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What Leslie Jordan’s Legacy Can Teach Us About Pivoting to a Third Act

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Consider how transferrable those skills are, and what possible new industries or entrepreneurial ventures might benefit from them. In 1979, married lawyers Tim and Nina Zagatwho who dined out as a hobby, decided to poll their friends on restaurant recommendations rather than rely on just a few opinions from critics. The lesson here?

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Queer Eye’s Bobby Berk on Designing a Space—and Life—That Makes You Happy

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At 17, he moved to Denver and worked odd jobs, including at restaurants, gas stations and retail stores. That turned into a job with one of the retailers who carried those linens, Portico, where he worked his way up to buyer and then to head of e-commerce in 2005. He was homeless for a while, living out of his car.

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Pauline Roussel CEO at Coworkies and Co-author of “Around The World in 250 Coworking Spaces” | Driving Collaboration: How Coworking Spaces Foster Connections in Work Communities

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But the official start of the coworking as a movement was in 2005 in San Francisco. It’s bringing people together to learn new skills. So from providing a place to work and a network to a shared place for sharing ideas, knowledge also, obviously, and skills. But it’s sort of become so much more.

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AZVAs Podcast 4: Professionalism In and Outside of the Office

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Tara and I took this episode’s theme to heart and made sure that portions of it were recorded in numerous locations: her office, my office, a local restaurant, and in Phoenix Arizona. (Scroll down to read more about our sponsor.). While we were out and about we had a terrific time and hope you’ll enjoy the varied locations, too.

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Yahoo CEO on Local Content

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Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Frugal Innovation and Homemade Nuclear Fusion | Main | Wisconsin, Illinois Companies Feeling the Recovery » June 30, 2010 Yahoo CEO on Local Content Interesting interview with Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz in the Wall Street Journal  (registration required). 

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