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Future-proofing Workspaces: Top Tactics To Align CRE Choices With Business Needs

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In Atlanta, CoStar’s research showed the average lease term dropped from 62 months in 2013 to 45 months today, a 25% decrease — a significant change in a short time. However, when comparing total occupancy costs for smaller spaces and shorter terms, flexible workspace most often is less expensive.

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Anne Mahlum Turned $175K Into More than $88 Million. Here Are Her Tips to Scale Your Business

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When Mahlum started Solidcore in 2013, which now has over 100 studios across the U.S., She was adding up every expense and weighing where to splurge on a wise investment and where to save a few grand. “If you’re trying to scale and you’re spending your time the exact same way, something’s wrong. You’re never going to get there.”

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How to Name Your Business

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It’s far less expensive to name a company with a descriptive title and tagline,” Isen says. This article was published in May 2013 and has been updated. Consider the type of name you’re after. A few tools to brainstorm your name: Online business-naming tools such as Wordoid.com can help generate ideas.

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Use of Contract Labor by Sole Proprietors Surging

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The IRS recently released the 2013 data on sole proprietors. In 2013 there were a bit over 24 million sole proprietors reporting about $1.34   As the chart below shows, sole proprietor contract labor expenses increased 38% between 2010 and 2013.  trillion in gross business receipts. . 

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The 2023 Motherhood Penalty: The Sorry State Of Affairs For Working Women Continues

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Since 2013, children over twelve months old have been entitled to a place in daycare at a subsidized (state) rate. has the most expensive childcare of any industrialized nation, depleting around 75% of parents’ incomes. This offer has made it more economically viable for women to return to work after having children. In the U.K.,

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How to Partner with a Rival for a Win-Win

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Blue Moon Fair Trade partners with three other fair-trade retailers to combine trans-Pacific shipments, saving all of them up to 40% in shipping and paperwork expenses. In 2013, I opened my retail store in a blighted commercial corridor. Consider coming together to buy inventory or vendor services in bulk.

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Economic Insecurity and the Decline of Babies

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But they may go even lower in 2013. Centers for Disease Control indicate 2013's fertility may decline slightly compared to  2012. And they are expensive to raise. .  This maintains the number of U.S. births per 1000 women aged 15-44 at 63, its lowest level since records have been kept.

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