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Resilience Stories: After Her Father Was Deported, She Bought and Expanded His New Jersey Restaurant

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Morales was released after 17 days, given a second chance through the DACA policy ( Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ) as well as a green card petition filed by her mother, who gained legal status in 2004 after marrying a U.S. She left her job, withdrew every cent of her 401(k), and bought her father’s Peruvian restaurant, El Gordo.

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Southeastern U.S. Emerges as New Business Hotspot

Allwork

How it’ll impact the future: As more companies emerge in the Southeast there will likely be an increase in job opportunities across various industries, from tech ventures to restaurants and manufacturing firms.

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This 27-Year-Old Left a Promising Architecture Career to Revamp Her Family’s Struggling Hotel Business

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We were about ready to file bankruptcy because everything had been drained,” she recalls. They went into our restaurant where people were dining, and they took the till. Her mother told her what a dire state The Brooks Hotel was in. There had been no money put back into the hotel.” They went into our safe and took everything there.

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Restaurant Reservations - Find An Open Table Online!

Professional Assistant Blog

Home About Me Advertise Restaurant Reservations - Find An Open Table Online! By The Professional Assistant on Monday, September 22, 2008 Filed Under: Organize , Productivity A re you asked to make reservations for your manager(s) at particular restaurants? Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Food Delivery Continues to Boom

Small Business Labs

Postmates has filed to go public. The rapid growth of food delivery is also creating opportunities for a new kind of restaurant. Referred to as "ghost" or "cloud" Kitchens, these restaurants prepare food for off-site dining only and use firms like GrubHub and Uber Eats for delivery.  billion valuation.

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3 Ways to Deal with Snarky Co-Workers

On The Job

Then there are the jobs where the co-workers are snarky, rude and wouldn't hold the door for you if your life depended on it, never mind that you're trying to balance a laptop, coffee, a file folder and your coat. If you happen to drop any of it? They'll still let the door slam in your face. Have you heard anything about it?"

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Technology of the week – Pin Drop

Practically Perfect PA

You can drop a pin and then categorise it by theme (for example – restaurant, bar, great coffee shop, funky cinema etc). Users can add their own notes, images as well as audio and video files. Hw often are assistants asked to find a great restaurant or meeting location for their boss in places they have never been to before?