Ten Reasons Why Small Businesses Fail
TheStreet.com 8/2/2007 1:53 PM EDT
1. Lack of business knowledge and experience.
If you think it would be fun to start a restaurant, realize that you need
to know much more than how to cook for your family. "Too often a person
doesn't have a business plan, which helps you see from start to finish what's
involved in a business," he says. MORE
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Steelcase Introduces Clarity(TM) Wood Finish
New Water-Based Finish Contributes to LEED(TM) Certification
August 02, 2007: 09:00 AM EST
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Aug. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Steelcase Inc. , a global office environments manufacturer, today introduced Clarity(TM), a water-borne wood finish applied using an environmentally- friendly process.
Clarity is a wood finish that includes the wash, sealer and
top coats. Metro was the first Steelcase company to finish its wood products
with Clarity. Now Steelcase joins Metro to achieve a major milestone in
the transition it began in 2001 to eliminate solvents from its wood furniture
finishing processes.
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MANCHESTER, CT -- A Connecticut couple is convinced they have a very special piece of woodwork in their kitchen. Malynda and Eric Smith say they noticed last Friday that one of the cabinet doors has an image of Jesus Christ in it.
The couple says they have lived in the house for about a year and never noticed anything different about the cabinet. And they say it may be hard to believe, but everyone who looks at it sees the image.
"My daughter came and and said, 'Mom look it's God,'" recalled
Malynda.
"And I looked and there it was a picture of Jesus Christ. Then my son
noticed it and my husband came in and noticed it. I just can't believe we
hadn't noticed it before."
The family says, unlike others who have items bearing the likeness of Jesus,
they are not going to sell the cabinet door. They say that would be bad luck
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