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Some Success Stories out of the Great Depression

The news about the economy continues to be glum, which makes you wonder if any industry or business could possibly be doing well in such a crummy financial climate. While it might not be easy, it's certainly possible to succeed in a slumping economy. Just take a look at these entities that faced serious challenges during a much bigger fiasco, the Great Depression, and lived to tell about it. (more…)
February 13, 2009
Design

Seven Successful Case Studies of People Who Survived Bankruptcy

As the economy continues to look grim, the word "bankruptcy" is on the tips of more and more tongues. While being unable to pay one's commercial mortgage broker debt, is never a good situation for a company or an individual, it may not be the financial kiss of death as proclaimed. A number of successful people have found themselves overextended and ended up filing for bankruptcy, only to successfully stick it out and find firmer financial footing again. Here are a…
February 13, 2009
Design

Matte Stephens is Awesome

Just ran across Matte Stephens illustration via Grain Edit. I'm loving his work. It gives me a warm fuzzy feeling like I'm in 2nd grade flipping through illustration books in '83. Have a looksy at Matt Stephens work…
February 13, 2009
Design

Font Generator…Free?

I've always wanted to design and create my very own font, but haven't  had the resources to do so...Until now. As part of our daily resourcing - to keep up with the latest innovation, we came across yourfonts.com. It's a free online font generator that allows any one to create their own OpenType font within a couple of minutes! Not only can you do that, but make as many fonts as you want...and the process is easy. (more…)
February 12, 2009
DesignMarketing

What Can Non-Profits Learn from Borack Obama’s online success?

It’s no secret that much of President Barack Obama’s campaign for getting elected “the leader of the free world” had a lot to do with reaching out to the denizens of cyberspace in ways no other candidate, including his opponent, John McCain, ever has. While Al Gore may have (erroneously) “invented the Internet”, Obama, and his Net-savvy campaign handlers, and a vast amount of volunteers, used online marketing techniques to virally/successfully get their word out. “Obama built an incredible national…
February 12, 2009