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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. Plus, being that the businesses involved are required to cover the interns’ salaries (traditionally, fellowships do have money involved) and travel expenses, as the EDF is showing them how to save their resources, they are not losing any of their own in the process.

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How Working From Home Can Work For You

The Small Business Blog

While your competitors have to pay out for expensive office space that they don’t need as clients dry up, your business can continue to thrive. An ideal example of people in this category are parents, childcare is hugely expensive and allowing people the flexibility to work from home means you can gain the staff others are missing out on!

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10 Changes You Might See Coming to Your Workplace

On The Job

While I thought about writing an uplifting, inspirational post today -- the last day of 2008 -- the truth is that I'm very much a realist at heart. Outside business consultants can be expensive, so the powers that be brought in Miss Miller's 5th grade class to give book reports on "How to Win Friends and Influence People."

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Collaborating With The Enemy: Competitive Advantage? | THE SMALL.

The Small Business Blog

Scudamore believes his philosophy so much that he has invited another competitor, Jason Mohr who runs Any Junk in London, to come visit their offices in Vancouver and even offered to pay half of his traveling costs! It’s expensive to develop your own resources so it makes sense to share. Think of the motor industry.

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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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More on the Growth of Small Farms and Local Food

Small Business Labs

  Because of this, it can be very expensive for small farms to transport their herds to these facilities for processing.  .  These are stainless steel "industrial facilities" on wheels that bring a butcher and federal meat inspector to small farms.  Web/Tech women work/life balance

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What ever happened to the "us" in Service?

Laughing all the Way to Work

I travel far to try and find a full-serve station, but they are becoming extinct. It was expensive,but when I brought it home I had to do all the work to get it up and running. Business Writing Guidelines for 2008 C or cc or copy? Recently, I bought a new laptop. What is wrong with this picture?