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About Us

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On August 26th, 1920 women in the United States won the right to vote. Today this might seem like a foregone conclusion, but women of this country fought long and hard to attain a 19th amendment to the Constitution allowing them suffrage. This movement propelled what is today still called the Women’s Movement, which strives daily to achieve full equality under the Constitution of the ...

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This is a continuation in a series of posts detailing the finer points of branding your company, why its necessary and how the products created by the Monterey Company can serve you in building a thriving business with a recognizable identity. Marks of a Good Mission Statement A company’s mission statement should be short and concise. Typically, it will be one to four sentences long ...

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Several months ago, The Monterey Company began featuring a series of articles on the finer points of branding your company, why its necessary and how the products created by the Monterey Company can serve you in building a thriving business with a recognizable identity. We will also be taking you on a bit of an inside journey into Monterey’s own brand and what makes it ...

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The Monterey Company team tends to play together quite a bit. It’s really one of the perks of living is such a small town that can boast so many cool people (ahem). So this last Sunday, as is the case with most Sundays, four of us gathered at Cafe Aroma. The Cafe, in addition to being the company founder’s favorite hangout, and (as a result) ...

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The Launching Of Our New Website!

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With the start of the new year, Monterey Lapel Pin Company is thrilled to finally unveil a series of changes and additions to its already growing and successful family. Numerous improvements have been made to the website, creating a more accessible and community building environment for both Monterey employees and customers. Months were put into streamlining the mission and the culture of the company as well as team building in order to shape the changes launched this year.

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Supporting The Red Cross in Helping Haiti

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On Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at approximately 4:53PM Caribbean Time, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the country of Haiti and decimated the city of Port Au Prince.  The devastation has shaken the world as images and stories coming out of Haiti grip us all.  What’s been amazing is the amount of people that are coming together all over the world to send aid, money, items ...

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Structuring And Philosophy At Monterey Company

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Monterey Company’s latest addition, Turkitten, has been settling in well.  In preparation for the upcoming changes at Monterey Company, division of labor has occurred.  Turkitten has decided to be the ‘boss’, and has designated Paloma to handle the micro blogging and play to her great social skills.  Turkitten has also been kind enough to not only oversee the Mascot division’s responsibilities, but also doubling as ...

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Paloma Weighs In On Some Upcoming Trends

Its been a few weeks since Turkitten moved into the Stark/Monterey Company home, and after much adjustment, and some ruffled fur, Paloma has graciously taken to Turkitten and there has actually been some nose touching and kissing!  We were careful to be sensitive to Paloma’s feelings, and assured her that she continues to be the number one canine mascot for Monterey Company, and that Turkitten ...

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Branding: The Values That Build A Company

Over the next few months, Monterey Company will be featuring a series of articles on the finer points of branding your company, why its necessary and how the products created by the Monterey company can serve you in building a thriving business with a recognizable identity.  We will also be taking you on a bit of an inside journey into Monterey’s own brand and what ...

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The Monterey Company’s Newest Addition

Although its true that Turkitten is quite the superstar in the town of Idyllwild, California, Monterey Company can now boast that Turkitten will be the company’s mascot!  Well the cat mascot that is.  No disrespect intended towards Paloma, who will of course continue to get as much attention as ever. Turkitten has been living at Cafe Aroma, the secondary office for the management of Monterey ...

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