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Angelos Michalopoulos and Vassiliki Petridou Own a Third of Ios Island in Greece—Here’s Why They Won’t Develop More than 1% of It

Success

In 2004, the couple began purchasing land before opening Agalia hotel and Calilo resort in 2016 and 2019, respectively. Michalopoulos and Petridou now own a quarter of Ios island and credit their profitability to developing only a small portion of land over an extended period of time.

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More Americans Facing a Rent Burden

Small Business Labs

households rented their homes in 2016, which is about 9.3 million more than in 2004.  Nearly 43 million U.S.

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Economic Uncertainty and the Trend of Decline

Small Business Labs

In 2004 just 31% of Americans reported they accepted gay marriage. In 2016 it was 59% of Americans. These are the number of people covered by health insurance and the acceptance of gay marriage.    The rapidly rising acceptance of gay marriage, BTW, is quite stunning. Rarely do social trends change this quickly. 

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The Rise of Solopreneur Manufacturing Companies

Small Business Labs

" As the chart below shows (click to enlarge), there were about 350,000 manufacturing firms with no employees other than the owner in 2014, up almost 17% from 2004. In 2016 we found that there are about 5.4 Their growth stands out in a sector that has been shedding workers for decades." During the same period the number of U.S.

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The New Multinationals: Small, Micro and Solo Businesses Driving the Next Wave of Globalization

Small Business Labs

goods exports in in 2004 to 34% percent in 2014. Data from the 2016 MBO Partners State of Independence study , for example, showed that about 2 million independent workers sold services or goods to customers outside of the U.S. In fact, according to the U.S. SBA  small business goods exports have grown from 29% of total U.S.

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Who Needs Luck? Quick Hint.

The Marq

Though it's hard to categorize the groups of successes and misses, and there are definitely different shades of each, two incredible group of people stand out: 1) The development team, Microsoft Consulting Services Firm consultants, and supporting staff at Fidelity National Financial during my time there in 2004 to 2007; and 2) The Professional Services, (..)

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Annual List Building Plan – Explained In 3 Simple Steps

Office Organization Success

So when I first started purposefully list building (back in 2004), I would try all of these different list building strategies … and none of them really worked! c) 2016 Tracey Lawton Training & Consulting LLC. Well, they didn’t work consistently, anyway. Where are you struggling with your list building?

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