Internet-based businesses are growing, which means competition is also increasing. Advances in cloud-based technology mean that it is no longer necessary to invest in fast, powerful computers or expensive suites of different types of software in order to streamline existing business operations and introduce new ones. Instead, even smaller businesses are finding that enterprise resource […]
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A New York restaurant hired a firm to investigate why their service was getting slower. They published these results to Craigslist: We are a popular restaurant for both locals and tourists alike. Having been in business for many years we noticed that although the number of customer’s we serve on a daily basis is almost
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Far from being ‘old hat’, custom poster printing can become sought after pieces of art, iconic items in their time and, as we have seen in recent years, old posters can strike a chord with the current trends and fashions, setting their own in some cases. A perfect example are the ‘keep calm and carry
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The Guardian: Grade-school students in a northeastern Brazilian city are using uniforms embedded with locator chips that help alert parents if they’re cutting classes, the city’s education secretary said Thursday. Twenty thousand students in 25 of Vitoria da Conquista’s 213 public schools started using T-shirts with chips earlier this week, secretary Coriolano Moraes said by
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Edmonton Journal: Initially designed as a fast and efficient way for Canadian soldiers to fight off hypothermia, the Cold-Buster – the culmination of 18 years of research using more than $1 million in funding – was promising to become a success with athletes and backcountry enthusiasts. But three days into the new year, Wang’s world
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Bedbugs are a difficult pest to get rid of, but Elizabeth Knote believes she has the key to their end with her bedbug baker. “People may have them for several months and not know it. They start in the box springs, and then they’ll go to the mattress,” Knote said. “Typically, 90 percent of them
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Wall Street Journal (In Charge): Like many new small-business owners, Cathy Deano knew nothing about franchising when she and a partner launched a series of bring-your-own-wine painting classes in Mandeville, La., four years ago. Yet from the moment Cork’n Canvas opened its doors, the business started getting offers from enthusiastic clients who wanted to buy
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Nearly everything today is “Made in China”; nearly everything that is, except for two million chopsticks that are made each day in Americus, Georgia at Georgia Chopsticks. Business is booming, and the company plans to increase production from 2 million to 10 million chopsticks per day. Video below. More info here and here.
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What if you could put a shirt on someone else’s back by simply shopping for some clothes? World Clothes Line, founded by Mallory Brown, has given people the option to give to those in need by simply buying the clothes sold on her website. Depending on the section you purchase from, you can help clothe
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When you think of Lonnie Johnson, the first thought to pop up in your head is probably that famous water gun he created. His not-so-little invention, the Super Soaker, has been a big hit with kids for years. Now, however, he has taken a new turn in inventing reports The Atlantic. Johnson’s latest JTEC prototype,
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