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Not All Stories Have Happy Endings—For This Entrepreneur, It Was Still Worth It

Success

In 2010, after losing her fashion design job during The Great Recession, Kristine Deer founded the activewear brand K-DEER. K-DEER was one of the first brands to make and market printed activewear in 2010 before it became an established retail department. “I Taking a leap. I had nothing to lose besides my ego,” Deer says.

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New Types of Energy Efficient Lighting

Eco-Office Gals

However, even more innovative and energy lighting is presently under development. Research is presently underway to develop white OLED devices to be used within solid-state lighting. To compare electric suppliers, visit the www.energyproviderstexas.com website. Today, compact fluorescent bulbs – CFLs – are a commonplace sight.

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Reducing Overheads Can Save A Business | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. Reducing Overheads Can Save A Business by Stefan Töpfer on Jun 30, 2010 Running a successful small business is a matter of controlling cash-flow. » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 at 7:30 am and is filed under How to.

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Turbocharge Your Sales

The Small Business Blog

Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. Turbocharge Your Sales by Stefan Töpfer on Feb 03, 2010 With better economic conditions coming soon, there couldn’t be a better time to brush up on your sales skills. Your best clients for 2010 might not have spent anything in 2009. Perhaps to your firm?

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5 tips for Sourcing Employee Training for Small Businesses

The Small Business Blog

Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. For speech and presentation skills, there are quite a number of individuals in organizations like Toastmasters and the Rotary club that are looking to increase their teaching and leadership skills. How to be successful and eco-friendly. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Small Business World News Round-up - 2009/11/03

The Small Business Blog

Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. Halloween presents many business opportunities that a savvy entrepreneur won’t want to overlook. Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. OnlineOffice: Overview Get the Flash Player to see this player.

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The US Talent Pool: Welcome Back to a Seller’s Market

Energage

Next month, Doug Claffey and I will be co-presenting some new research with Moritz Kothe, CEO of the workplace ratings site Kununu. During times of high demand, as we are seeing right now in the US, the labor market tilts in favor of the ‘suppliers’ – or individual workers. From a steady pre-recession rate of 1.3%

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