#USA businesses

[uncanny-tranny]

This might seem like an "old man yells at cloud" situation, but it's just wild growing up and being told how dangerous distracted driving is - how, at highway speeds, you can traverse the length of a football field (100 yards, 91 meters) in a matter of seconds - how one split second sending a text while driving could result in a potential fatal crash, and then getting on the road as a driver and being surrounded by billboards. Their entire purpose is to catch one's attention, so they're lining major roads, which tend to be highways. How is it that you're told how important it is to never be distracted while driving, but still being advertised to?

At best, this type of advertising is an eyesore to pedestrians and motorists and a general waste of electricity to light it, and at worst, it is an active danger considering they are there to advertise and therefore, must catch people's attention.

I'm not even against advertising in theory, but this particular mode bothers me so much and I hate how pervasive it is - especially in large cities or highways.

[sugas6thtooth]

Support Local Palestinian Businesses!!!

This is Freddy Zebara, the owner of King of Falafel and Shawarma. He is Palestinian. As many of you know, Palestinians outside of Palestine are facing many challenges regarding discrimination and hate crimes.

We must be there for our Palestinian sisters and brothers no matter where they are.

If you live in New York, heck if you like to try good food, please support Freddy at his shop.

The location is 3015 Broadway, Astoria, NY 11106.

[cashthecomposer]

Small businesses are awesome.

This guy, a veteran and park ranger named Steve, opened this place called TreeRock in Asheville, NC as a sort of passion project, to celebrate Mead and Cider, and showcase an incredible selection of the world's first alcoholic beverage.

I just had an hour and a half long conversation with the guy. He's so personable and knowledgeable, and I had an absolute blast- I tried like 10 different drinks, and they were all awesome, and he told me about the history and making of each and every one. After a while, I decided this is my new favorite place to go.

But they're closing, in March.

These past few years have been devastating for small businesses, and they are no exception. They are going to close in March, unless something drastic happens that changes things.

So if you're in Asheville, or you know somebody in Asheville, or you have been meaning to go to Asheville to bury that body in the trunk of your car somewhere along the Appalachian trail but you just haven't gotten around to it yet, please stop by TreeRock for a flight of meads, ciders, and beers from all around the world, for less than the cost of a Chipotle burrito.

(also they love dogs!!! my dog had a great time, and I'm sure yours will too!)

[kiyana3692]

Do you wanna see what under my bulge

[sarah-conner-63]

5 Tips For Hiring A Reliable General Contractor In Texas

If you’re looking to install new siding on your home or replace your deck, you might be thinking about hiring an experienced general contractor from Texas. However, even if you know that you want to work with one, it can be difficult to separate the good ones from the bad ones. To ensure that you find a great general contractor, follow these five tips when hiring one in Texas.

1) Consider the price

When you're looking for a general contractor, you want to find someone who is reliable and does quality work. But, you also don't want to overspend. Here are a few tips to help you find a great contractor without breaking the bank

1) Get at least three bids on your project. 2) Ask questions! You'll want to ask about previous projects they've done, as well as any certifications or licensing they have that show their expertise in your particular field of construction. 3) Find out how much time it will take for them to complete the project from start to finish so you can plan accordingly. 4) Check their references and read reviews online before making your final decision.

2) Seek referrals

When it comes to finding a qualified and reliable contractor, one of the best places to start is by asking for referrals from people you trust. Ask your friends, family, and neighbors if they’ve had any good experiences with local contractors. If they have, get the contact information for the contractor so you can follow up.

The more questions you ask before hiring a contractor, the better off you’ll be in the long run. Your first question should be about what licenses and certifications do they hold? Next, do they specialize in the type of work that needs to be done? Do they provide references? And finally, what are their rates? Keep these questions in mind when you're getting estimates from different contractors.

3) Get multiple estimates

When you're ready to start your roofing project, be sure to get multiple estimates from reliable General Contractor Texas in the area. Here are a few other tips to keep in mind when hiring a contractor -Be upfront about your budget 

-Determine if the company is licensed and insured before signing anything -Don't sign any contracts until you've received a written estimate -Request referrals and ask friends who they use. Make sure to call up those people and see what their experience was like with that particular contractor. Talk to them about how well their project was managed, how clean the work site was left after construction, whether or not they were kept in the loop throughout the process, etc. -Ask for references.

4) Look for references from previous clients

The best way to find a reliable contractor is to ask for references from previous clients. Not only will this give you an idea of their workmanship, but it will also give you an idea of their customer service. Also, be sure to ask if the contractor is licensed and insured. Ask them what types of jobs they specialize in and if they are willing to do your job. Finally, make sure they have completed jobs like yours before!

5) Make sure you understand what to expect from your contractor

When you're hiring a contractor, you want to make sure that you understand what their process is and what you can expect from them. Here are five tips to help you hire a reliable general contractor in Texas! 

1) Ask for references- Ask potential contractors for names of clients they have done work for who will vouch for the quality of their work. 2) Check with the BBB- Contact your local Better Business Bureau to see if there have been any complaints filed against a particular company or if they have had any disciplinary actions taken against them by state licensing boards. 3) Get bids from more than one company- Request bids from at least three different companies before making a decision. 4) Shop around for materials- Try to get prices on materials directly from distributors rather than relying on estimates provided by your contractor because these may be higher. 5) Consider what kind of warranty coverage you need- Make sure that the contractor offers enough warranty coverage so that in case something goes wrong with your project, it can be fixed without incurring additional costs.





[coochiequeens]

An update to an older story that’s goods news!

When Jenny Nguyen signed the lease to create her dream bar, she wasn’t sure it would stay open for more than a few months.

But earlier this month, 43-year-old Nguyen’s first-of-its-kind establishment in Portland, Oregon, celebrated its one-year anniversary. Aptly named The Sports Bra, it’s a sports bar where only women athletes appear on the TVs.

Business has been good, despite the niche business model and record inflation sending food and beverage prices soaring. The Sports Bra brought in $944,000 in revenue in the eight months it was open in 2022, according to documents reviewed by CNBC Make It.

It was profitable in that first year of business, Nguyen adds.

“It turns out, it’s pretty universal — that feeling of being a women’s sports fan and going into a public place, like a sports bar, and having a difficult time finding a place to show a [women’s] game, especially when there are other men’s sports playing,” Nguyen says.

Initially, she wasn’t sure the idea would work at all. The vast majority of money and attention historically goes to men’s sports only — a big reason why The Sports Bra was reportedly the country’s first bar to only play women’s sports on TV.

It’s also not the kind of thing Nguyen would ordinarily do: She describes herself as “very cautious, risk averse.” But her obsession with women’s sports and frustration with its lack of representation on television screens drove her to empty her life savings — about $27,000 — and give it a try.

“Me, personally, I thought the idea was brilliant and that [it was] what the world needs,” Nguyen says. “But I had no idea that the world would want it. I just wanted to give it a shot.”

How The Sports Bra went from running joke to reality

Nguyen is a lifelong basketball fan who played the sport at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington, before tearing her ACL. She’s also a longtime restaurant worker who spent three years as Reed College’s executive chef.

In 2018, Nguyen and a group of friends wanted to watch the NCAA women’s basketball championship game. They went to a mostly empty sports bar and still had to plead with a bartender to switch one of the smallest TVs — which played without sound — from a men’s sport to the women’s championship game, she recalls.

Together, they jumped up and down celebrating “one of the best games I’ve ever seen,” Nguyen says, as a buzzer-beating three-point shot sealed the championship title for Notre Dame. Afterward, she was struck by the normalcy of her situation.

″[We’d] gotten so used to watching a game like that in the way that we did,” she says, adding that they’d only find better viewing conditions “if we had our own place.”

Days later, she channeled her disappointment into a hypothetical: What would she name her bar? “The very first thing that came into my mind was The Sports Bra,” Nguyen says. “And once I thought it, I couldn’t un-think it, you know? It was catchy. I thought it was hilarious.”

For years, she joked about it. Then, the fallout from social justice movements like #MeToo and the country’s racial reckoning after George Floyd’s murder left her wanting to make a meaningful impact on the world and her community.

Nguyen, who came out as a lesbian at age 17, says she doesn’t always feel welcome at most traditional sports bars. The Sports Bra could help her, and anyone else who’d rarely felt accepted in other sports establishments, feel like she belonged.

“I thought about, if we can even get one kid in here and have them feel like they belong in sports, it’d be worth it,” she says.

Helping other women’s sports bars get started

At first, Nguyen had her savings, and $40,000 in loans cobbled together from friends and family. That would keep The Sports Bra afloat for three months, based on her cost estimates for labor, inventory and other overhead.

In February 2022, she launched a Kickstarter to raise $48,000 — enough money for an extra six-month financial cushion, to build up the sort of regular clientele any bar or restaurant needs to survive long-term.

To Nguyen’s surprise, the campaign raised more than $105,000 in just 30 days, thanks to a viral article in online food publication Eater. “At that moment, when I was looking at that Kickstarter graph, I thought to myself, ‘This might work,’” she says.

But the money, which came from around the country and world, was no guarantee of success. Actual people in Portland still needed to frequent the bar.

Today, there’s often a line out the door. Women’s basketball icons like Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi showed up, for an event sponsored by Buick, earlier this month. Ginny Gilder, co-owner of the WNBA’s Seattle Storm, has even waited in line to watch her team play on The Sports Bra’s TVs, Nguyen says.

That’s a far cry from the Kickstarter days, which Nguyen says only happened after she was denied business loans by multiple banks and small business associations. The denials commonly cited the high risk of a unique concept run by a first-time entrepreneur during a pandemic, she adds.

Even the bar’s core concept is a struggle: It’s hard to find enough women’s sporting events to fill up the televisions. Only about 5% of all TV sports coverage focuses on female athletes, according to a 2021 University of Southern California study.

Nguyen says she’s taken to reaching out directly to sports networks and streaming services, some of which have hooked her up with access to more women’s sports content. She also spends an inordinate amount of time “scouring” TV listings, a process she likens to “taking a machete and chopping through a jungle.”

But she’s no longer alone. Another bar specializing in women’s sports has opened in nearby Seattle, and Nguyen says she’s in touch with a handful of other prospective entrepreneurs asking her for advice on opening similar visions in other cities.

“I would love to have as many people experience the feeling people experience when they walk through these doors,” she says. “It feels very selfish to keep it to this one building that holds 40 people at a time.”

[butdaddyilovehimmm]

[jeysuso]

[mxtxfanatic]

Fandom Gripes #24: Fans acting like the act of interfering in a rapidly deteriorating situation with the intention of helping makes you not only a bad person but also just as bad as (or worse than) the person/people causing the bad situation has got to stop. Blaming mxtx protags for not successfully saving the people they tried to help despite directly helping while others were either 1) actively trying to kill the people the protags were trying to help or 2) passively watching as others actively tried to kill the people the protags were trying to help is like irl when a good Samaritan saves someone’s life but then get sued later because saving said person’s life left them with injuries. Which is why we now have to have Good Samaritan Laws in America to discourage people from deciding that saving a life isn’t worth the consequences.

[echeckplan]

https://www.echeckplan.com/understanding-merchant-services-in-real-estate/

[marvey-sideblog]

Law firm Specter Ross represent gay club in Seattle

[ishkabibblethings]

[yourtongzhihazel]

"hate is our platform" lol. Lmao even. As opposed to the non-hateful platform of the status quo, which essentially invented racism, sexism, strict gender roles, nationalism, and so much more in order to justify primitive accumulation and the continued existence of imperialist capitalism at home and abroad. Fuck off with your weak ideological garbage.

I am fucking honest, unlike you shitlib lot, who hide your contempt for humanity in general and the working class in particular behind vague platitudes and "progressive" language.

[nr1-logo-design-inspiration]

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