Success

MARCH 20, 2022

We polled a handful of experts, in fields ranging from food to finance, and asked them to talk about ways you can spend your hard-earned money to achieve prosperity —not just the cash-in-your-pocket kind that comes from a profitable business, but also the kind of abundance that enriches your life and feeds your soul.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 5, 2010

  The best know example is the tech industry cluster in Silicon Valley.     Lafayette, CA, a small San Francisco suburb has created a restaurant cluster called  Restaurant Row.     The chart below shows PWC's 2040 forecast of the largest clusters by industry.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 22, 2010

  A good idea for any business, Hartman uses the example of Skillet (see their Airstream mobile restaurant on the right), who got the idea for their popular "bacon jam" from a customer. For another example of street food, see NPR's article on The Cupcake Truck.   They listen to their customers. 

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 30, 2010

Bartz: They want to see more local content – things within a five to 10 mile radius that people want to know what's going on, like coupons and restaurants. Yet another example of the growing role of the local web and new localism. .  From the WSJ article: WSJ: What kinds of content do Yahoo users want to see more of?

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