Month: January 2016

  • What Are The Different Types And Benefits of Plastic Flexible Packaging?

    What Are The Different Types And Benefits of Plastic Flexible Packaging?

    A lot of times plastic gets a bad reputation, but it can be a great and conservative way to package food and products. Modern flexible food packaging can help keep food fresh and protected from contamination; it can also reduce food waste up to 1.7 pounds according to packaging experts. In fact, only two pounds…

  • 4 Workplace Organization Tips for the Hopelessly Disorganized

    4 Workplace Organization Tips for the Hopelessly Disorganized

    If you were asked to put a dollar amount on the time we waste looking for lost items, you probably wouldn’t choose $177 billion. And yet that is exactly how much office disorder costs corporate America each year. You may not care how corporate America views your neatness (or lack thereof), but when asked if…

  • 3 Incredible Ways That Millions of People are Using Steel Shipping Containers at Home and Work

    3 Incredible Ways That Millions of People are Using Steel Shipping Containers at Home and Work

    Savvy investors may look to stocks and bonds if they’re looking for a quick buck, but one of the best long-term investments available for homes and businesses in 2016 is steel shipping containers. Used shipping containers can be used in hundreds of unique ways, and creative people are finding new uses for them every single…

  • Don’t Pay for Water That Gets Wasted How to Ensure That There are No Leaks in Your Home

    Don’t Pay for Water That Gets Wasted  How to Ensure That There are No Leaks in Your Home

    Cutting down on your utility bill should be a priority for homeowners, as the leaks in the average American household can account for over 10,000 gallons of wasted water per year. Something as innocent-looking as a leaking showerhead that drips every few seconds could lead to 500 gallons of annual water loss alone. Easily fixing…

  • 5 Trade Show Booth Ideas

    5 Trade Show Booth Ideas

    Trade shows offer a lot of opportunities for companies and organizations to network and raise awareness of their mission and work. It can be easy to be lost in a sea of booths if you are not careful with your exhibit fabrication. Often companies will hire exhibit design firms to create custom exhibit booths that…

  • The Best Way to Fix Pipes

    The Best Way to Fix Pipes

    Cured in place or CIPP is fairly new way to repair an existing pipeline. It is known as a ‘trenchless repair’ method because it eliminates having to dig trenches around the entire pipe. CIPP can be used in water, sewer, gas and also in chemical pipes. Residents and businesses alike prefer this method because it…

  • What Entrepreneurs Need To Know About Office Space

    What Entrepreneurs Need To Know About Office Space

    America’s start-up culture is growing. According to a new report by the Kauffman Foundation, in 2015 start-up activity in the U.S grew for the first time since 2010 and the rate of new entrepreneurs, one of the measures the Foundation tracks, increased by 10%. Given that there are over 28 million small businesses in America…

  • How Can Plastic Packaging Help Brand Your Product?

    How Can Plastic Packaging Help Brand Your Product?

    You may only have one chance to get your potential customer’s attention. What then is your plan for capturing the customers who will be at the next big trade show? Are you planning to have custom design clear packaging sleeves made so that you can use them for disposable water bottles? Will these clear packaging…

  • Ways startups can save on office costs

    Ways startups can save on office costs

    The Kauffman Foundation has estimated that the average startup cost is around $30,000, and at least some of that cost likely comes from office space rentals. To help allay some of that cost, startup businesses on a shoestring budget can try a number of strategies to reduce their costs to rent office space. Coworking One…

  • Moving Away From “Reefer Madness” and Towards Medical Cannabis Use

    Moving Away From “Reefer Madness” and Towards Medical Cannabis Use

    Cannabis has enjoyed a strained relationship with America in the past, yet a growing number of states are legalizing the plant. The cannabis condemnation began in the 1930s with propaganda like the now infamous “Reefer Madness” film that emphasized the negative effects of the drug. Although there are a number of studies on cannabis, only…