Success

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

In 2003 I took a low-stress job at a church to build a music program for young people. Helping others has been my own way of dealing with never really knowing my father. Linda Ruescher. 64; Tampa, Florida. I was on disability for four years because of systemic lupus with organ failure. I was so happy to get this job.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

  Way back in 2003, contract labor was only about 20% of the labor costs of sole proprietors.   Over the same period, spending on salaries and wages (meaning traditional employees) rose from $73.7 billion to $90.9 billion, an increase of 23%.  By 2010 it has risen to 31%. And in 2016 it reached 39%. 

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 27, 2018

 Since 2003, for example, the number of nonemployer businesses has increased by about 5.7 Receipts increased 1.5 percent from $1.15 trillion in 2015 to $1.17 trillion in 2016. This continues a pattern of about 2% growth per year in the number of nonemployer businesses over the past couple of decades. Since

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Brilliantly Better

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

“Coffee and cigarettes” is a 2003 movie by Jim Jarmusch. If you didn’t see it yet, I recommend it. You may be surprised to see a Roberto Benigni (Oscar winner for La Vita e Bella) at the beginning of his career. Benigni played in many Jarmsuch movies, and there are at least two that I.

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Allwork

OCTOBER 1, 2022

“There was a time when people felt the internet was another world, but now people realize it’s a tool that we use in this world,” according to Sir Tim Berners-Lee , inventor of the world wide web, speaking in 2003. Now let’s sprinkle in the word “quantum” in the above quote.

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Productivityist

AUGUST 16, 2023

Key Discussion Points Stephanie’s transition from corporate life in 2003 to a bookstore owner in Sacramento and eventually to being a renowned author and community builder. Stick around as we delve into topics like the art of ‘chunking’ your writing, the intriguing world of hybrid publishing, and so much more.

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The Small Business Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

” – Kemmons Wilson (1913-2003) US entrepreneur and founder of Holiday Inn. “The most successful people are those who take pride in their work, pride in their family… It is great to attain wealth, but money is really just one way – and hardly the best way – to keep score.”

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The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 25, 2014

” – Mark McCormack, US entrepreneur (1930-2003) Do you agree with McCormack’s statement that business plans lose their effect… Read the full article here: Planning – Quote of the Week on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG.

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Granted, Linkedin was launched in 2003 and then Facebook in 2004, but I hadn’t heard of them. When I started freelancing ten years ago, I had to do my marketing the old fashioned way.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

In 2013 contract labor was 36% of total labor costs, up from 31% in 2010 and just 20% in 2003.  .  As the chart below shows, sole proprietor contract labor expenses increased 38% between 2010 and 2013.    Over the same period salary and wage expense increased only 10.7%.

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Success

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

In 2003, with just $350, Perry invented Sinus Buster, which he says was the first hot-pepper nasal spray intended as a headache reliever. The company currently has over 1,000 franchises in 48 states. Greensations: People trust a tale of failure. Wayne Perry has parlayed the failure of a past business into the success of a current one.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 30, 2017

 Since 2003 the number of nonemployer businesses has increased by about  5.2 Census  released their 2015 data on non-employer businesses last week.    Overall, the number of U.S. nonemployer businesses continued it's steady growth, increasing by 2.1% million from 2014 to 2015. Since

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 4, 2015

  Over the decade from 2003 to 2013 the number of nonemployer businesses increased by 4.4 Census released the 2013 nonemployer business data. In 2013 there were 23.0 million businesses without paid employees in the U.S. This  This is an increase of 270,000, or 1.2%

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Allwork

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In May of 2021 that number jumped to 78% — the highest number AARP has ever recorded since they began tracking in 2003. . Before the pandemic, an AARP survey showed 61% of people ages 40 to 65 had either seen or experienced ageism in the workplace.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Workforce Week's (tiered subscription) Fast Forward: 25 Trends That Will Change the Way You do Business appears to have been written in 2003.    I'm most intrigued with their 2003 jobs forecast for 2010.  workers per unit of output than they did in 2003.    This is great. 

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Small Business Labs

APRIL 26, 2016

Also interesting is back in 2003 rural areas had more non-employer businesses per thousand residents than urban areas. As you can see from the study chart below, while urban areas have seen strong increases in the number of non-employers over the past decade or so, rural areas have seen declines.

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 6, 2011

  But the trend flattened starting in 2003.    Key quote: “Since 2003, motorized travel demand has leveled out or even declined in most of the countries studied, and travel in private vehicles has declined,” the authors wrote in their study.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

  Although the numbers fell quite a bit during the recession, they've recovered nicely and have more than doubled since 2003. So the American dream is still alive, at least for some.  While 1 million families is a lot, the U.S. Census Bureau says there are about 82 million families in the U.S. This means about 1.2%

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Success

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

In 2003, again swimming the 800-meter freestyle, she won gold at the All-Africa Games.

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Recruit CRM

MAY 28, 2021

an innovative, technology-driven brokerage leading the recruitment forefront, in Japan back in 2003. Robin Doenicke , an Australian entrepreneur, coach and martial arts expert co-founded Zensho Agency Inc.,

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Success

AUGUST 17, 2022

British artist Bruce Munro pioneered a now-burgeoning trend of using solar-powered fiber optic light displays to create immersive experiences, through his large outdoor Field of Light installations—first in his own backyard in 2003, and later in the Australian outback, where he was originally inspired by the energy and light of the sweeping desert (..)

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Success

AUGUST 17, 2022

British artist Bruce Munro pioneered a now-burgeoning trend of using solar-powered fiber optic light displays to create immersive experiences, through his large outdoor Field of Light installations—first in his own backyard in 2003, and later in the Australian outback, where he was originally inspired by the energy and light of the sweeping desert (..)

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Practically Perfect PA

AUGUST 1, 2013

I’ve been an EA for quite some time now, in fact I started working in 2003 so it has been a decade. The skills you pick up along the assistant career path are invaluable and I for one would not be able to do the job I do today if I hadn’t started as a Team Administrator back in 2003.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 19, 2008

Is it June 11, 2003? Is it the 6th of November 2003? If you sort by MM/DD/YYYY, 01/13/2003 would come before 04/12/2001, which would not be an accurate chronological listing. Wouldn’t it be nice if we all followed the same numerical dating standard. It can get very confusing when we date differently. Or is it 2006 November 03?

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Productivityist

JUNE 13, 2018

In 1996 he started up San Francisco based Rocket Network , and invented the pro audio media transfer tool ProTools DigiDelivery , used extensively in movie post-production, sold to Avid in 2003.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 3, 2008

In Outlook 2007 this feature works much better than the 2003 version. In 2003, the recipient still gets the e-mail and has to agree to let you recall the message. No matter how diligent you are, sometimes these mistakes happen. Thankfully, there is an option to Recall the message.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 16, 2013

As you can see from this chart, the share of creative class jobs has increased from roughly 25% in 2003 to almost 30% in 2012. Bureau of Labor Statistics, is directionally consistent with Florida's data. The working sector's share of self-employment fell from almost 40% to about 34%.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 13, 2008

Instructions for Word 2003 In Word 2003 the instructions are similar. For each clock, select the check box next to Show this clock. Select a time zone from the list, type a name for the clock (you can type up to 15 characters), and then click OK. Double click the time shown on your Task Bar.

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 9, 2012

  I think the first "year of NFC" I remember was 2003.    But if you'd asked us in 2003 when NFC would have its breakout year, we would have said 2007 or 2008.    But if you'd asked us in 2003 when NFC would have its breakout year, we would have said 2007 or 2008.   

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 28, 2008

Here is how you do it in Word 2003 and in Word 2007: Word 2003 View - Toolbars – choose Forms – go to the icon that looks like a checkbox and click on it. A checkbox will be inserted into your document where your cursor is.

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Clutter Coach

MARCH 8, 2016

Here’s a tip from Bill Jensen’s book, The Simplicity Survival Handbook (yes, it was published in 2003 (ancient!) Scanning and filtering is the name of the game here. How do you do that? but the points are still valuable).

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Success

JULY 28, 2022

And by all means, listen to music that revs you up—perhaps Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger,” or Cabane’s personal favorite, “Flying” from the 2003 movie Peter Pan. Enjoy an activity you do well, whether it’s playing tennis or tooting a tuba.

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Clutter Coach

JANUARY 8, 2016

Here’s a tip from Bill Jensen’s book, The Simplicity Survival Handbook (yes, it was published in 2003 (ancient!) Scanning and filtering is the name of the game here. How do you do that? but the points are still valuable).

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Success

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Starting a business wasn’t even on our minds when we first met in the summer of 2003. We had each been selected to participate in Leadership Atlanta, a rigorous development program that brings together 80 civic, business and faith leaders to strengthen community ties and address social and economic issues facing the region.

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Virtual Moxie

JUNE 2, 2015

In 2003, I realized that if the pledge was going to mean something, there had to be a way to hold the Virtual Assistants accountable for violations to the pledge. That's when we created a formal grievance process for people who worked with AssistU VAs, and who felt the VAs were operating their businesses in opposition to the pledge.

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Workplace Insight

JANUARY 17, 2023

Apple had launched the iPod and introduced the iTunes store, which was named Time magazine’s Coolest Invention of 2003. Take Amazon’s launch of the Kindle , for example. It was January 2004. Sales of physical CDs were slumping in favour of digital music downloads, and Jeff Bezos was concerned that books might be next.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 11, 2012

When I first started working in London in 2003 one of the key initiatives for most companies was corporate social responsibility and more specifically making the office environmentally friendly. Throughout the early years of the last decade it was imperative that we all made a conscientious effort to ‘go green’.

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