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Why You Should Start a Company in ... Atlanta

It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. But emerging entrepreneurial hubs around the country are giving startup aspirants options. In this series, we talk to leading figures in ...READ»

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5 Steps for Your Small Business to Get Credit and Get It Right

Small businesses have the power to get our economy moving again, creating jobs and real growth, but they continue finding credit difficult to come by, or shy away for fear of hidden traps. Congress hopes that the Small Business Jobs ...READ»

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How Sparkseed Founder Mike Del Ponte Found His True Calling

Mike Del Ponte is the founder of Sparkseed, a non-profit that invests in young social entrepreneurs. Del Ponte was an activist en route to priesthood when it occurred to him that the best way to create social change was through entrepreneurship, not volunteerism.READ»

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Walmart Strongarms Suppliers ... For Sustainability!

Walmart Canada has committed CEOs of 24 of the country's largest companies to its "major sustainability project."READ»

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Reinventing Memorial Day: Solutions for Silence and Sacrifice

In his series on making Memorial Day more meaningful, Steve McCallion presents solutions from quieting our social networks in observance to asking companies to celebrate country over commerce.READ»

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Battle of the Carbon Titans

Unveiling the American Power ActREAD»

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11 Ways You Can Make Your Space as Collaborative as the Stanford d.school

The Stanford d.school, which opens officially on May 7, is a space whose design has been refined over the course of six years to maximize the innovation process. Every wall, every nook, every connecting gizmo, every table, every ...READ»

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Retail Growth Lessons for B2B Companies

Three strategies to innovate and dominate, no matter what industry you're in.READ»

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AIC Kia

AIC Kia Of Manassas 2009 Kia Borrego V8 4WD The theory is that despite the drastic rise in fuel costs, there are still plenty of upper-middle-class suburbanites who want a body-on-frame SUV to shuttle the family, haul supplies ...READ»

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You're invited to GO GREEN EXPO NYC next weekend, March 19 - 21!

I'll be speaking in NYC Friday 3/19 at GoGreenExpo's Business Day. Business buyers get in free on Friday. If you'd like to attend Saturday and/or Sunday, here's a discount code (gets you into the Architecture Fair also): visit ...READ»

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Does the Market Really Disapprove of Women on Norwegian Boards?

What's with all the crazy headlines saying that women on boards hurt firm performance, board effectiveness or stock price? READ»

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Troy Lair News - LLC Troy Lair Article Getting your medical billing and coding certification can give you a competitive edge in the job market. Many employers prefer to hire candidates with certification, since it gives them the ...READ»

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Lowe's Now Your Home for Screws, Spackle ... and Solar Panels

Imagine: you decide that you want to power your new house completely with solar energy. You go to Lowe's and buy some solar panels, install them, and voila, solar is on tap. It sounds simple enough, but up until this week it was a pipe dream.READ»

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B2B Social Media Marketing

Social Media has worked quite well for B2C companies like Dell, Home Depot, Proctor & Gamble and Southwest Airlines but what about B2B. Chris Yates is starting to help B2B companies play in the Social Media arena. Here is the ...READ»

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Where To Find "Sustainable" Employment?

The idea of employment being sustainable has a lot of appeal in this day and age of job insecurity. Now there’s a whole new meaning to the term. “Sustainability” these days means your job involves green, environmental initiatives, or else falls under the umbrella of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). It’s a great new way for you to increase your marketability. You can differentiate yourself as a capable employee who can also get profit-enhancing CSR done. But don’t just take it from me.READ»

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Ask Dan Heath: Bringing a Potted Plant to a Presentation

Dear Dan, Maybe you can help my colleague and me settle a disagreement. We are making a presentation soon to our regional SVP, who could approve or disapprove our plan. In essence, what we are proposing is to streamline our ...READ»

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The Art of Life

The Colts Neck home of Howard and Frances Schoor does not merely look as if it. was built for art—it was. Known locally as “the place with the dinosaur,” the California Contemporary house was designed by Santa Barbara California ...READ»

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Winmark Authorized Agent Group Inc Kia Borrego V8 4WD Those were the words out of the mouth of a Kia representative at the introduction of the 2009 Borrego. Sure, it wasn't all that long ago that nearly every carmaker was ...READ»

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Will Squidoo Kill Your Company's Shot at (Free) Feel-Good PR on Twitter?

Today Squidoo founder Seth Godin announced that his company would begin launching websites for major companies that collect social buzz--good and bad--from around the Web. In his blog, Godin says that these "conversations" are already ...READ»

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How to Start Your Own Company Using Your iPhone

A new app breaks down the daunting tasks of launching a new company into 14 clever, actionable steps.READ»

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The Sierra Hybrid is perfect for Miami Drivers

Reviewed 2009 GMC Sierra Hybrid: the perfect pick-up for the green truck typesJuly 7, 3:41 PMThe marketing types of this world would have you believe that there are car people and truck people. They also like to divide car buyers into ...READ»

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From an Old-Fashioned Bank to an Heirloom Seed Bank

From the crumbling ashes of the fallen financial system rises a new type of bank: one for heirloom seeds. It sounds like the beginning of a post-apocalyptic novel, but it's really happening in Petaluma, California, where an abandoned ...READ»

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Good to Know: Seven Useful Things Online This Week

Print Is Dying Because... It's Printed "The Printed Blog" was an experiment in publishing: a hybrid online publication with a printed counterpart that could be delivered to your house. The venture's founder, Josh Karp, believed that ...READ»

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Where America Shops

The next time someone says we can’t conserve our way to a cleaner future or eliminate fossil fueled generation completely, point out that America could shop at Sears - - and find quite a bargain.READ»

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Why the Microgrid Could Be the Answer to Our Energy Crisis

Why small-scale, local power -- the microgrid -- could be the answer to our energy crisis. And why the big utilities are fighting it with all they've got.READ»