Company cars provide an easy and convenient way for employees to travel, enabling them to reach their destinations and complete their tasks on time. They can also help companies project a more professional image. Similar to ordinary cars, company cars can be costly to maintain and repair. As such, it is important for business owners […]
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In the book Appetite for America: How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvey Built a Railroad Hospitality Empire That Civilized the Wild West we learn that the name Fred Harvey was once ubiquitous in America. His company built the nation’s first chain of restaurants, lunchrooms, hotels, bookstores—in fact, the first national chain of anything—and was heralded for
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Metromode Media: In recent years, cycling culture in metro Detroit has gone from nearly nonexistent to explosively popular, with significant cycling infrastructure being added in major metropolitan centers and small towns alike. At the same time, the same thing has been happening with craft beer culture, evolving from the niche realm of beer geekdom to
Indianapolis Star: When Angela Abney of Bargersville made a few trips through area farmers markets, she noted that customers might appreciate something meatier than vegetables and plants. “A lot of people want to know where their food comes from,” Abney said. “People are a lot more health-conscious now.” Knowing that families seek “free range” and
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Of course it’s a fake, but it’s funny.
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Fox Small Business Center: Avoid a Feud If a strong competitor has begun to pull away some of your customers, avoid a direct marketing confrontation with them. In other words, do not put out marketing pieces that essentially denigrate a rival. Your Initial Attack If you have a limited budget and, seemingly, an unlimited number
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When I hear the word sommelier, I think of a wine professional; someone who tastes wine for a living. It seems I was too narrow in my definition. In Germany, there’s a water sommelier who can help you choose which water to go with your meal. Water from Northern Germany tastes fizzy. Spanish water tastes
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YourDeerParkNews: If you’ve ever missed an event that you really wanted to attend but it was too far away or didn’t fit in your schedule, you’ll love this business idea by Deer Park resident Chris Watt. Watt founded Kuwa Kuna, a “virtual event cameras†service. “Kuwa kuna†is Swaheli for “be there†and that’s exactly
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Let’s face it, school portraits are boring. Flat and dull. The WSJ has taken a a look at the industry and discovered some new companies trying to revitalize it. Kelsey and Dennis Kleiman of Brooklyn, N.Y., were underwhelmed by their daughter’s school pictures. So Mr. Kleiman, a professional photographer, volunteered to take less-stilted portraits of
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Air Swimmers are inflatable, helium-filled remote controlled fish that “swim” through the air. The use four AAA batteries (three in the controller and one in the fish) to fly indoors for more than 4 hours. Although the promotional photo above looks cheesy, in the video below they look exactly like what you’d expect a sharks
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