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Our team of executives - experienced in the fields of Marketing, Human Resources, Finance and Information Systems/Technology - allow small businesses to have a collection of seasoned professionals evaluate all aspects of a company.
Let us help you develop a coordinated approach to either launching your business, or improving your existing business's results. |
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Welcome to this week's issue of STRATiCOM's Small Business Weekly Update newsletter. We monitor multiple news feeds, and summarize the important stories for our network of business partners and clients.
As always, if your company is interested in having STRATiCOM generate a similar newsletter for your clients, please contact us using the link below.
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Elsmore Aquatic Chooses STRATiCOM to help with new website concept
Minneapolis, MN (September 23, 2009), - STRATiCOM, today announced they were hired by Elsmore Aquatic to help develop a new website concept. Details about the project are pending the launch of the new website, sometime in the next 2 months.
About Elsmore Aquatic
Elsmore is the Upper Midwest's premier source for all competitive swimming suits, apparel and equipment. Brands include Speedo, TYR, Nike, Dolfin, Finals, Finis and More. |
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Minnesota's unemployment rate fell a tenth of a percentage point last month, even as employers in the state shed 10,300 more jobs, according to numbers out Thursday from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development.
The state's unemployment rate was 8 percent in August, down from 8.1 percent in July. The U.S. unemployment rate, meanwhile, climbed three-tenths of a point to 9.7 percent.
"The road to economic recovery will lead us through many twists and turns," DEED Commissioner Dan McElroy said in a news release. "I am encouraged to see the gap between Minnesota's and the nation's unemployment rates widening, suggesting that the state may experience an earlier economic rebound."
(September 17, 2009 - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal) |
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What started out as a way for kids to communicate online is fast becoming an integral part of how a lot of companies do business.
Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, which two or three years ago were the exclusive domain of individuals, now feature sites from both large and small businesses looking for an edge in the ever-changing competitive environment. More business-oriented sites, such as LinkedIn, are becoming more of a marketing domain for individuals looking for connections to business partners or new jobs.
But the issue a lot of these companies now are facing concerns the type of content offered and how to take full advantage of the growing cyberspace nation.
(September 18, 2009 - Memphis Business Journal) |
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Interestingly, most solid, profitable businesses are developed from rather mundane ideas. While it might take a Levi Strauss to invent blue jeans or a Steve Jobs to create a personal computer, you can make money selling those jeans or providing services for those computers.
Granted, if you're looking for a huge investment from professional venture capital firms, you'll probably need a big, bold market-changing idea. But most of us aren't trying to start huge multinational enterprises; we just want solid, profitable companies or a decent income. Even knowing that, however, it's easy to get stuck figuring out which way to turn.
Readers of The Planning Shop e-mail newsletter told us where they found inspiration for their businesses. While the survey was not statistically weighted, the results illustrate where entrepreneurs who are probably a lot like you got their ideas.
(September 17, 2009 - The News-Press) |
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