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Getting the best deal possible on a commercial lease is an important part of starting or running a growing business. For example negotiate poorly or focus on the wrong terms you will end up in an Austin commercial lease contract that will suck the profits out of your company. The more prepared you are the Read More…

Need to add your resume to LinkedIn? Below are the steps to follow that will make it easy to do. As I demonstrate how to upload your resume to LinkedIn I will be using my own profile as an example. Steps to Upload Resume to Your LinkedIn Profile Sign into your LinkedIn account. Go to Read More…

“I’d like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn”. Contrary to what some may say, the above standard invitation to connect is not exactly the invite that entice people to connect with you on LinkedIn. Yes you will get some connections with the standard LinkedIn invite, however if you want to make an Read More…

There is and has always been the argument that not every startup needs an office space mostly because of remote work and the possibility of it being cheaper working without an office. This is quite true in a way since most startups do not have enough capital to run it over a long period especially Read More…

If you are a startup or new business have you ever been told by a landlord that they did not want to lease you commercial space? You may have gotten offended and been left wondering why they would not lease to you because the space you like has been sitting on the market for 6 Read More…

The history of Austin skyscrapers started with the construction of the original office tower the Scarbrough Building built in 1910. Located at 522 Congress Avenue it still stands in the epicenter of downtown Austin, Tx. Since then downtown Austin has gone through a skyscraper boom between 1970 and 1980, and since 2007 the city has been Read More…

Cross-docking is a freight logistics practice of unloading goods from an incoming transport vehicle (e.g. 18 wheeler trailer, truck, rail car, etc) onto a distribution docking terminal and loading them directly onto another outbound transport vehicle with no warehousing or storage in between. This may be done to sort products intended for a variety of Read More…

Before you invest in and sign a franchise agreement make sure you understand what your total costs will be. I see too many new franchises get in over their head when they do not analyze all the costs. You have to keep in mind that markets are different. Just because a certain franchisee is doing Read More…

Since the  Austin craft brewery boom started in 2010 more and more Austin breweries have been popping up near the city’s central business district as well as near and around the Austin Round Rock Metropolitan area. If you are looking for the best craft brews and brewery tours look no further. Below is a comprehensive Read More…

A letter of credit (LOC) is a document that guarantees rent payments up to a negotiated amount to a landlord in the event you (tenant) do not pay your commercial lease payments. It’s typically used in lieu of cash for the security deposit required when renting commercial real estate. Rather than write a check for Read More…