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How to Survive a Recession, According to a 91-Year-Old Business

Success

To keep the 76,000-square-foot store running with only 120 employees, down 40% from the prior year, and with 50% fewer staff in the restaurant, they had to find efficiencies like streamlining the restaurant menu. As a result, he began monitoring the company’s finances on a weekly basis. Great advice.”

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Experts Weigh in on 17 Investments for a Rich Life

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We polled a handful of experts, in fields ranging from food to finance, and asked them to talk about ways you can spend your hard-earned money to achieve prosperity —not just the cash-in-your-pocket kind that comes from a profitable business, but also the kind of abundance that enriches your life and feeds your soul. Speak their language. “If

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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Female entrepreneurs , CEOs and community leaders who mentor and support young women provide invaluable guidance, helping them overcome challenges and achieve their ambitions. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Van Jones (CNN host) and was the festival production company for Newark Arts Festival (2017 and 2018). With the U.S.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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According to Guidant, the highest number of women-owned small businesses were in retail (18%), followed by “food and restaurant” at 12% and “health, beauty and fitness services” at 10%. The industries of women in business The industries these women settled into differed between the reports. of women-owned businesses.

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Competitive Intelligence: Not Just For Big Business | THE SMALL.

The Small Business Blog

Competitive Intelligence: Not Just For Big Business by Stefan Töpfer on Jan 20, 2010 Small business owners may have nightmares about reading an article about the product launch of your closest competitor only to realise it’s the same product you have been working on for months. Say you have a competing restaurant a few blocks away.

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

The Small Business Blog

Within his business he has established what he calls a Mentor Board of Advisors, a group of people he turns to for advice and learning. Not surprisingly this group includes mentors within his own industry, but what is unique about Scudamore is that some of these mentors run the businesses he competes against every day.

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13 Mistakes That Can Jinx Your Business

Small Business CEO

With economic headlines shouting one big problem after another, we’re conditioned to think about economic dangers in grandiose terms - the calamity that cripples and possibly sinks a business, whether it’s a giant oil company, or a local restaurant. But putting off key projects can result in lost time, money and productivity.