Success

MARCH 8, 2023

Other reasons included “not [being] ready to retire” and the loss of their previous job. According to Guidant, the highest number of women-owned small businesses were in retail (18%), followed by “food and restaurant” at 12% and “health, beauty and fitness services” at 10%. Women of all ages are launching businesses.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 5, 2010

  Lafayette, CA, a small San Francisco suburb has created a restaurant cluster called  Restaurant Row.  .  While the PWC analysis focuses on 5 big industries, clusters can be large or small.  This prevents automated programs from posting comments. Having trouble reading this image?

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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.   They listen to their customers.  Bacon jam sounds disgusting to me.  Having trouble reading this image? View an alternate.

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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. .  From the WSJ article: WSJ: What kinds of content do Yahoo users want to see more of? That is part of how we operate now online. Having trouble reading this image?

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Small Business Labs

MAY 28, 2010

  Restaurants and others use it to source local food; local farmers use it sell product.  The fees are quite reasonable - full service packages start at $695 per season. While on the topic of urban farming, I want to mention Local Dirt.    It is an eBay-like website where you can find, buy and sell local food. 

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Men With Pens

APRIL 7, 2011

By the time I expensed medical, insurance, retirement etc, I barely broke even. However, losing those clients meant I gained a ton of free time – time I used to finally launch my website, complete some much needed on-ground research, and start networking with social media and public relations networks. And it’s paying off.

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