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These Top 10 Celebrity Franchise Owners Are Winning Outside the Limelight, Too

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Drew Brees The former NFL quarterback scored a touchdown in retirement with his investment in multiple franchises. With a reported net worth of about $160 million, the retired New Orleans Saints star invested in the fitness-focused Stretch Zone, the healthy-foods-focused Everbowl, Dunkin’, Happy’s Irish Pub and Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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Other reasons included “not [being] ready to retire” and the loss of their previous job. She started her first company, PandoMedia, an investigative journalism site covering the technology industry, in 2011 when she was on maternity leave from her job as senior editor at TechCrunch. Women of all ages are launching businesses.

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Small Business Labs: Gartner's Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends.

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Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Software "Super Vendors" and Barbell Industrial Structures | Main | Why Global Poverty is Declining » October 22, 2010 Gartners Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2011 Is it just me, or is it too early for 2011 top trends lists?  View an alternate.

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Wall Street Journal on the Two-Track Economy

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The article looks at how companies with a large exposure to international markets are faring versus companies that are dependent on the US.  As the WSJ article points out, large corporations are aggressively pursuing faster growing international markets.  and burger giant McDonald's Corp. View an alternate.

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Christoph Fleischmann of Arthur | Bridging the Hybrid Work Divide with Mixed Reality

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In 2011, he co-founded a machine learning startup and later went on to be an early leader at two VR companies, Inflight VR and Megaparticle, the company behind PokerVR. You’re always saying, well, when I retire, I’m going back to Rome, so you should just stay in Rome, and we can all work together. CEO and Founder of Arthur.

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The 2 Speed Economy - Big versus Small Business

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Large companies are doing well because of their exposure to stronger international markets and better access to credit and government stimulus spending.  They've Archives November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 More. View an alternate.

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Smallbizlabs Bidding on Newsweek

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  They're an award winning magazine with a rich history and an international reputation for outstanding reporting.  .  Yes, there will be some integration issues.    They're on the east coast, we're out west.    We're - well let's just say we're not that. 

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