Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 5, 2010

  Lafayette, CA, a small San Francisco suburb has created a restaurant cluster called  Restaurant Row.  .  While the PWC analysis focuses on 5 big industries, clusters can be large or small.  Web/Tech women work/life balance

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JUNE 22, 2010

  A good idea for any business, Hartman uses the example of Skillet (see their Airstream mobile restaurant on the right), who got the idea for their popular "bacon jam" from a customer.   They listen to their customers.  Bacon jam sounds disgusting to me.  Web/Tech women work/life balance

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 30, 2010

Bartz: They want to see more local content – things within a five to 10 mile radius that people want to know what's going on, like coupons and restaurants. .  From the WSJ article: WSJ: What kinds of content do Yahoo users want to see more of? That is part of how we operate now online. Web/Tech women work/life balance

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Small Business Labs

MAY 28, 2010

  Restaurants and others use it to source local food; local farmers use it sell product.  The fees are quite reasonable - full service packages start at $695 per season. While on the topic of urban farming, I want to mention Local Dirt.    It is an eBay-like website where you can find, buy and sell local food. 

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