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Great Visualization of the Changing Part-Time Workforce

Small Business Labs

  People reporting they are working part-time for economic reasons (PTER) would prefer to work full-time but are working part-time because of slack work or business conditions, or because they could find only part-time work.    People reporting they work part-time for non-economic reasons (PTNER) are choosing part-time work. 

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Housecleaning in Word 2007: Customizing your Dictionary

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 31 January, 2009 Housecleaning in Word 2007: Customizing your Dictionary Something you should do every once in awhile is to clean up your dictionary in Word. One of the best kept secrets in Word 2007 is the Word Options button. Wow.this tip almost makes me want to upgrade to 2007 *laughs*.

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The Rise of Coworking and the Variable Cost Economy

Small Business Labs

A key reason we started following coworking back in 2007 was it provided a flexible alternative to the traditional long term commercial office lease. Coworking turned a fixed cost (long term lease) into a variable cost (month to month membership). 

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Is the Market for Food Trucks Becoming Oversaturated?

Small Business Labs

As we state in our food truck research report , we think the food truck industry will continue to substantially expand for at least the next 3-5 years.  Compared to 2007, fast food visits by this group are down 15%. " Our quick answer to this question is no, not even close. Our reasons are: 1.

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Competitive Intelligence: Not Just For Big Business | THE SMALL.

The Small Business Blog

Analyst reports, traditional media (newspaper, press releases), job search engines, business and academic sites and even trade shows. Steve Said on January 26th, 2010 at 3:38 pm I often find that CI is overlooked by small businesses especially regarding restaurants for example. Say you have a competing restaurant a few blocks away.

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Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/12/01

The Small Business Blog

The Latest Entrepreneurial Fantasy Is Selling Cupcakes : Move over restaurants and bed-and-breakfasts. Stimulus cash runs out for loan s: The stimulus cash that helped boost small business lending this year just ran out. A new fantasy seems to have taken hold for people who long to own their own business: the cupcakery.

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Word and Outlook 2007 tips

Laughing all the Way to Work

.© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 24 May, 2009 Word and Outlook 2007 tips I use Word 2007 at my new job and have never really had a chance to go through it to find the quick tips and how-tos that I had in Word 2003. I have also included some Outlook 2007 tips: Word 2007: Change Case To toggle between upper, lower and initial caps.

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