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Will the New Artisan Economy Save the Middle Class?

Small Business Labs

.  Key quote: The multi-trillionfold decline in the cost of computing since the 1970s has created enormous incentives for employers to substitute increasingly cheap and capable computers for expensive labor.  For more on this topic, see our Artisan Economy category or the 2008 research report The New Artisan Economy.

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Customers Have to Pay at Claire's

Make or Break Moments

Not a problem, I was entertained by the two sales associates talking to each other about how the one’s boyfriend refuses to change diapers and wants her to start potty training her 12 month old. The jewelry is fun and flirty and affordable. The company gets their money and I’m not inconvenienced.

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How Big Corporations Are Cutting Their Energy Usage

Eco-Office Gals

In 2008, they created a program that is called the Climate Corps. Its focus is to train 100 graduate students each year about the fundamentals regarding energy efficiency so that they will be well-equipped to go into Corporate America and share the knowledge that they have with the places where they intern.

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Do You Know Your Lifestyle Ratios?

Stephanie LH Calahan

  Revenue, net income, total expenses, and payroll costs are just a few of the items that you may be monitoring on your profit and loss statement.  Both hourly consulting and training classes are partially leveraged because the business owner spends time teaching, consulting, and supervising. Training classes.

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When a client's site cries out for help

Loosely Speaking

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs When a client’s site cries out for help Monday, October 6, 2008 at 3:39 pm // By: ktcosmos // Category: Web/Tech Like many small developers, I built a number of websites between 1998 and 2002 using the then standard approach of hand-coded HTML and, later, a web editing program.

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Sugar Not The Icing On The Small Business Cake.

The Small Business Blog

Let me spell it out for anyone who really has not got the picture, businesses go bust because: The banks will not lend money to them; Even if they lend the money it is so expensive that it takes any profit out of the deal; They run out of savings. Who the hell made Sugar a Lord anyway any why? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Small Business Bootstrapping Techniques | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

South By South West Midlands Said on February 28th, 2008 at 4:51 pm [.] low cost business ideas Said on April 10th, 2008 at 11:10 pm the internet has allow the bootstrapper to go to a whole new level. – Stefan Carlos Weil Said on May 27th, 2008 at 11:38 pm STEFAN: I fully agree with bootstrapping. But you will need some [.]

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