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Bookkeeping and Home Remodelling
Remoddeling your home can be a popular way of adding value to a property, so long as the refurbishment is done with care. A recent inspection of a detached house in a local suburb revealed a potential ticking time-bomb. The vendor had put in a great deal of time and energy in remodellinmg this simple three bedroon house, and the results looked very presentable. So much so that the vendor had received a firm contract for a prospective purchaser, subject to a report from a local Building Inspector. And then things turned sour.

PREPARE to Fund Your Technology Development
Finding funding for technology development can be a daunting process. Sources of funding, which include Federal Grants, State economic development funds, debt financing from investment banks, and equity funding from Angels or Venture Capital, will use some form of rating to determine your suitability for funding. This article presents a schema for evaluating a venture's "Funding Readiness Level (FRL) ®", which includes the market readiness of the technology or "Technology Readiness Level (TRL)", the maturity of the business or "Business Readiness Level (BRL)", and the ability of the venture to manage the deal process and negotiate in its own best interest or "Dealsmanship". (This article appears in the Jan/Feb 2006 issue of The Austin Business District magazine.)

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Its Just Common Sense
An awful lot of managers are amazingly casual about their own external audiences. They seem to ignore the reality that those behaviors really DO impact their organizations.
The Latest on Casual Dining
The Latest on Casual Dining Casual dining has been the darling of the franchised food service industry for decades. But the slowdown in same store sales in recent months raises some interesting questions. Does the price of gas really affect the dining habits of consumers? Does it matter if mortgage rates go up? Or are consumers getting bored with the same old fare? In this issue we talk to Ron Paul of Technomic, Inc. and Ron Parikh of Genghis Grill to get their thoughts on why some casual restaurants are hot while others are not.

The New Dress for Success Look
Clothing cover approximately 90% of the body in many business situations. Your clothing can be the competitive edge in today’s casual society.
Do Fewer Women Have Midlife Crises?
Casual observation suggests that women have fewer difficulties transitioning through midlife than men do. For men, it requires a cultural revolution.
Dressing to Win - Formula for Success
In our casual, dress down society, one of the easiest ways to look promotable is to dress the part.
Making Companies Thrive Today
I’m an observer and I read a lot. Why would a pastor care about such things? Frankly, some days I miss the business world and so thinking about it keeps me connected. Plus, much of my ministry is to people who live in this world every day, so keeping up with it makes me a better minister to them.

Restaurant Marketing - Are $5 Promotions Killing Your Casual Dining Restaurant's Long-Term Profits?
Casual Dining Restaurants need to focus fast on offers which make money and enhance the brand instead of wild marketing campaigns...

The 6 Perceptual Styles, What We Value and How We See the World: The Adjustment Style
In the second of a series of articles detailing the 6 innate Perceptual Styles of the Perceptual Style Theory, the authors detail the style known as Adjustments: a keen and thoughtful observer of the world for whom life offers a complexity that can only be known by gathering knowledge and the understanding that comes with it.

Ten Things You Can Do To Read People Quicker
Understanding people means being able to notice how they operate in conversatons, meetings and interactions. This means becoming like a video camera or detached observer; in the conversation yet hovering above it and noticing what's happening in the space between you. Skilled questioning, listening and observing helps you build a much deeper understanding and increases your opportunity to engage and influence.
The Motivation Myth
After six years at Universal Pictures, Harry Cohn formed Columbia Pictures in 1924. During the following decades he ran the company with an iron fist. His image as a tyrant was reinforced by the riding whip he kept near his desk to crack for emphasis. Cohn's form of "motivation" led to the greatest creative turnover of any major studio. At his funeral in 1958, one observer suggested that the 1,300 attendees "had not come to bid farewell, but to make sure he was actually dead."
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