Newsletters
August 2010
A primer for the blend-and-extend strategy
Naturally, the last few quarters have raised a lot of questions about how to best handle office space. I have spent a great deal of time with clients just talking about ways to alleviate expenses or take advantage of a market full of concessions and beneficial office opportunities.
So, for our [...]
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July 2010
Subleases should be considered a viable option
First in a three-month series highlighting the state of the Tenant’s market
Subleases have always been a flexible way to secure affordable business real estate, even in healthier markets than the one we are experiencing. Still, subleases do present some drawbacks, such as being subject to the terms of the [...]
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June 2010
The benefits of planning for future space needs
Like any integral component of business, your use of office space requires careful planning, timing and expert insight. There is no shortage of case studies I could cite that illustrate this notion, from both the perspective of the quickly growing company and the one, unfortunately, that is on [...]
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May 2010
Connecting with our community on RED Day
Have you ever noticed that when we really focus on achieving something, whether a career goal, fitness accomplishment or other personal milestone, life finds a way to make it happen?
For me, that current focus is RED Day, a nationwide charitable mission of Keller Williams that challenges local offices to [...]
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April 2010
Sustainability to bolster the bottom line
My industry is quite abuzz with talk about how to improve bottom lines. It became even more evident in our most recent TCREW (Triangle Commercial Real Estate Women) meeting that focused on a topic to which we should all starting giving serious consideration: sustainability.
Sustainability is about helping our environment, and [...]
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March 2010
Docverse
Connecting with people is about communication. Whether at an event, in a meeting and in today’s ever-networked world, via the Internet.
Well, thanks to a group of former Microsoft employees and, should you have any doubt, the folks at Google, a tremendous new technology has been developed that is on the cusp of changing how we [...]
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February 2010
Making Connections
Some people call it networking. I like to call it making connections.
Networking, in the common business sense, is typically predicated on the need to just fill up your Outlook address book. We’re programmed to methodically work our way through business events, stopping at pods of people to fill up on business cards like a [...]
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January 2010
Thoughts for 2010
It is no accident that our new newsletter is titled “Connections”. During the holidays, I read The Path: Creating a Mission Statement for Personal & Work Life, a book my Keller Williams coach recommended. After 20 years with a single focus in business I thought our mission: “To provide services that create value [...]