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How I Lost $3 Million in 24 Hours and Bounced Back

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At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, I supplied tickets to more than 8,500 people, netting over $1 million in profits. Technically, the legal term for what happened is called a “breach of contract.” Over the next five years, I found myself in a contentious legal battle to investigate the missing tickets.

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Successful Resumés

Laughing all the Way to Work

Updated this article February 13, 2008 [link] Unfortunately, in one job I had I was involved on the downside of government downsizing, but I feel that even during a seemingly bad experience, you can always learn something positive. For example I was applying for a job in the legal environment so wanted to highlight that].

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Small Business Startup Checklist – Naming Your Business | THE.

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Small Business Startup Checklist – Naming Your Business by Stefan Töpfer on Mar 12, 2008 This is the first of a series of weekly posts focusing on some of the key issues that a small business startup faces. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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Thinking Outside the Job Description Box

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Home About Me Advertise Thinking Outside the Job Description Box By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, March 20, 2008 Filed Under: Productivity E ditor’s note: This is a guest post by Patricia Robb of Laughing All The Way to Work: The Ultimate Secretarial Survival Blog.

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Happy New Year! Now don't forget to put the correct year on your.

Laughing all the Way to Work

As we head into the New Year it will be easy to forget and put 2008 instead of 2009. Business Writing Guidelines for 2008 C or cc or copy? My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. Now dont forget to put the correct year on your documents.

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Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Today's.

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 19 September, 2008 Using a Bring-Forward System to Help Organize Your Boss Of all the articles I have written, the one I wrote on the bring-forward system by far gets the most views. They are legal-sized folders, because I like a lot of space, but letter size would work just as well.

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Just a secretary.

Laughing all the Way to Work

There are many teachers in my extended family and it seemed like something I could do well, but our family did not have any money to further my education and I became a secretary instead. Business Writing Guidelines for 2008 C or cc or copy? I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice.