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Offering Remote Work Options Creates a Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Workplace Environment

Allwork

Without proper office equipment, workers are 27.5 – 46.9% of those who switched to working from home during the pandemic gained weight and a slight increase in pain levels due to inadequate work-related equipment, such as office chairs and desks. . When given the option to work from home, workers were 22% more productive. .

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The Wall Street Journal's Small Business, Big Innovation Contest

Small Business Labs

  Key quote from their submission: Using similar technology and equipment employed in the automotive side of our retail operations, we added a business that remanufactures airport ground services transportation equipment axles. 2011 is on pace to meet or beat 2010. Regular emails to growing customer base.

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Employ more customer service options to provide a concierge level of excellence

Service Untitled

In 2011, over 72.6 It’s true that not every company can employ the 24/7 quality phone service of a corporation like American Express, but customers look for the least amount of work they have to do in order to be the happiest with their purchases.

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Santiago Peak Calling…Our Readers!

The Marq

Climbing Mount Whitney You may recall from the First Long Hike Complete post that a friend and I hiked up to the highest point in Orange County, Santiago Peak, in November of 2011. The post created quite a number of comments via email, a few on the post’s Comments section, and a number on Facebook.

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Who Needs an Office? 10 Entrepreneurs Weigh In on the Future of Virtual Work

Success

Elizabeth Saunders of Real Life E® offers a wise word of advice: “Reduce, reuse and recycle: For instance, your current software, email provider, phone service and office equipment may be most—if not all—of what you need to start. This article was published in October 2011 and has been updated. Photo by Jaem Prueangwet/Shutterstock.

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Start 2011 off Organized! - Productive & Organized

Stephanie LH Calahan

Work With Stephanie « 106 Thoughts on Overcoming Overwhelm in a Freaked-Out World | Main | Make Your Resolutions/Goals from a Customer/Client Perspective & Grow Your Business Next Year (The 3 Ss) » Start 2011 off Organized! Here are a few simple suggestions for starting 2011 out the organized way!

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16 Drop-Out Billionaire Entrepreneurs Every Business Owner Should Know

Small Business CEO

He died in 2011. I had to keep my overhead low by learning everything about running a business, from accounting to fixing the gears of my equipment. Dropped out of Harvard to promote his social media network; Facebook. Steve Jobs: billionaire founder of Apple Inc. and Pixar; dropped out of Reed College to start Apple.

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