Lyceum commented on the following stories on BizSugar
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"Here in Sweden, you often see examples of this. I remember that as a purchaser, trying to reach sales people during Friday afternoon. "4. Leave early every Friday Some outside salespeople only work 4.5 days per week because they’ve gotten in the habit of knocking off at noon on Friday’s. Beware. Missing one-tenth of the work week can spell disaster for a sales career.""Five Ways to Increase White Paper Exposure
"I think that Twitter should be a mix of conversational messages (what are you doing now) with "pass along value" things, including links to external blogs and sites. I know that some users are entirely searching for news for a specific topic they are interested in, e.g. the stock market. The problem I see nowadays are the huge amount of sales people, marketers and others that are only using Twitter for sales pitches and promotions, without listening or engaging in the conversations going on. Luckily you could switch off the button on these "gush radio stations" / megaphones... ;)"Franchise War Officially Begins; UPS Stores Vs. Mail Boxes Etc.
"So, what do you think will happen? A new form of Mail Boxes Etc.? Mark my words, if you will have a combination of Kinko's (FedEx nowadays) services with a personal mail service together with a place to meet and greet other business owners over a cup of coffee a la Starbucks, I think that could attract new customers. I see historically how the coffee houses were meeting places for different groups of people and you see how today's coffee houses are emerging into hang outs for "digital nomads". The Third Place in action!"Subscribe
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How to open a restaurant with no money
"Shawn, I have heard stories that it could take up to three years before an restaurant is reaching break-even? But I have also read about a specialty coffee shop that I turned into a profit in a record time in New York City. On of our business "areas" at Blue Chip Café & Business Center was the "bar" (coffee house in Italian). It was great margin on selling tea and coffee, but we had to invest plenty of money in equipment and other stuff, e.g. espresso machine, furniture. I think Gothenburg had 300+ coffee places so it was hard to compete, although we focused on a special niche of customers. It could take a long time to reach out to your customers."