The Wall Street Journal: As restaurant chains go out of business or prune their store counts in the tough economy, competitors are jumping on the opportunity to move into the vacated locations as a way to expand quickly and cheaply. Restaurants can convert their competitors’ closed sites to their own brands at a lower cost […]
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photo credit: rachaelvoorhees A lot of highly qualified and talented people have been laid off or fired with it being no fault of their own. While a lot of companies may find it to be a risky move right now to hire new people, now is actually the time to hire employees provided your company
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r photo credit: bravenewtraveler Businesses who spend just a little time with one action doing research can make all the difference in the world in their business. Spending this little bit of time on research can mean the difference of winning or losing, staying open for business or putting lock’s on your business doors. So
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photo credit: tinou bao Finding an establish competitor is not necessarily a reason to give up on your business idea. True, in some ways, it will make it harder. But it does prove that that a market exists for your product or service. The Netsetter has detailed six strategies to take on an establish competitor:
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Fortune Small Business: Like many music retailers, Nathaniel Bernier was getting squeezed. His store, Wild Rufus Records, in the seaside town of Camden, Maine, was selling fewer CDs. It was suffering as a result of the music industry’s broader woes – CD sales nationwide were down a steep 17.5% last year. To make matters worse,
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Update: This was for last year and so is no longer applicable. Sorry. photo credit: alicepopkorn Today we have been seeing a lot of people starting up their own business wether it be accidental or on purpose due to needing more income. A recent article was posted by myself regarding how women have a higher
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This sounds interesting: Business Fantasy Camp is a brand new web series that gives you the chance to gain expert business advice from some of the world’s most prolific celebrities and business leaders. Tell Sprint your business challenge and you could be off to learn from a famous restaurateur, a Broadway theater producer, or a
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Perilous city cycling. Communicating with the deaf. Filtering contaminated water. These are a few of the issues students have tackled in the U.S. “Eye for Why,” student design competition run by the James Dyson Foundation. Beginning in 2009, “Eye for Why,” along with 20 other regional student design competitions will be rolled into a larger
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StartupNation has launched the 2009 “Elevator Pitch” contest with sponsors Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., Digital Products Division and GoToMeeting from Citrix Online. The contest will recognize the next great business ideas and entrepreneurs worthy of funding. The winning entrepreneurs will receive a pre-arranged one-hour presentation to top tier investors and give them a competitive
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OAOnline: The West Texas Entrepreneur competition is scheduled to kick off Feb. 1. Jeremy “Mr. Spring” Ray is looking for people 18 and older to comprise six teams of six people each. Ray said the contest was inspired by both the American and British versions of “The Apprentice” as well as a popular contest in
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