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Have you ever gone to sleep with a problem and awakened with the solution? What if you could make it happen consciously? What if you could literally solve your problems...
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Tech Startup of the Week: Black Girls Code Puts the T Back in STEM
Black Enterprise's Tech Startup of the Week is Kimberly Bryant's Black Girls Code. Bryant has helped more than 800 girls (and a few boys) develop a marketable skill.
A View to a Killer Business Model
In the last three years, Web 2.0 technologies have brought innovations to the entrepreneurial and small business markets that have enabled creativity, productivity, growth opportunities, and, yes, fun. We’ve watched as Facebook morphed from an Ivy League hangout into a social networking site with growing business functionality; and we’ve seen burgeoning business moguls take advantage of audio tools to launch radio shows that complement their businesses. No question, then, Web 2.0 is moving fast. So what’s the next step? Well, if you’ve passed around or commented on any of the thousands of user-generated videos online, then you might have an inkling.
Watch Your Tone
Useful for its speed and reach, e-mail is a preferred method of communication and an integral part of today’s business. In a report conducted by the Radicati Group, worldwide e-mail traffic totaled 210 billion messages per day in 2008, with 37% of those e-mails being corporate messages. However, as prevalent as e-mail is, practicing proper etiquette – ranging from how you address a recipient to the correct way to send attachments – is not as common.
Small Business Catalyst
While the sluggish economy is taking a toll on tourism, the dominant industry in Orlando, Florida, the city is seeing growth in a variety of other areas such as healthcare, education, biosciences, and its $13.4 billion technology sector that includes aviation, aerospace operation, homeland security, biotechnology, and software development. With a population of 220,000, Orlando is also the headquarters for Darden Restaurants, Hughes Supply, Tupperware Corp., and Disney. Furthermore, two of the nation’s largest hospitals, The M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and the Burnham Institute for Medical Sciences, will unveil Orlando campuses in 2009 as Nemours Children’s Hospital breaks ground. Also, a new basketball arena and renovation of the Citrus Bowl are expected to attract world-class sporting events.