Running a small business may mean even more long hours
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Running a small business may mean even more long hours
Greeley Tribune – Jan 27, 2008
“For me the theater is never closed” she said. “It’s always at the top of your mind. More work is the name of the game for small-business owners across the country. A Staples survey released in January of more than 300 small-business owners showed that 98 percent of them work during their time off including nights weekends and vacations. The survey also showed that 51 percent of the respondents reported that they dreamed about work. Salaymeh said there is a reason small business owners work so much. “Opening a small business is kind of like having a baby” she said… “Everybody thinks they’re totally prepared to have a child and then you have a baby and you’re like ‘Oh my God what do I do?’ ” she said. For Cristi Ryan who runs Gifts from the Heart in Greeley family is the reason she runs her home-based business that specializes in gift baskets and other gifts. “It’s not just a home business it’s a family business” the 38-year-old mother of five said. “If I didn’t have the support of my family if my husband and kids weren’t behind me I don’t think I could do this. Ryan said she home-schools some of her children and the business allows her to stay home with them. She also said the business provides part-time jobs for her children. The business is not the family’s primary means of support and she never planned for it to be a full-time job Ryan said.
Dawn Cobb: Denton home to two ‘Best Places to Work in Texas’
Denton Record-Chronicle – Denton Record Chronicle – Jan 27, 2008
The Texas Association of Business The Society of Human Resource Management and Texas Monthly recently announced their list of top 80 “Best Places to Work in Texas. ” Drum roll please. DATCU Credit Union garnered fourth place in the list of 25 medium-sized businesses across the state and Century 21 Judge Fite Company placed 21st on the list said Susan McGuire-Cooksey who was at the Austin event when the awards were announced. If you’re noticing a bit of construction around the former funeral home at 490 Interstate 35E it is the renovation by a new owner to create office condos according to Steve Watkins with Scott Brown Commercial. To be called the Stemmons Professional Building the concept will be to offer ready-to-move-in office space about 1500 square feet or more for medical and other professionals looking for space between the city’s two major hospitals and other medical facilities… ” Drum roll please. DATCU Credit Union garnered fourth place in the list of 25 medium-sized businesses across the state and Century 21 Judge Fite Company placed 21st on the list said Susan McGuire-Cooksey who was at the Austin event when the awards were announced. If you’re noticing a bit of construction around the former funeral home at 490 Interstate 35E it is the renovation by a new owner to create office condos according to Steve Watkins with Scott Brown Commercial. To be called the Stemmons Professional Building the concept will be to offer ready-to-move-in office space about 1500 square feet or more for medical and other professionals looking for space between the city’s two major hospitals and other medical facilities. Similar to the concept of owning condominiums the business offices are available for ownership using both conventional and 504 loan opportunities Watkins said. For more information call Watkins at 940-320-1200. The renovations which will enclose the two drive-through areas on both sides of the former funeral home will add an estimated 2450 square feet on each side.
Blending art and activism
Greensboro News and Record – Greensboro News Record – Jan 27, 2008
Doors have always opened for us when we need them to open. To make ends meet the Drakes started their own document retrieval service while Todd Drake was pursuing his master’s degree in art at UNCG. The business also allowed Robin Drake to work from home while caring for their sons Shaw and Reid. By the time they sold the business in 1996 they had 10 employees and clients in North Carolina and South Carolina. Now 19-year-old Shaw Drake respects his father’s career decision. “He always found a way to have enough money to support us but at the same time never compromising what he wanted to do” Shaw Drake says. “I’ve never seen him do something purely for monetary purposes.
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