Success

JULY 27, 2021

Gymnast Carly Patterson was just 16 when her dazzling performance at the 2004 Athens Olympics made her the second American woman ever to win the all-around competition. Every two years, we watch their victories replayed on highlight reels, forever freezing them at their athletic peak.

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Success

AUGUST 18, 2021

Kim and Mauborgne published their ideas in their 2004 book, Blue Ocean Strategy. Blue Ocean Strategy is a marketing approach developed by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne, professors at INSEAD, a private university with locations around the world. Before tackling so much information, you likely want to know the basics.

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 6, 2014

shows that since 2004 Americans have owned fewer cars and light trucks, driven each of those vehicles less and consumed less fuel each year. The study chart below shows mileage driven peaked in 2004/2005 and has declined every year since. .   The most recent study, Has Motorization in the U.S.

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 3, 2017

" As the chart below shows (click to enlarge), there were about 350,000 manufacturing firms with no employees other than the owner in 2014, up almost 17% from 2004. Their growth stands out in a sector that has been shedding workers for decades." During the same period the number of U.S.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Deedee joined The Hartford in 2004 and has spent most of her tenure supporting claims leaders until her move to support the Chief Data Science Officer in 2019. She came to this role after a varied career path including Automotive Service Management in addition to Real Estate and Vacation Planning in the USVI.

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Administrative Professionals 2004 Email Restaurants 85

Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

goods exports in in 2004 to 34% percent in 2014. Propelled by global online markets and platforms and a growing global middle class, small businesses and even freelancers and individuals are exporting goods and services in growing numbers. In fact, according to the U.S. SBA  small business goods exports have grown from 29% of total U.S.

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Success

JULY 13, 2021

The number of people who say they have no one with whom to discuss important matters has more than doubled between 1985 and 2004, according to a 2006 study by researchers at Duke University and the University of Arizona. In fact, Americans’ circle of confidants has shrunk dramatically in the past few decades.

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Tips From T. Marie

JULY 31, 2014

started blogging in 2004. It’s not 2004 anymore. Back then if there was a picture included with your post you were ahead of the curve. While the actual content of your posts is still the most important thing, it’s not the only thing. Visuals are becoming more and more important when it comes to blogging.

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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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Eco-Office Gals

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

manufacturing plants haven’t sent any waste to landfills since May 2004 — a mission that began with a good-faith accounting of the company’s waste stream. The first step toward saving money through zero waste is to audit the company’s waste stream. Subaru’s U.S.

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Success

DECEMBER 15, 2022

In a letter to would-be shareholders in 2004, the co-founders noted that the habit “empowers [employees] to be more creative and innovative,” and that many significant advances happened during that allocated time. Those advances include AdSense, Google News and Gmail.

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Success

JUNE 17, 2022

We rolled it out to the public in 2004. The staffer who suggested the name explained: “You are targeted, you make a direct hit, you are impactful, and you insert a red peg to illustrate the strike and success.” That is the core of our brand. About half of the people who hear the name immediately get it.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

As the Pew chart below shows, over the 10 year period from 2004 to 2013 the number of reporters fell by 17%. Interesting data from Pew Research's The Growing Pay Gap Between Journalism and Public Relations shows that the PR field is booming even while the total number of reporters in declining.

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Allwork

JUNE 12, 2023

The three letters were first used in a 2004 report commissioned by the United Nations called Who Cares Wins, which promoted ethical investment and subsequently spawned a huge and growing industry in defining and supporting its aims, along with a mind-boggling swarm of acronyms that would be a challenge to list, let alone remember.

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On The Job

JULY 21, 2016

LEGO executives – who had been told countless times by experts that they were in trouble because future generations would lose interest in the building blocks – decided to pay an 11-year-old boy a visit in 2004. The boy was not only an avid LEGO user, but was passionate about skateboarding.

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Small Business CEO

APRIL 11, 2019

For a long time, China has been associated with counterfeit products, but this has changed since this company joined the e-commerce platform in 2004. JD.com is the largest retailer in China that has transformed e-commerce business in the country.

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Success

MARCH 2, 2023

Fox on keeping himself out there Lawrence cast Fox in a two-episode arc on Scrubs in 2004 as a doctor with obsessive-compulsive disorder. In addition to his family life and guest-star appearances, Fox has written four books and established a thriving nonprofit.

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Virtual Moxie

MAY 1, 2012

That is, in all respects, the business version of the quickie Vegas wedding (a la Britney Spears—who needed an annulment just a bit more than two days after her wedding in 2004!). Instead, take your time. Think about it as a business courtship. Speak three or four times—and more if you need to. Get all your questions answered.

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Success

MAY 10, 2022

People wanted to buy homes in 2004 to 2008 because of their unrealistic expectations about price appreciation,” says Palim. Average rents rose 16% in 2021, according to Zillow. Although that’s an unusually large jump, rent increases are common. But money isn’t the only motivation for buying.

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Success

JULY 17, 2021

between 1985 and 2004. Most Americans count just two friends, when asked the number of people with whom they can discuss important matters, according to a study by Duke University and the University of Arizona. Researchers found the mean number of confidants had declined by almost one person—or from 2.94

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Success

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Nelson explains that a 2004 Labor Department study really drove home a critical issue she had observed in her practice. “Those who get it, really get it. They understand that it’s about paying attention to what matters to employees that’s the secret, if you will, to happiness in the workplace.”. The study reported the No.

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The Marq

JUNE 16, 2022

Though it's hard to categorize the groups of successes and misses, and there are definitely different shades of each, two incredible group of people stand out: 1) The development team, Microsoft Consulting Services Firm consultants, and supporting staff at Fidelity National Financial during my time there in 2004 to 2007; and 2) The Professional Services, (..)

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

million who were self-employed in 2004 leaving by 2009." Key quote from ONS report: "The rise in self-employment can be accounted for by fewer people leaving self-employment than in the past. About 886,000 people who were self-employed in 2009 had left by 2014, compared with 1.3

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Success

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In 2004, a press release from InfoSpace on the matter said that, “On pre-trial motions submitted by the parties, the Court ruled that Messrs. At the firm’s height, Jain’s personal wealth was estimated to be around $8 billion. Then the dot-com bubble popped. The price of the stock plummeted. There was a legal dispute and a company settlement.

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Success

MARCH 8, 2023

With a passion for “building the green, clean, knowledge-rich future,” she founded her company, Ethical Markets Media LLC , in 2004, when she was 72. “I Office of Technology Assessment, the National Science Foundation and the National Academy of Engineering Committee on Public Engineering Policy,” according to her website.

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Karen Vivarelli

AUGUST 4, 2020

I worked for a tech start up back in 2004 after university and had the pleasure of working with a wonderful lady who provided freelance office services (set ups, systems & admin) to the new start up companies within the incubator. Before then, I was PA to 3 of the firms’ 9 partners.

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Small Business CEO

APRIL 19, 2016

Since Yelp was founded in 2004 it has grown to see over 95 million reviews in just 11 years, that’s over 8 million reviews a year and over 23,000 reviews a day—quite a bit of activity!… Yelp is for all small businesses.

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Loosely Speaking

JANUARY 15, 2010

RSS Comments RSS Subscribe in a reader Copyright 2004. Loosely Speaking is about how to fuel-inject your entrepreneurial self by living a rollicking, well-rounded life. Loose Ends. All Rights Reserved.

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Small Business CEO

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products , Jim Highsmith, Addison Wesley, 2004. Scaling Lean & Agle Development: Thinking and Organizational Tools for Large-Scale Scrum , Craig Larman and Bas Voode, Addison Wesley, 2008.

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Loosely Speaking

OCTOBER 27, 2008

Frozen in time somewhere around 2004. RSS Comments RSS Subscribe in a reader Copyright 2004. Boutin’s premise is that Twitter, Flickr, et al have eclipsed the original interactive communication intent of blogging, rendering those of us who believe in the blog as a vehicle of conversation obsolete. Loose Ends.

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Workplace Insight

JANUARY 17, 2023

It was January 2004. Breaking the rules is about courage, positive change, and making the world a better place – not staying in the same spot. Take Amazon’s launch of the Kindle , for example. Apple had launched the iPod and introduced the iTunes store, which was named Time magazine’s Coolest Invention of 2003.

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Loosely Speaking

DECEMBER 15, 2008

RSS Comments RSS Subscribe in a reader Copyright 2004. Loosely Speaking is about how to fuel-inject your entrepreneurial self by living a rollicking, well-rounded life. Loose Ends. All Rights Reserved.

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On The Job

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Then think about how you would like a potential employer to drag up something you said on Facebook in 2004 and hold you accountable for it. Honestly: Do you feel the same way about everything the way you did 10 years ago? Wearing your overwork like a hair shirt.

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Eco-Office Gals

JANUARY 22, 2013

Blogging in many niches since 2004. There are many ways to go green, so do what suits you and start looking after the planet. Author Bio: DIY Newbie – The place for DIY novices who want to become DIY Pro’s! photo by: muffett68 ??. Post from: Eco-Office Gals Green Energy: Simple Ways to Save Money and Protect the Environment.

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Bonnie Low Kramen

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Back in 2004, quiet quitting was called “ presenteeism.” On top of that we have been reading endlessly about the Great Resignation and the YOLO economy – you only live once – causing staff to jump ship. Whether you leave a job by choice or by being forced out, it causes stress-filled feelings. Lots of uncomfortable feelings.

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Loosely Speaking

OCTOBER 12, 2009

RSS Comments RSS Subscribe in a reader Copyright 2004. Loosely Speaking is about how to fuel-inject your entrepreneurial self by living a rollicking, well-rounded life. Loose Ends. All Rights Reserved.

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Loosely Speaking

OCTOBER 9, 2009

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