Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

'Back in 2006 we reported that craft brewers - also known as microbrewers - had captured almost 6% of U.S. beer sales, up from effectively 0% a decade or so earlier.   We revisited the industry in 2010 and found craft brewers 2009 revenue share of the U.S. beer market had grown to about 7%. Since 1% of the U.S beer market is worth about $1 billion (Americans drink a lot of beer), this was strong growth - especially given the country was in the midst of the Great Recession.

2013 193

2013 2009 2006 2010 193

Virtual Moxie

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

'I''m just back from nine days with the AssistU VAs. Throughout my time with them, I overheard conversations and was involved in others that were about growth, working smart, having high standards, learning plans, profitability.but it wasn''t until I sat down this afternoon to work through some email that''s come in in my absence that I heard about burnout--and that wasn''t from an AssistU VA, but it made me want to write about it anyway because if one person is dealing with it, many are.

AT&T 162

AT&T Email Learning UPS 162

Office Organization Success

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

'It’s hard to believe, but we’re heading into the final quarter of 2014. So this week, I whipped out my 90-day MAP and created my plan for this final quarter. Like many of you, I too have a ton of ideas floating around in my head. I needed to get them down on paper and see how everything fits together, and creating a 90-day MAP lets me do that.

2014 142

2014 Promotion 142

On The Job

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

'In the workplace, it can be tough to find that middle ground between being pushy and being a pushover. But you figure you do a pretty good job, right? Just the right amount of assertiveness so that you’re not a jerk or a wimp? You may want to reconsider your belief as a new study shows that the majority of us are off base when it comes to judging how others view us.

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Assertiveness Negotiating Interviewing Management 139

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

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