Market Defense, the leading full-service global marketplace agency for beauty brands, has announced the appointment of Lisa Raimondo as its new Chief Commercial Officer. Including ten years in Proctor & Gamble's Personal Care unit, Lisa comes aboard with a distinguished track record leading sales teams in private equity tech companies, venture capitalist backed startups, and SaaS platforms.
The semiconductor world crisis that emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic showed multiple governments that local production is a must. As much as Adam Smith was right about some countries being better than others in producing some goods, there are things that you need to have right around the corner. The problem is how people plan to make it happen. The Biden administration wants to offer incentives to local chip factories, but it will demand union representation from the companies that wish to receive the money.
The Biden administration's push for Congress to pass legislation by year's end that would incentivize semiconductor manufacturers to build new plants in the U.S. amid a global supply shortage could come with strings attached for union representation in the workforce.During a visit Monday morning at…