyclopedia (but I fear I have come dangerously close to doing so already!)! I will just mention a few more things really quickly before ending this post today... There are meetings – sometimes these are just meetings you attend as an attendee, sometimes these are meetings amongst other parties that you simply arrange for the other parties (and you may or may not be there physically present in the meeting yourself in the end), and sometimes these are meetings that you have to plan, orchestrate, and execute all by yourself. In the case of curriculum coordinators, there are formal and informal teacher observations to conduct; curriculum to write/tweak/build; project and presentation ideas to evaluate, textbooks to evaluate; extra-curricular learning experiences that tie in with your curriculum to evaluate (i.e. guest speakers, field trips, etc.). As an academic coordinator there are events to plan – Halloween, Christmas, Chinese New Year, Open Days, Parent-Teacher Conferences. For both coordinators there is scheduling to do – for classes, for testing, for special events, and more! For both coordinators there is also the ever-present question of discipline and behavior management systems to keep in mind. The coordinator is the face! The face of more people/entities than one! As the coordinator, you are the face of your teaching team under you – and you present that face every time you meet with and deal with your director and your principal on behalf of the teachers on your team. How do you ask for what the teachers want? How to do ‘pitch it’? What language do you use? What does your body language look like? What about your timing? All these things make a difference! Likewise, when you bring ‘the news’ from the higher echelons of management down to your team of teachers, how do you present it? What kinds of words to you use? Do you present it with practiced, polished professionalism? Or casually? Flippantly? Respectfully? Disrespectfully? Same as above – how are you dressed? What does your body language look like? Do you communicate ideas as you get them? Consolidate them for a weekly or half a week and have weekly or twice-weekly “information dissemination fests,” or do you just camp out on them until everyone is pissed off at you for not telling them and it is too late to make amends? All these things matter! Lastly, a good coordinator is not a robot! I have seen far too many otherwise respectable teachers (or at least teachers I use to have respect for) take coordinator jobs – and the same can be said for grade level leader jobs, head of department jobs, and even departmental directorship jobs, really; I’ve seen it in all of these capacities personally – who take these management jobs and then assume they will just be a “brainless middleman(woman)” who is just a “pass through” for “orders” sent from above. Nothing can ever come “from the ground up” through the coordinator in such a situation because the coordinator him or herself won’t allow it. They just “carry out the 'orders' the boss above them gives” and that is that – no questions asked! You do as I say because, well, that’s what I was told we have to do and that is that. This does not work! At least I have found that does not necessarily work well! As a coordinator you also have a mind and voice of your own! Yes, you need to “do what your boss says,” of course, in one sense (that’s kind of how the world works!), but you can and do have the ability to question and try to make better if necessary those things which are not outstanding to begin with. You’ve heard it said: “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!” You could just pass lemons down from above to your team and call it good. I say “Shame on you!” As the coordinator, you are the lemonade maker! Also, you have the ability to implement your own programs and such as they align with the school’s mission and vision (at least I do at my school). If you have an idea that will make your department better, by all means, step up to the plate and suggest it! Sure, not all suggestions are always taken, but that’s the same with anyone at any job in any position anywhere in this world! Don’t be afraid to try to get your department to shine! As my very last bit to add to this post today, I REALLY hate to speak in terms of “bottom” and “top,” because, although it makes things easy to discuss and visualize from a management perspective (that’s why I use these terms here), it sometimes gives the wrong impression to people on the outside looking in to such a discussion. A teacher is not “at the bottom” of anything. If anything, it is the teachers who brings the true spark to the whole institution. Without teachers, a school would just be an empty building. And a principal and superintendent are no more “at the top” of anything than anyone else is. Of course, the owner (chairman, in this case) of a private school is at the “top” (in quotes) in the sense that he/she owns the organization; yet, still, it is the teachers who make the magic happen within the organization, and if the teachers aren’t happy and turn against management and the owner, then the owner is left with nothing and is at the “top” of nothing but a failed institution. I just use these terms, like I say, for ease of discussion and visualization of the flow of the chain of command. No one is inherently “superior” nor “inferior” to anyone else in my mind just because of their work position in the hierarchy of an organization or institution! With ALL THAT said – and I realize that was a lot – I bid you farewell, dear readers, until Monday. I still feel that there is MUCH MORE I can say about being a coordinator, but that is largely the point of the monthly Coordinate THAT! post! So on that note, we’ll cover more ground here next month in the next post From The Desk Of The Elementary School Coordinator, and I’ll be back on Monday with an interview. We’ll be hearing from Zhang Fang this upcoming Monday, a model from The People’s Republic of China. A teacher takes a hand, opens a mind, and touches a heart! Better business, better life, better tomorrow! Ideas, inspiration, opportunity, -Andreas Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises Washington State Certified K-8 Educator, K-12 International Education Consultant, Professional Coach, Proofreader/Editor, Affiliate Marketer, Popsicle Stick Crafter, Print-on-Demand Products Designer, and Webmaster (check out: www.cityofpullmanportal.com, www.949crafts.com) Looking for a professional coach? I’m your man! Let’s chat. Last Updated: October 18, 2021 This site is being rebuilt! Read on to find out more about me, what I do, the site, the blog, and what to expect moving forward. Hi Ladies and Gents,
This is it! The new and improved Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises is here! Or, more correctly, is in the process of being rebuilt. The blog and the About page have come back online today, and over the course of the upcoming months I will be touching up many of the old Biz Opp Empire pages and bringing them back online while adding new pages as well. The websites previously known as Biz Opp Empire (established and operated by Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises) and the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises homepage have officially merged and this is the new site, in the process of re-forming and re-growing at the moment! For those of you brand new to the scene here, the site Biz Opp Empire was started by Andreas back in November of 2017 after several years and several attempts at getting a worthy money-making website up on the web. The most notable recent attempt (i.e. by “recent” I mean post-2005) before Biz Opp Empire was the now long since defunct 5 Cousins Enterprises of Washington (www.5cousins.com – URL now defunct) website that immediately proceeded Biz Opp Empire, for some quick history! Biz Opp Empire survived and and has grown nicely over the past few years, and now the next stage of growth is happening!!! As Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises continues to grow and expand, it made the most sense to merge the A.P.G. Enterprises homepage with Biz Opp Empire at this point in time rather than continue running them as separate sites, as the two sites complemented each other in theme and reach anyway – and here we are; now they are one! Question: Who are you, Andreas? Who am I? That’s a loaded question that I almost always have trouble answering, but here goes my best shot! In many regards I suppose I’m your typical “post-1492 American White Guy mutt,” like many other slowly-approaching-middle-age White guys in the USA, but in most other regards my wife, who is from China (where I currently live), will tell you I am one of the most internationalized Americans you will ever meet. Why the dichotomy? Well, I have spent most of my life outside of the United States, for starters, but let’s back up even a little bit more than that... Let’s go back two generations to my paternal grandpa so I can really give you the whole story. I’ll keep it as brief as I can – I promise! My paternal grandpa was an American “post-1492 White Guy mutt” as well, and the reason I have a German name (his lineage was predominantly German). His work with the U.S. Department of Agriculture through Washington State University’s Agricultural Extension Program took him to Pakistan back in the 1960s and again in the 80s to play a vital role in the Green Revolution of the 1960s. The name of the game was Mexi-Pak Wheat and it had already been tested in Mexico (the “Mexi” part of the name)...now it need to undergo extensive testing in Pakistan. You know, this was back in the days when people’s minds were focused on feeding the hungry around the world and all that jazz. Back before “genetic engineering” became a dirty word (back before the sophisticated processes of genetic engineering as we know it today were even possible, for that matter!). Anyway, as the result of my grandpa’s work in Pakistan, his kids went to boarding school across the border in India (there was no American school at the time where my grandpa was in Pakistan). One of those kids of my grandpa’s would later grow up to pursue his PhD in public health in demographic studies in northern India and marry a woman (also a White American “post-1492 mutt”) who was interested in international teaching. That couple was my mom and dad. Hence, I grew up as the son of an international school teacher mom and a dad – who had gone to boarding school in northern India as a child himself – who was involved in biotech back in the 1990s, which took us to Malaysia in the 1990s when I was in 2nd Grade. From 2nd Grade through 12th Grade I spent most of my time in either Malaysia or India – a true TCK, for those familiar with the term (Third Culture Kid). You can read more about my childhood years in southern Asia here (coming soon). Time passed, and I became a K-12 international educator myself and have since worked as an adult in 5 different countries in two different hemispheres, teaching either English Language or Science, mostly to Upper Elementary and Middle School students, although I have taught every single grade K through 12 at least once over the years! I got into management early on in my career, becoming the Head of the Middle School Science Department at Escuela Internacional Sampedrana at the beginning of the 2009-2010 school year. I have since headed a much larger Elementary School Science Department in China at The SMIC Private School in Shanghai, been the 5th Grade Team Leader at that same school, and have most recently (starting in 2018) built an International Section to a school here in China from the ground up with my wife (her and I acting as the Coordinator-Deputy Coordinator duo on the job!). Currently, I am an Elementary School Coordinator at the flagship East China campus of a large private Taiwanese school in the City of Kunshan, just outside of Shanghai. This is the same school my wife and I spent the past three years building the International Section at. In addition to my “day job,” which I love, I am an ICF-trained Professional Coach who works with both educators and entrepreneurs – particularly teachers who want to open their own business, or businesspeople who want to get into teaching. I love education, leadership, and anything that has to do with making money, particularly startups, “one-person-shows” small businesses, freelancers, independent agents and contractors, and most anything “entrepreneurial” in spirit. I have a particular connection to teachers who want to start their own business – and, likewise, businesspeople who want to get into education. Furthermore, I also run a handful of other sites as well as have several other side gigs I operate which you can learn more on this website you are reading right now. Almost all of my ventures are related in some way or another to either the dissemination of information and/or education. What can I say? It’s the teacher in me! Question: Why specifically would anyone come to this website? What can a person hope to find here? Ideas, inspiration, and opportunity – that’s what I strive to offer here on Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises. The site is packed with business advice, ideas, and tips. I also discuss coaching quite a bit and offer plenty of coaching tips and strategies to help you start your business, grow your business, and/or get into education or become a more enlivened educator, depending on where you are (i.e. transitioning into business from education or education from business). HERE ON THE BLOG, specifically, each month you can expect to find: - A Monthly Round Up And A Look At The Month Ahead at the beginning of each new month. The Monthly Round Up post offers a recap of some of the major topics discussed on the site the month before, a peek into what is going to happen in the upcoming month, showcases products and services offered – new and old – and, of course, summarizes what Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises does for our new followers who join us each month! - A Coordinate THAT! From The Desk Of The Elementary School Coordinator post about education, teaching, learning, team building, and/or educational leadership – those kinds of things – from the perspective of your "man on the ground" – that’s me! The first one of these will be happening this upcoming Thursday. - An Interview post. I started doing interviews with entrepreneurs, freelancers, and small business owners in February of 2020 under lockdown here in Eastern China. You can expect a new Interview post each month on this blog. An Interview post is exactly what the name implies – and interview with an entrepreneur, freelancer, contractor, side-giger, artist, independent agent, or other small business owner, letting us peek into their world and see what makes them tick. - Two Coaching posts. As the name implies, these are posts where I discuss coaching, what it is, how it works, what it can do for you, and I offer coaching tips and advice you can integrate into your own daily life. - A few Business posts. These posts offer business ideas, inspiration, and perhaps opportunity for you, the reader, to follow up with and ignite in your own life. Question: How you can spend your money here on Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises? 😊 (What’s in the Store?) Goods you can buy through the store: Common paraphernalia you might need to start a business – such as common business hardware and stationery (note: The store is an affiliate store. If you click on a product to buy you will be directed to an external site. 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WARNING: THERE ARE AFFILIATE LINKS ON THIS WEBSITE! YES, ANDREAS PHILIP GROSS ENTERPRISES LLC MAKES MONEY THROUGH THIS WEBSITE THROUGH BOTH AFFILIATE SALES AND DIRECT OFFERINGS. CONTINUE READING THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT TO FIND OUT MORE!
The terms "the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC website," "the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC site," "this website," "the website," "this site, "the site," "this website you are currently browsing," or "the website you are currently browsing" refer to the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC website found at this URL: www.apg-enterprises.com, built on Weebly by Square, Inc's. website builder platform, and established, owned, and operated by Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC.
The legal entities you have the potential to - and probably will - interact, transact, do business with, or otherwise come across and deal with in one way or another while using this site include:
- Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC
- Zazzle, Inc.: the marketplace platform Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC has an affiliate marketing relationship with. You will see affiliate links to products for sale on Zazzle in the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC Store on this website you are currently browsing and possibly in other places throughout the site. If you click on any of these affiliate links you will be directed to an outside site (www.zazzle.com) for purchase. For more about Zazzle, Inc., its company, how it works, what it sells, its privacy policy, and terms of service, visit www.zazzle.com for more information.
Zazzle, Inc. is its own sovereign company with whom Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC has a non-employee affiliate relationship with, Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC as an independent 3rd party contractor with Zazzle, Inc. Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC does not make or set any of Zazzle, Inc's. company terms, policies, operating procedures, rules, or governing agreements. Such terms, policies, operating procedures, rules, and governing agreements are made by Zazzle, Inc. itself.
- Weebly by Square, Inc. (formerly Weebly, Inc.; acquired by Square, Inc. in May of 2018): the website builder platform on which this website is built. To find out more about Weebly by Square, Inc., how it works, what the company does, and its privacy policy and terms of service, visit www.weebly.com for more information. Square, Inc. is its own sovereign company with whom Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC has an end-user consumer relationship in its role as an web interface to the public as the website - the "face" - of Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC. Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC uses Weebly by Square, Inc's. services to build, maintain, and host this website. Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC does not make or set any of Weebly by Square, Inc's. company terms, policies, operating procedures, rules, or governing agreements. Such terms, policies, operating procedures, rules, and governing agreements are made by Square, Inc. itself.
- Your own Internet Service Provider, data plan, managed group network, or other service by which you connect to the Internet to view and browse this site: you will have to connect to the Internet to view and browse this website. With regards to viewing, browsing, and otherwise using and interacting with this website, you are 100% solely responsible for your own connection to the Internet and knowing who is providing the connection to the Internet that you are using. Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC has no say, part, or other responsibility regarding how, when, or what service you use to connect to the Internet to view, browse, and otherwise engage with this website.
ANDREAS PHILIP GROSS ENTERPRISES LLC, DOES NOT SELL YOUR DATA, GIVE IT AWAY TO 3RD PARTIES UNAFFILIATED WITH THE DIRECT OPERATIONS OF SQUARE, INC. WITHOUT YOUR EXPLICIT CONSENT, OR USE IT FOR MARKETING PURPOSES. IF YOU DO ENTER ANY TYPE OF INFORMATION ON THIS SITE, HOWEVER, WEEBLY BY SQUARE, INC., THE PLATFORM ON WHICH THIS WEBSITE IS BUILT, WILL TAKE REASONABLE MEASURES TO SAFEGUARD YOUR DATA. THIS INCLUDES ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL SAFEGUARDS, TO PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION FROM LOSS, THEFT, AND MISUSE, AND UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, DISCLOUSURE, ALTERATION, AND DESTRUCTION. NEVERTHELESS, THE INTERNET IS NOT A 100% SECURE ENVIRONMENT, AND WEEBLY BY SQUARE, INC. CANNOT GUARANTEE ABSOLUTE SECURITY OF THE TRANSMISSION OR STORAGE OF YOUR INFORMATION. WEEBLY BY SQUARE, INC. HOLDS INFORMATION ABOUT YOU ON ITS OWN PREMISES AND ALSO USES THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS.
WEEBLY BY SQUARE, INC. MAY USE THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS TO PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, JAPAN, THE EUROPEAN UNION, AND OTHER COUNTRIES.
WHEN YOU USE THIS WEBSITE, ANDREAS PHILIP GROSS ENTERPRISES LLC, THE WEBSITE ITSELF, BUILT ON WEEBLY BY SQUARE INC'S. WEBSITE BUILDER PLATFORM, COLLECTS USER INFORMATION FROM END-USERS - THAT'S YOU, THE PERSON BROWSING THIS WEBSITE RIGHT NOW :). WEEBLY BY SQUARE, INC. REFERS TO THIS INFORMATION AS "Your Customers' Data," AND WEEBLY BY SQUARE, INC. COLLECTS THIS INFORMATION IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:
● Device Information:
Information about your device, including hardware model, operating system and version, device name, unique device identifier, mobile network information, and information about the device’s interaction with Weebly by Square, Inc's. Services.
● Identification Information:
Your name; email address; mailing address; phone number; or other historical, and contact information, if you enter it anywhere on the site Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC for any reason.
● Location Information:
The location of your device if you pay for anything on the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC website using Apple or Android Pay.
● Transaction Information:
When you make any payment to Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC directly through the site, Weebly by Square, Inc. collects information about when and where the transaction(s) occur(s), the names of the transacting parties as entered, a description of the transactions which may include item-level data, the payment or transfer amounts, billing and shipping information, and the device(s) and payment methods used to complete the transactions.
● Use Information:
Information about how you interact with the site, including access time, “log-in” and “log-out” information, browser type and language, country and language setting on your device, IP address, the domain name of your internet service provider, other attributes about your browser, mobile device and operating system, features you use on the site, and the date and time of use of the Services.
● Any Other Information You Voluntarily Provide:
This includes any and all information that you voluntarily provide or otherwise input into Square, Inc’s. systems (for the purposes of our discussion here covering the usage of this website, this means any information that you directly enter on the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC website) including survey responses; participation in contests, promotions, or other prospective seller marketing forms or devices; suggestions for improvements; or any other actions performed when you interact with the website Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC.
WARNING: THERE ARE AFFILIATE LINKS ON THIS WEBSITE! YES, ANDREAS PHILIP GROSS ENTERPRISES LLC MAKES MONEY THROUGH THIS WEBSITE THROUGH BOTH AFFILIATE SALES AND DIRECT OFFERINGS. CONTINUE READING THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT TO FIND OUT MORE!
The terms "the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC website," "the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC site," "this website," "the website," "this site, "the site," "this website you are currently browsing," or "the website you are currently browsing" refer to the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC website found at this URL: www.apg-enterprises.com, built on Weebly by Square, Inc's. website builder platform, and established, owned, and operated by Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC.
The legal entities you have the potential to - and probably will - interact, transact, do business with, or otherwise come across and deal with in one way or another while using this site include:
- Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC
- Zazzle, Inc.: the marketplace platform Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC has an affiliate marketing relationship with. You will see affiliate links to products for sale on Zazzle in the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC Store on this website you are currently browsing and possibly in other places throughout the site. If you click on any of these affiliate links you will be directed to an outside site (www.zazzle.com) for purchase. For more about Zazzle, Inc., its company, how it works, what it sells, its privacy policy, and terms of service, visit www.zazzle.com for more information.
Zazzle, Inc. is its own sovereign company with whom Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC has a non-employee affiliate relationship with, Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC as an independent 3rd party contractor with Zazzle, Inc. Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC does not make or set any of Zazzle, Inc's. company terms, policies, operating procedures, rules, or governing agreements. Such terms, policies, operating procedures, rules, and governing agreements are made by Zazzle, Inc. itself.
- Weebly by Square, Inc. (formerly Weebly, Inc.; acquired by Square, Inc. in May of 2018): the website builder platform on which this website is built. To find out more about Weebly by Square, Inc., how it works, what the company does, and its privacy policy and terms of service, visit www.weebly.com for more information. Square, Inc. is its own sovereign company with whom Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC has an end-user consumer relationship in its role as an web interface to the public as the website - the "face" - of Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC. Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC uses Weebly by Square, Inc's. services to build, maintain, and host this website. Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC does not make or set any of Weebly by Square, Inc's. company terms, policies, operating procedures, rules, or governing agreements. Such terms, policies, operating procedures, rules, and governing agreements are made by Square, Inc. itself.
- Your own Internet Service Provider, data plan, managed group network, or other service by which you connect to the Internet to view and browse this site: you will have to connect to the Internet to view and browse this website. With regards to viewing, browsing, and otherwise using and interacting with this website, you are 100% solely responsible for your own connection to the Internet and knowing who is providing the connection to the Internet that you are using. Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC has no say, part, or other responsibility regarding how, when, or what service you use to connect to the Internet to view, browse, and otherwise engage with this website.
ANDREAS PHILIP GROSS ENTERPRISES LLC, DOES NOT SELL YOUR DATA, GIVE IT AWAY TO 3RD PARTIES UNAFFILIATED WITH THE DIRECT OPERATIONS OF SQUARE, INC. WITHOUT YOUR EXPLICIT CONSENT, OR USE IT FOR MARKETING PURPOSES. IF YOU DO ENTER ANY TYPE OF INFORMATION ON THIS SITE, HOWEVER, WEEBLY BY SQUARE, INC., THE PLATFORM ON WHICH THIS WEBSITE IS BUILT, WILL TAKE REASONABLE MEASURES TO SAFEGUARD YOUR DATA. THIS INCLUDES ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL SAFEGUARDS, TO PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION FROM LOSS, THEFT, AND MISUSE, AND UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, DISCLOUSURE, ALTERATION, AND DESTRUCTION. NEVERTHELESS, THE INTERNET IS NOT A 100% SECURE ENVIRONMENT, AND WEEBLY BY SQUARE, INC. CANNOT GUARANTEE ABSOLUTE SECURITY OF THE TRANSMISSION OR STORAGE OF YOUR INFORMATION. WEEBLY BY SQUARE, INC. HOLDS INFORMATION ABOUT YOU ON ITS OWN PREMISES AND ALSO USES THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS.
WEEBLY BY SQUARE, INC. MAY USE THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS TO PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, JAPAN, THE EUROPEAN UNION, AND OTHER COUNTRIES.
WHEN YOU USE THIS WEBSITE, ANDREAS PHILIP GROSS ENTERPRISES LLC, THE WEBSITE ITSELF, BUILT ON WEEBLY BY SQUARE INC'S. WEBSITE BUILDER PLATFORM, COLLECTS USER INFORMATION FROM END-USERS - THAT'S YOU, THE PERSON BROWSING THIS WEBSITE RIGHT NOW :). WEEBLY BY SQUARE, INC. REFERS TO THIS INFORMATION AS "Your Customers' Data," AND WEEBLY BY SQUARE, INC. COLLECTS THIS INFORMATION IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:
● Device Information:
Information about your device, including hardware model, operating system and version, device name, unique device identifier, mobile network information, and information about the device’s interaction with Weebly by Square, Inc's. Services.
● Identification Information:
Your name; email address; mailing address; phone number; or other historical, and contact information, if you enter it anywhere on the site Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC for any reason.
● Location Information:
The location of your device if you pay for anything on the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC website using Apple or Android Pay.
● Transaction Information:
When you make any payment to Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC directly through the site, Weebly by Square, Inc. collects information about when and where the transaction(s) occur(s), the names of the transacting parties as entered, a description of the transactions which may include item-level data, the payment or transfer amounts, billing and shipping information, and the device(s) and payment methods used to complete the transactions.
● Use Information:
Information about how you interact with the site, including access time, “log-in” and “log-out” information, browser type and language, country and language setting on your device, IP address, the domain name of your internet service provider, other attributes about your browser, mobile device and operating system, features you use on the site, and the date and time of use of the Services.
● Any Other Information You Voluntarily Provide:
This includes any and all information that you voluntarily provide or otherwise input into Square, Inc’s. systems (for the purposes of our discussion here covering the usage of this website, this means any information that you directly enter on the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC website) including survey responses; participation in contests, promotions, or other prospective seller marketing forms or devices; suggestions for improvements; or any other actions performed when you interact with the website Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC.
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