Business
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LGBT Merchants Spread the Love
As Valentine's Day approaches, many gay couples are looking for something that will put a little extra ''wow'' into the season of romance and love....
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Stepping Up on HIV/AIDS
One main benefit of a small business is that it is personal, which extends to the causes and charitable giving in which many business owners...
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Better Business Blogging
In 1999, Peter Merholz jokingly used the term ''we blog'' and in a cyber moment the creator of peterme.com renamed the weblog, as the platform...
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Rocking the Chamber
For those of you who are reading about the Chamber for the first time, it's short for Capital Area Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce;...
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Entrepreneurial Advice for the Season
For most people, work slows down this time of year. But for anyone who owns a small retail business, this is crunch time. Business owners...
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A Pop-Up Success
Now you see them, now you don't. One of the hottest trends in business, from corporate giants to sole proprietorships, is ''pop-up retail.'' Also known...
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Pop-Up and Go
To some it's a delicacy called pâté; to others it's just fancy chopped liver. ''Previously owned'' is the evolution of the used-car business. And there's...
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New Directions in the Old Dominion
The Capital Area Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (CAGLCC) is focusing on its ''capital area'' description more intently with the creation of a new...
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One Day in D.C., All Things LGBT
With members ranging from hip, twentysomething urban singles, to couples raising their kids in the suburbs, D.C.'s LGBT community is one of the most diverse...
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The Multi-Billion-Dollar Castle
''Every civil rights movement reaches a juncture where the advancing minority realizes that gaining the keys to the castle requires economic power. The LGBT movement...
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The Branded Business
What do people know about your business? Most business owners can't really answer that question, though it may be the most important one they ask....
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Meeting A Shark
A few days ago, I met Barbara Corcoran from the TV show Shark Tank. Well, I didn't actually meet her, but I tried hard. Corcoran...
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Breaking Through the Ceiling
For many years, women in business often spoke of the ''glass ceiling,'' that proverbial barrier that only allowed women to rise so far as business...
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Summertime Travel
With the days shortening – if just barely – hopeful travelers may be thinking of squeezing in one more summer vacation before settling in for...
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Serious Business
Next month, Washington will play host to AIDS 2012: The XIX International AIDS Conference and its 20,000 delegates from nearly 200 countries – including 800...
