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

Success

At 29, she was the epitome of the American Dream, having come to the United States from Peru as a child, Morales was a college graduate, a homeowner living in Garfield, New Jersey, who held a sales and development management position at Blinds To Go. Her first thought was the officer saw her talking on the phone.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

Success

The National Women’s Business Council found that the top five industries (“healthcare and social assistance; professional, scientific and technical services; retail trade; and administrative and support and waste management and remediation services”) made up 66.2% of women-owned businesses. I have a lot of fun,” she said. “We

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How to Implement a Zero Waste Business Strategy

Eco-Office Gals

Waste management is a lucrative business for a reason. manufacturing plants haven’t sent any waste to landfills since May 2004 — a mission that began with a good-faith accounting of the company’s waste stream. Doubling-down on recycling and reusing our waste creates 10 times as many jobs. as waste disposal alone. Slashed Expenses.

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Maintaining Friendships Is Hard—Here’s Why It’s Crucial for Your Well-Being

Success

between 1985 and 2004. I have a lot of people I consider friends, but there are a lot fewer of those I can pick up the phone and talk to if I really need some solid advice. People are complex, and relating to them one-on-one can sometimes appear harder than managing a business deal or even speaking to a large crowd.

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Go Straight for the Joy and Follow Your Purpose

Success

In 2004 I was enjoying the highest-paying, most respectable job I had ever worked. If you had asked me a week before that accident if I was happy, I would’ve said yes,” I told life coach Martha Beck over the phone. “ Everything from the title on my business card to the location of the building fed my notion of success.

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Zuckerberg's Facebook Success Secrets: How to Lead and Succeed Like Zuck - A Webinar

Office Dynamics

His company, Facebook — founded in 2004 — has 800 million active users, and is valued at between $70 billion and $100 billion. Business Management Daily. About the Speaker: Dr. Joe Frontiera is a Managing Partner at Meno Consulting. Supervisors and managers. Office managers. A New Interactive Webinar. Executives.

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Could You Telecommute From Italy?

On The Job

If you think you have a pretty sweet deal because you're allowed to work from home one or two days a week, consider the arrangement Barry Frangipane managed to make with his employer. And even though he lived in Venice in 2004 to 2005, he says what he did is still possible today. Read this latest story I did for Gannett/USAToday.com.