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Pet Humanization and the Rise of Granddogs

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We're often asked why pet trends are included in a blog on small business trends. This is a "digital media platform that offers pet news to Minnesota dog owners and directs them to public spots — coffee shops, restaurant patios, breweries and shops — where their pets are welcome." There are three main reasons.

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Tax-Free Lunches to Kickstart the Economy and Create Jobs

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Shashi Bellamkonda has a great post on the Smartblog for Restaurants on his tax-free lunch plan.    Key quote from his blog post: "President Barack Obama and Congress could join together to pass a law that allows any taxpayer spending $1,000 at restaurants in 2011 to write off that amount." I'm in. 

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Food Truck Economics

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Excellent article on Food Truck Economics over at the Priceonomics blog. Their other blog content is also at best tangentially related to their business.  Priceonomics is a price guide on, well, almost everything. It's a bit unclear to me why they have an in-depth article on food trucks.

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Is the Market for Food Trucks Becoming Oversaturated?

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As a recent Zagat blog post points out, "There’s been some national discussion lately about whether the market for food trucks is becoming oversaturated." They're also looking for fresh food and better and/or more unique dining experiences than most fast food restaurants provide.  

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PWC's 2040 Industry Cluster Forecast

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Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc.   Lafayette, CA, a small San Francisco suburb has created a restaurant cluster called  Restaurant Row. 

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Street Food Gets Real

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Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc.   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.

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Yahoo CEO on Local Content

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Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc. 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. That is part of how we operate now online.

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