Small Business
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How (and why) to treat your side gigs like businesses
Feb 18, 2024 5:19 am - Whether you want your side gigs to replace your day job or simply provide some extra cash, treating them like businesses can keep your finances better organized and help ...
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Why more employers are embracing same-day pay for hourly workersFeb 18, 2024 5:08 am - Whenever I ask my clients if they've considered paying their employees within 24 hours after the work is performed, I always get a dubious look. But this attitude is cha...
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Another new restaurant is coming to Des PlainesFeb 15, 2024 9:07 pm - An entrepreneur plans to convert a former Des Plaines pool hall and bar into a restaurant. But before Brunch City Cafe can serve its first omelet or stack of pancakes at ...
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Woodridge business owner a contestant on ‘The Blox’Feb 15, 2024 12:35 pm - Suburban business owner Diane Moca will join a group of elite company founders competing to be named the most valuable, most investable or best overall on the entrepreneu...
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‘Farm-grown skin care’: Wheaton’s MION makes soap from the ‘best things’ nature providesFeb 14, 2024 10:54 am - Editor’s note: This story is part of an occasional series focusing on local businesses inducted into the Illinois Made program by the Illinois Office of Tourism. As ...
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‘An institution’: Mount Prospect bakery is paczki central on Fat TuesdayFeb 13, 2024 4:38 pm - Eating the Polish pastries known as paczkis — commonly pronounced poonch-keys or ponch-keys — is a Fat Tuesday tradition before the fasting of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday.
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Chocolate-dipped strawberries await Valentine’s Day procrastinators at Morkes in PalatineFeb 12, 2024 2:05 pm - Valentine’s Day procrastinators have a perfect excuse to wait until the last minute to pick something out for their sweetest at Morkes Chocolates in Palatine. Fresh choc...
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New podcast features Batavia small business owners
Feb 12, 2024 9:17 am - Batavia residents looking to connect with their community now can tune in to the “Area Code: Batavia” podcast, which explores what it means to belong in Batavia through t...
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Cuban restaurant coming to Des PlainesFeb 08, 2024 12:45 pm - Fans of media noche sandwiches, lechon asado and really strong coffee soon will have a new suburban restaurant to enjoy authentic Cuban cuisine. Que Bola Cuban Café should open in late February at 1940 E. Touhy Ave., Des Plaines.
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Will the Headless Horseman arcade ride after all? Man finds new space for business in WheelingFeb 06, 2024 5:01 pm - Like a kid plugging more quarters into a video game coin slot, an entrepreneur has given extra life to his plan to open an arcade in Wheeling. In 2022, Udey Kumra propose...