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Use Your “LEGs” – Local Economy Generators

January 14, 2009 Business

I’m a freelancer in Phoenix and I recently wrote a column about my foodie group called LEGs – Local Economy Generators. We get a big group together once a month and go to an independently owned restaurant in our area of town. We all go out at other times individually, of course, but we think it [...]

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Rentoid – Person to Person Renting

April 2, 2009 Making Quick Bucks

Rentoid is a commercial enterprise that we thought fitted nicely into the criteria of We Found A Solution, to quote from their about us page:
“You know that Nintendo Wii that you’re thinking of buying? Expensive, isn’t it? Wouldn’t it be easier and cheaper if you could just rent it from someone instead [...]

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Donate Your Old Business Clothing

March 26, 2009 Business

If you’re discarding business suits and other appropriate office attire that is still in good condition, consider giving it to organizations that help low-income people obtain clothing for job interviews.

Some national charities: CareerGear helps men; Dress for Success helps women with business clothing. Also, look for local charities (e.g., Wardrobe for Opportunity in [...]

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Start Kitchen Table Coaching Groups In Your Community

January 14, 2009 At Home

Around a kitchen table in our homes, facing bleak times, my three friends and I brainstormed ways to drag ourselves out of debt, find new jobs, overcome obstacles and turn survive into thrive. As word got out about our kitchen table coaching sessions, we were asked to speak to women’s groups and other women encouraged us [...]

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Set Up A Welfare Into Work Program

January 14, 2009 At Home

In Petaluma, California there is a movement of outreach to the community. As a way to alleviate fear of your own economic woes, reach into your community doing what you love to do and help someone else less fortunate than yourself. Specifically what we are doing is teaming up to help women in the local [...]

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Local Business Advertising Help

January 14, 2009 Business

Our nonprofit organization, The Balmer Fund, publishes a monthly magazine, the Prairie Connection. We are especially concerned about the hard hit, dying small towns on the prairies of South Central Kansas and North Central Oklahoma, so we give free BUMP classified ads to small businesses in the region if they cannot afford to buy a [...]

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Use the Latest Technology and Innovations to Help Your Business

December 22, 2008 Business

I have a website that lists and honors breakthrough technology and innovative thinking:
http://jumpintotomorrow.com
Everyday I update it, and everyday I hand out an award for the Technology of the Day. Our criteria for putting things on our pages is simply this: it has to be something that no one else is doing, or doing as well, [...]

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