In the original story “A Christmas Carol,” (first edition 1843) Charles Dickens writes about an old and miserly Ebenezer Scrooge who undergoes a life-changing experience of redemption over the course of a Christmas Eve night.  The plot goes..
Topics: Lifestyle, Management

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As a business owner, you probably already own more insurance policies than you ever imagined you would. In addition to your personal auto, home, disability, health, and life insurance, your business also needs insuring: liability, equipment, vehicles,...
Topics: Financial Management, Money

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The folks at Razorfish just released a report called “Fluent: The Razorfish Social Influence Marketing Report” that entrepreneurs and marketers need to read. It examines how social media influences purchase decisions, how social features are..
Topics: Marketing

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During recessions we hear about all the bad news:  spiking unemployment; business closures; bankruptcies.  To be sure, the news is bad — for some, very bad.Yet, the picture is not uniformly bad for all industries.  Some are doing worse than...
Topics: Innovation, Money, selling in a recession, The Economy, The World

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In with the new; out with the old.There’s a new Big Three driving our economy now. They are Curiosity, Imagination and Failure.The demise of the former Big Three (Chrysler, Ford and GM) was as inevitable as the fall of empires and the rise of the sun...
Topics: Forward Thinking, New OPEN Forum

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