This summer is expected to be a big one for the tourism industry This past Memorial Day weekend was the unofficial kickoff of summer, and was one of the busiest Memorial Days of the past decade, with more than 30 million people traveling. This summer looks to be just as busy in terms of travel.
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Transportation industry affords opportunity for consistent growth Polina Raygorodskaya started her own online travel startup after getting stranded on a cross-country trip in 2011. Her company, Wanderu, helps bus and train travelers in the US book their next reservation. Raygorodskaya says she saw an opportunity for Wanderu when she noticed that many bus services in
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Small business owners appear increasingly optimistic Encouraging news for anyone thinking of starting their own small business: a new poll shows that an overwhelming majority of small business owners wouldn’t change anything about their choice. A new Gallup poll found that 84% of small business owners have no regrets about making the decision to start
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Even small biz owners can have big profits Who would have known that J.B. Hunt Transportation Services of Lowell climbed to number 1 in freight services in Arkansas in 2013 after topping the former #1, FedEx Freight? According to a recent article on their rise, they “did it by continuing to emphasize services and not
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Really exciting news from the Associated Press: Female small business owners continue to grow in numbers “Women are starting companies at a torrid pace. Between 1997 and 2014, the number of women-owned businesses in the U.S. rose by 68 percent, twice the growth rate for men and nearly one and a-half times the rate for
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More Americans are Expected to Travel This Memorial Day After a rough winter, businesses and consumers alike are expecting a better summer than in years past because more people have cabin fever. According to AAA, the automotive travel club “a total of 36.1 million people to travel 50 miles or more. If that estimate holds
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Happy 74th Birthday Stockings “I remember seeing two things at the World’s Fair: the first television set and nylon stockings…I thought they were amazing.” – 91 year old Rosa Shufleder, who attended the fair with her father 74 years ago today, on May 15, 1940, nylon stockings were introduced to the world by
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Physical changes to your business location pays dividends Dr. Susan Dimick had an idea. Let her patients enjoy their time in her waiting room and not loathe waiting for her services. So she spent time and money fixing up her small practice, the Central Oklahoma Early Detection Clinic in Edmond, Oklahoma. As one journalist put
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National Small Business Week started today in San Francisco and continues the rest of the week throughout the country. As this event continues to grow, its great seeing the names of the superstars who are making appearances encouraging other small business owners. From Jack Dorsey at Twitter, to Steve Case of AOL to Janet Yellen
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Photo of Jason Cohen, Courtesy The Washington Post In 2013, National Small Business Week honored 50 state winners as exemplary small businesses. In Virginia, Jason Cohen’s ILM Corporation was acknowledged as a leader in the state. ILM Corporation “provides document management solutions in Washington DC, Virginia, and Maryland, including data capture, data entry, digital imaging, document
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