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Flexible Office Spaces Boom in Spain as 75,000+ New Companies Establish Roots

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and reaching levels not seen since before the 2008 financial and real estate crisis. IWG, cited as an example, has reported a 123% increase in on-demand membership in Spain. More specifically, from January to August, over 75,000 new companies were established in Spain, surpassing figures from the same period last year by 11.3%

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What Leslie Jordan’s Legacy Can Teach Us About Pivoting to a Third Act

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It’s also a great example of how someone can take their gifts— in Jordan’s case, stage presence, comedic timing and storytelling—and repurpose them, like he did from on-screen to online. In 2008, pregnant actress Jessica Alba was washing new baby clothes with a detergent her mother recommended and broke out in hives.

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The Rise of the Solopreneur Travel Agent

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  Examples include personal trainers, wealth managers, dog walkers, mow and blow services, sports, music and education coaches for kids, and many others.   .  These are niche businesses that provide life support services to increasingly harried, time-constrained consumers. 

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Your Brain Is the Greatest Computer Ever Created

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For example, I gave a one-hour keynote in Atlanta at a home-builders conference. This article was published in February 2008 and has been updated. Simply turn the key points into pictures and then file them in your memory according to the method of loci. I wrote my speech out the night before and filed key points in my memory palace.

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Be the Flame: 6 Principles for Leading Through Difficult Times

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These principles aren’t ones we often put into writing or even speak aloud, but they help us be resilient in times of chaos or confusion—switching industries mid-career, for example. The husband created the home warranty sector for real estate years ago, and the wife created an online auction company during the 2008 economic crisis.

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3 Keys to Successful Investing

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Many people in 2008 sold when the market was at its lowest point and then missed out on the gains of one of the longest rebounds in stock market history. We created the following examples to show you the importance of long-term investing using this compound interest calculator.

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It’s Not the End: Why Creating an Exit Strategy Sets Your Business Up for Long-Term Success

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Exit strategy models to emulate When looking at industry models to emulate, both Smith and Paterson share examples of both successes and failures. Yahoo is one of the best examples of failing to acquire other exiting companies and failing to maximize on their own exit,” Smith recalls. In 2023, Google has a market cap of $1.7

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