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Trying To Operate A Business In A Poverty Area

Here in Vancouver there is a very known street area located at Hastings and Main where a lot of homeless people and illegal drug transactions often take place. I was talking to a business owner recently who knew another person that ran a business around that area. He told me stories such as how the

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Going All The Way To The Top For A Discount

Recently I was talking to a gentleman who says that he refuses to pay regular prices for various services especially with companies who have all these special fees in the final bill. Literally, for services such as the telephone he will keep asking for the person’s supervisor and then their supervisor until someone gives him

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General Thoughts and Fun Topics

Coming Back From Adversity

I was pretty surprised yesterday as I bumped into a classmate from my elementary days. I didn’t even recognize her as we never really spoke or associated with each other outside of school. For some reason she recognized me though and I must admit that it was kind of shocking at first when someone who

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Business

Age And Race Factor In Business

I thought this was a very different style of elevator pitching that was done to me. Essentially, the person was interested in doing PR type of work in the future and was telling me how if I ever needed anything like that to give him a call as he felt he had the right personality

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Business

The Cost of The Middle Man

Today I needed help moving some very large items such as a 250 pound TV and so I decided to hire the help of a moving company. I was comparing rates and this company happened to charge about $100/hour. I figured that they could get the job done fast anyways based on the reviews I

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General Thoughts and Fun Topics

Going All Out or Having Backup Careers

I was talking to a person today who really wanted to pursue her dreams in working in the film industry. She did mention that she was getting a business degree first as a backup in life as everyone around her is so worried that she would have nothing to fall on should her aspirations fail.

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