Oral History Interviews with Mary Kay Ash, November 1974

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Interview with cosmetics entrepreneur Mary Kay Ash. The interview includes Ash's personal experiences about her early sales career and its impact upon her future business philosophy, methods, and the success of Mary Kay Cosmetics. Ash talks about planning prior to launching the company, problems and solutions in the beginning, early legal problems with competitors, her concern for women's opportunities, development and growth of sales, the role of her children in the company, methods of recruiting, training, and attitude building, marketing and sales techniques, incentive plans, sales territories, pricing, the party plan, employee promotion, her views on successful managerial traits and … continued below

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109 p. ; 28 cm.

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Caruth, Donald L. & Ash, Mary Kay November 1974.

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  • Main Title: Oral History Interviews with Mary Kay Ash, November 1974
  • Added Title: Oral History Interview with Mary Kay Ash, November 4, 1974
  • Added Title: Oral History Interview with Mary Kay Ash, November 11, 1974
  • Series Title: Business Archives Project

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Interview with cosmetics entrepreneur Mary Kay Ash. The interview includes Ash's personal experiences about her early sales career and its impact upon her future business philosophy, methods, and the success of Mary Kay Cosmetics. Ash talks about planning prior to launching the company, problems and solutions in the beginning, early legal problems with competitors, her concern for women's opportunities, development and growth of sales, the role of her children in the company, methods of recruiting, training, and attitude building, marketing and sales techniques, incentive plans, sales territories, pricing, the party plan, employee promotion, her views on successful managerial traits and on the motivational differences between men and women, applying the Golden Rule toward employees and customers, her attitudes and philosophy toward employee relations, using her intuition in decision making, and reasons for the growth of Mary Kay Cosmetics.

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109 p. ; 28 cm.

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Caruth, Donald L. & Ash, Mary Kay. Oral History Interviews with Mary Kay Ash, November 1974, book, November 1974; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306982/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.

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