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Resilience Stories: After Her Father Was Deported, She Bought and Expanded His New Jersey Restaurant

Success

She left her job, withdrew every cent of her 401(k), and bought her father’s Peruvian restaurant, El Gordo. She purchased a second location from her mother in 2012 and has since opened one more, giving her three locations in New Jersey. “My My goal is to build a national chain,” Morales says. So, I did.”.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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from 2012—while the growth of male-owned employer businesses during the same time period was only 5.2%. million workers in 2019 and grew their workforce by 28%… between 2012 and 2019.” She moved on in 2012 and founded Mina Shah Enterprises the following year, self-funding with income from consulting. trillion.”

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Food Truck Nation

Small Business Labs

cities and the goal is to show what it's like to start an operate a food truck. We think the key quote from the report is: “You can create your restaurant on wheels for $50,000 to $60,000. The index covers 20 U.S.   The study chart below shows the top 10 food truck friendly cities, with  Portland leading the list. 

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One Meal at a Time: How Christine Ha Defied Vision Loss to Become a MasterChef

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In 2012, she became the first blind contestant on cooking competition MasterChef —and won. Now, Christine owns two Vietnamese restaurants and has written a cookbook, Recipes from My Home Kitchen. Her initial goal was to regain some of her independence—she wasn’t necessarily thinking about cooking professionally.

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From the archive: The role of workplace design in employee engagement

Workplace Insight

To avoid this, the IT strategy needs to be aligned with their workplace goals to succeed in building a more engaged culture. In 2012 Serena joined the new born Coalesse team within Steelcase, being responsible for Marketing, Communications and Public Relations in EMEA.

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Leading with Kindness: 14 Most Charitable Celebrities

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Not only does the “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” host help give mom-and-pop restaurants a huge boost through his show, but Fieri also gives back in other ways, whether that’s feeding thousands of Californians who lost their homes during wildfires or raising nearly $25 million for restaurant workers during the pandemic.

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My 2015 Year in Review (and How a Journal Made It Easy to Do)

Productivityist

I had a great birthday lunch with Anne at a restaurant in our inner harbour. We talked about our plans, goals, and aspirations for our ventures. We agreed that the 2012 was too sweet, that the 2014 was too “hot” (boozy but not mild), and that the 2013 was just right. I turned 41.

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