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Meet the Christmas Tree Farmers Keeping the Spirit of Christmas Alive

Success

Come high summer, around July, farmers are in the fields pruning trees by hand to shape the conifers into the perfect Christmas-tree form. Hidden Pond Tree Farm Mendham, New Jersey Christian Nicholson started Hidden Pond Tree Farm by leasing 35 acres of land and selling his first tree in 2008. It looked like a Hallmark movie.

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Baby Boomer Startups - Need, Ennui or a Lack of Alternatives?

Small Business Labs

.  One of the key forecasts in our Changing Face of Small Business report from 5 years ago was that baby boomers would increasingly choose to work for or start small businesses instead of pursuing traditional retirement.    Then the Great Recession hit.   

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The constant craving to put numbers on working relationships

Workplace Insight

The cocktail effect This form of misanthropy eroded over time. It was an idea tested by researchers in 2008, who confirmed the basic premise of the idea. Any more than that would see management ceding control of the individuals in the group – and hence their productivity – to the vagaries of peer pressure.

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Do You Know Your Lifestyle Ratios?

Stephanie LH Calahan

Most of the entrepreneurs I talk with tell me that they started their business because they wanted some form of freedom.  In the example below, this person is well on their way to retiring. She is the former Treasurer for the International Virtual Assistants Association serving on their Board of Directors for the term 2005-2008.

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Work-Life Balance 2.0 and Small Business | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

Ian Wilson THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG » Blog Archive » Ready To Retire Right Now? Oliver - Business Coach Said on April 22nd, 2008 at 12:34 pm Spending quality time with your family and taking part in activities you enjoy – and for many business owners this idea seems out of reach. Well don Interwatch Security!

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New Small Business Startup Idea: Virtual Import/Export Assistant.

The Small Business Blog

He is now retired but worked as a customs officer and also owned a restaurant that he was forced to sell after it ran at a loss for 2 years. My idea was to ask for a 50% deposit on innitial orders until there was some form of a customer relationship set up.) This is a great idea and I’ll certainly suggest it.

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Social Impact of Working From Home | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

I was here when he came home with the latest music CD, I had to listen to – not always easy, I admit – or the latest sport-shoes form addidas had finally arrived at the shops. Daniel Lowton Said on March 31st, 2008 at 8:14 am Stefan I found this article to be very interesting. Social Impact of Working From Home [.]

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