Workplace Insight

DECEMBER 15, 2023

This corporate campus has had a few iterations in its time from the original SGI Campus built on the site of a working farm with its plethora of water features, pathways, and plazas to the design in 2005 by Clive Wilkinson Architects which saw the headquarters furnished with items such as giant rubber balls and a piano.

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Make or Break Moments

AUGUST 7, 2010

Here is a blurb from a blog written in 2005 about Treasuring your Customers written by Kirsten Osolind : August 7 marks “Treasure Your Customers Day.&# Here’s an article by Sydney Barrows offering 6 Ways to Treasure Your Customer. I first learned about Treasure your Customer Day from Entrepreneur magazine in 2006.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 12, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « An Economic Ode to the Great Plains | Main | Is Facebook Replacing Traditional Websites?   The dramatic growth in social media use - especially Facebook - is resulting in more small businesses choosing to use social media sites as their primary, and in some cases only, web presence.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 4, 2010

  From the article: "the uptick in social networks led to the 28% and 15% declines in email and instant messaging, respectively."   According to the research, Americans now spend 36% of their online time "communicating and networking across social networks, blogs, personal email and instant messaging.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 22, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Free Webinar: Using Twitter to Grow Your Business | Main | More on the Growth of Small Farms and Local Food » June 22, 2010 Street Food Gets Real     The Hartman Group has a great article on the growing trend of street food in urban environments. 

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All Things Admin

AUGUST 16, 2023

When I launched my business in 2005, my goal was to provide virtual assistance services. If I had resisted the changes that were happening in the economy, ignored the trends in social media marketing, and tried to stay exactly where I was in providing virtual assistance, I would not be as happy and fulfilled in my work as I am today.

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Make or Break Moments

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

By Becky Carroll CustServ By Meikah Delid Maximum Customer Experience By Kelly Erickson People2People Service By Maria Palma QA QnA By Tom Vander Well Return Customer By Joe Rawlinson (Joe and I both started customer service blogs in April 2005.)

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 21, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « The Female Economy | Main | Street Food Gets Real » June 21, 2010 Free Webinar: Using Twitter to Grow Your Business Using Twitter to Grow Your Business  is a free webinar presented by MyVenturepad and SAP.  a start up for small businesses. Thanks for sharing it with us.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Tablet Sales Forecasted to Explode | Main | Do Business Incubators Work?   Social media provides an ideal platform for dandelion marketing.  Posted by: twitter.com/jer979 | November 08, 2010 at 07:40 AM The article about Dandelion Marketing is really amazing.

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Success

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

This was the spring of 2005. This article originally appeared in the September 2016 issue of SUCCESS magazine and has been updated. The first time I went whitewater rafting, my river guide was a scraggly hippie whose response to every topic, from butterfly sightings to tornado warnings, was, “No worries.” It doesn’t include television.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Wall Street Journal on the Two-Track Economy | Main | Over 250 U.S. Posted by: pressure washing | September 13, 2010 at 04:39 PM Every business is now into social media and that's a great move in the industry now.   Click here for more information and to register.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Our iPad Review | Main | State of Small Business Tweet Chat on Wednesday » September 08, 2010 Wall Street Journal on the Two-Track Economy The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article today on what they call " the two-track economy." 

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Small Business Labs

MAY 18, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Business Week, The Economist on the Trickle Down Recovery | Main | Great Quote on Consumer Versus Business Social Media » May 18, 2010 DMAs Spring Magazine Focused on Going Global The spring issue of Point Magazine is on going global. 

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Shapeways Gets VC Funding, Moves to the U.S. Good article in Business Week on the growth of rural outscourcing.  Archives November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 More. Interesting stuff.

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Make or Break Moments

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Having worked in the corporate world more than 25 years I decided to give it a go as an entrepreneur. I had experience.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Wealthy Planning on Working in Retirement | Main | Data and Analytics Help Macys Go Local » October 01, 2010 A Detailed Look at U.S.   The article is from The Monthly Labor Review , a U.S. .    The article is from The Monthly Labor Review , a U.S.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 25, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Maker Faire Round-Up, From a Small Business Perspective | Main | Inc.   The article reviews research suggesting that group and cross group interaction started humans on the road towards progress via collective intelligence.  Web/Tech women work/life balance

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Success

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Since opening her store in 2005 in Orange County, Astaraee has focused on creating meaningful relationships with her clients. That was when she started to build her business, organically, with the power of social media. He is the top crowdfunder in the world, raising over $600 million in equity via social media.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « The Future Job Thats Here Today | Main | A Detailed Look at U.S.     But the CNBC article Working During Retirement May Be The 'New Normal' had a couple of new slants on this topic. The article covers a study of wealthy individuals (more than $1.5

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Small Business Labs

JULY 15, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Is Sams Club the Answer to the Small Business Credit Crunch? Archives November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 More. Web/Tech women work/life balance

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 23, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Street Food Gets Real | Main | Please Take "The Organizational Use of Video Storytelling" Survey » June 23, 2010 More on the Growth of Small Farms and Local Food Interesting article in the Washington Post on mobile slaughterhouses. 

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Small Business Labs

JULY 8, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Foreign Born in the U.S.   The article focuses on Fargo, ND, but also talks about the broader upper midwest - which has a very strong economy relative to most of the rest of the U.S. .  Workforce | Main | Do Small Businesses Still Need a Website?

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Small Business Labs

MAY 28, 2010

  The picture on the right is from the article and does a nice job showing the product.  Also related is the New York Times article City Slickers Take to the Crops , which covers the trend of agricurious urbanites vacationing by volunteering on farms.  " The company installs 1.2

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 9, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Whats Causing the Decline in Small Business Lending?     The article suggests - and we agree - that angels are disintermediating traditional VCs in many cases.    Others are informal groups that invest together as it makes sense. 

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 21, 2010

The article suggests this industry consolation will lead to "architectural mediocrity" and less innovation. Archives November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 More. At the same time, many consider this the golden era of small software companies. 

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « The Small Business Recession Not Over | Main | Wealthy Planning on Working in Retirement » September 29, 2010 The Future Job Thats Here Today I've been a regular reader of Popular Science since junior high and have always enjoyed their visions of the future. 

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Small Business Labs

MAY 27, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Inc. Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Inc. Archives November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 More. Web/Tech women work/life balance

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 19, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Job Creation Confusion | Main | The Growth of Private Company Stock Exchanges » August 19, 2010 Developing Countries: The Engine of Global Economic Growth Good article from Nielsen Wire article on going global.  Web/Tech women work/life balance

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Small Business Labs

MAY 21, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Is Corporate Social Media Sales Media?  Mike Cassidy does a great job of capturing this in his San Jose Mercury News article Maker Faire Mixes Business with Wackiness.    Think science fair on steroids meets craft show on steroids. 

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Over 250 U.S. Coworking Facilities | Main | Lessons from Turning Academic Research into a Business » September 17, 2010 3D Printing Comes Of Age The New York Times article 3-D Printing Spurs Is Spurring a Manufacturing Revolution covers the growing impact of this technology. 

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Small Business Labs

MAY 26, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Social Networks, Cultural Evolution and Idea Sex | Main | The Third Billion - The Growing Impact of Global Women » May 26, 2010 Inc. has an interesting package of articles on the best industries for starting a business.  on Choosing the Right Industry Inc.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 10, 2010

  From the article: "The jobs that are coming back are part-time and temporary.   From the article: "The jobs that are coming back are part-time and temporary. Archives November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 More.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 17, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « An Overview of the Non-Profit Sector | Main | DMAs Spring Magazine Focused on Going Global » May 17, 2010 Business Week, The Economist on the Trickle Down Recovery We've posted in the past on large corporations recovering more quickly from the Great Recession than smaller businesses. 

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 17, 2010

  Despite lots of coverage of this issue (the American Prospect's article It's Not the End of Men chronicles some of the more recent books and articles), most people are surprised when exposed to these trends.  " The recent Newsweek article - Are we There Yet? "  We certainly agree. 

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Lessons from Turning Academic Research into a Business | Main | Are VCs Colluding? » September 22, 2010 Ultralight Startups Ultralight startups:  little capital, just computer is an interesting article by the SF Chronicle's Tom Abate.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 11, 2010

  Key quote from the article: "The biggest reason why customers will cut the cord, according to the study, is the growing cost of pay-TV service.   Key quote from the article: "The biggest reason why customers will cut the cord, according to the study, is the growing cost of pay-TV service.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Credit and the Two-Speed Economy | Main | Tablet Sales Forecasted to Explode » November 01, 2010 Self-Employed Using Fewer Employees September's Labor Review Monthly  from the BLS has an excellent article on U.S. self-employment. 

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