In New York, the most glaring signs of the Great Recession are the stalled construction sites littering the city–boarded up, dusty, and desolate eyesores. The architecture mega-firm Woods Bagot may have a solution, which they’ve just unveiled: Temporary, inflatable buildings that let the developers make money while they wait for their finances to shape up. […]
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photo credit: Josean Prado I’ll describe what needs to happen if you want to connect disparate pieces of information about the same person, organization, or entity. I hope you’ll be further persuaded of both the difficulty and the value of such an effort. The need is widely felt, whether you’re trying to connect the dots
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Bryan Nicholson moved his company from Cedar Rapids to Iowa City, largely based on census information, reports The Daily Iowan. The University of Iowa senior and senior franchise owner of the Iowa City branch of College Pro Painting, said key factors in the decision were household income and property values. As census day arrives, officials
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Is your niche perceived as being full of scammers and jerks? You’re not like that, but how do you develop trust, build authority and be seen as authentic? There’s a great post up on Problogger with a few thoughts on the topic, none of them by themselves will flip a switch and make everyone trust
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photo credit: zappowbang Some small businesses in rather small “mom and pop” type of towns have for a long time set hour’s of operation at the low end of the spectrum, having open times equalling a mere 10 or 12 hour’s per week. However, these businesses do state that if you call them they will
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photo credit: ( Torsten ) When you first set out with your new business you have dreams to do great things, make people happy, healthy and the environment to overall be a better place. But sometimes along the way of increasing our business and growing to extremes we can loose sight of what we originally
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photo credit: spisharam – Back and Catching up =) In business owners and managers are always looking for new and creative ways to be more appealing to their clients, their company look more attractive and looking for ways to “one up” the competition. Here are some tips on how to become more attractive to your
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The New York Times: For all those small-business owners looking for additional sources of profitable revenue – and who isn’t? – one option may be to go back to something old-fashioned: the suggestion box. Here are some suggestions about using that old idea effectively. 1. Make it easy. “Don’t enforce rules like: ‘Employees may only
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Entrepreneur: You need money to start up; you need money to operate; and you need money to grow. Throw the dismal economy into the equation–when people are spending less and it’s taking longer for small businesses to get paid (according to the “Economic Pulse” survey)–and money is even harder to come by. Most important, you
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photo credit: ndanger So social media (Facebook, Twitter, and blogging, for example) is fun; but is it business? If you’re wondering, then it’s about time to take a step back, breathe deeply, and revisit the fundamentals. While many social media applications are fun and handy for just about everything, not all of them fit for
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