Mon.Jul 02, 2012

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The Rise of Gourmet Food Trucks

Small Business Labs

The chart below shows the stunning growth in the number of Google hits for the search term "food trucks" over the last 4 years.       I even had to cheat a bit on the chart to get the 83,000 hits in 2008-2009 to show up.   The rise of food trucks is being driven by a variety of trends, many of which we're seeing across the small business space.  These include:  - New Localism , which the trend Americans relearning the value of community and reestab

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Cloud computing, your business and your customers – the four things you need to know

The Small Business Blog

Many of you will know that the founder of this blog Stefan Töpfer, founded and is steadily building, Winweb, a cloud computing firm. I have known Stefan for a while now after I interviewed him for a book, Rare Business (you can buy a copy here) that I wrote in 2010.

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Just Because it Looks Scary, Doesn't Mean You Shouldn't Try It

Stephanie LH Calahan

" Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If you don't, it atrophies. Make a point of using it at least once a day." ~ Roger Von Oech. Late last week, we had the opportunity to purchase fresh-picked blueberries.  My son LOVES blueberries, so we bought 10 pounds.  That night, he asked me if I could make blueberry muffins.  I'd never made them before, but I was up for the challenge.

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Top 5 Tips for Predicting Your Small Biz Future

The Small Business Blog

Top 5 Tips posts from the SME Blog are always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. Nowadays a small business has more access to helpful data than they ever had before. Use Google Analytics and Facebook Insights to work out what is and isn’t working for your business.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Freedom Starts With Choice

Virtual Moxie

Tomorrow is Independence Day here in the US—a big deal celebratory day designed to help us remember how wonderful independence actually is. Last year, I shared this post, and mentioned choice. Late last week, a reader asked if this year, I'd say more about the connection between choice and freedom. So this is for all of you.and especially for R. ?.

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4 Reasons you Should Continue Providing your Employees Health Insurance

Small Business CEO

As some of the Obama administration’s health care reform legislation goes into effect in 2014, many businesses are left wondering what they should do about their employee’s health insurance coverage. One major law that will be enacted in 2014 is that small businesses (under 50 people) will no longer be required to provide coverage for their employees.

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Your Two Brains

Productivityist

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact Your Two Brains Posted on 07/02/2012 // Leave a Comment The following is a guest post by Patrick Rhone. Patrick is the author of several books, including enough and his most recent work, Minimal Mac: What We Believe In. I’ve long been a fan of his writing and podcast (which is on the same network as Mikes on Mics ), and I was very excited when he agreed to contribute to Vardy.me.

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The 'Busy' Trap - NYTimes.com

Denise Aday

The 'Busy' Trap - NYTimes.com : This one’s a keeper! “The space and quiet that idleness provides is a necessary condition for standing back from life and seeing it whole, for making unexpected connections and waiting for the wild summer lightning strikes of inspiration — it is, paradoxically, necessary to getting any work done. . Life is too short to be [so] busy.”.

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Sign the Declaration of Internet Freedom

Denise Aday

Tired of fighting bad bills like SOPA, PIPA and CISPA? Want to stand up against those who are trying to control what we do and say online? Let’s do something different.

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Elevating the Virtual Interviewing Experience

Sharing your authentic self in a virtual interview can be an unwanted challenge. How do you break through the digital barrier when conducting a virtual interview and share your exceptional self? Think in unconventional ways to elevate the virtual interviewing experience.

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(via Say What)

Denise Aday

(via Say What ).