Women- and minority-owned businesses push for greater share of state contracts
Women- and minority-owned companies receive a tiny percentage of state contracts. Now women’s business groups and the NAACP are pushing a bill that would force state agencies to implement stronger programs for small-business and minority contracts.
Work It, Richmond
A modeling agency and a new art-design company lead Richmond's latest business licenses. Check out the full list.
A modeling agency and a new art-design company lead Richmond's latest business licenses. Check out the full list.
From the Richmond Times-DispatchAfter a tough 2010 and a slightly better 2011, commercial real estate brokers at the GRACRE breakfast are predicting a better year for the region in 2012. While several large, prominent properties were sold or leased in 2011, a wide inventory of small office suites is still available.
The Washington Post
As business picks up, many local companies are taking on extra help. But time and again small businesses have said they're reluctant to add full-time staff, worrying that benefit costs will prove crushing or that the tenuous flow of new work will wither. That's meant more temporary jobs and a fundamental shift in the U.S. economy.
As business picks up, many local companies are taking on extra help. But time and again small businesses have said they're reluctant to add full-time staff, worrying that benefit costs will prove crushing or that the tenuous flow of new work will wither. That's meant more temporary jobs and a fundamental shift in the U.S. economy.
From Forbes
We present this with tongue firmly in cheek. But there are some good points. The Empire built its organization around certain people, (like Darth Vader) not institutions. And it didn't give front-line employees any chances to offer input or take ownership.
We present this with tongue firmly in cheek. But there are some good points. The Empire built its organization around certain people, (like Darth Vader) not institutions. And it didn't give front-line employees any chances to offer input or take ownership.
From Richmond BizSense
For the past few months, small retailers have been abuzz over the "cash mob" phenomenon, where a group of people head to a local store on a given day, driving up sales. It's not an entirely new idea -- the RMA's small-business Saturday at the holidays or Carytown's Black Saturday are essentially different versions of the trend. But there's now a cash mob active in Richmond.
For the past few months, small retailers have been abuzz over the "cash mob" phenomenon, where a group of people head to a local store on a given day, driving up sales. It's not an entirely new idea -- the RMA's small-business Saturday at the holidays or Carytown's Black Saturday are essentially different versions of the trend. But there's now a cash mob active in Richmond.
Genius is the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple.
If potential customers often visit your office before making a purchase, moving into outside space could immediately improve customer perception and drive sales higher.
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After 30 years in the marketing and creative world, she says you need to avoid a "bunker mentality" during tough times and instead focus on innovation and opportunities.
