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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title>27 Million and Counting: Kathy Braddock, Rutenberg Realty</title><link>http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2011/06/21/27-million-and-counting-kathy-braddock-rutenberg-realty/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2011/06/21/27-million-and-counting-kathy-braddock-rutenberg-realty/</guid><comments>http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2011/06/21/27-million-and-counting-kathy-braddock-rutenberg-realty/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/27-million-and-counting/" rel="tag">27 Million and Counting</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/sales/" rel="tag">Sales</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/leadership/" rel="tag">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/starting-a-business/" rel="tag">Starting a Business</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/consumer-products-and-services/" rel="tag">Consumer Products &amp; Services</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/real-estate/" rel="tag">Real Estate</a></p>Meet Kathy Braddock, the co-founder of Rutenberg Realty, a New York-based residential real-estate brokerage.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2011/06/21/27-million-and-counting-kathy-braddock-rutenberg-realty/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/forward/19972785/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2011/06/21/27-million-and-counting-kathy-braddock-rutenberg-realty/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2011/06/21/27-million-and-counting-kathy-braddock-rutenberg-realty/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>27 Million and Counting</category><category>brokerage</category><category>brokers</category><category>Kathy Braddock</category><category>New York real estate</category><category>real estate</category><category>running a business</category><category>starting a business</category><dc:creator>Ben Craw</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-06-21T16:00:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>My First Million: Barbara Corcoran, The Corcoran Group</title><link>http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2011/06/02/my-first-million-barbara-corcoran-the-corcoran-group/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2011/06/02/my-first-million-barbara-corcoran-the-corcoran-group/</guid><comments>http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2011/06/02/my-first-million-barbara-corcoran-the-corcoran-group/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/my-first-million/" rel="tag">My First Million</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/money/" rel="tag">Money</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/advertising-and-marketing/" rel="tag">Advertising &amp; Marketing</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/sales/" rel="tag">Sales</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/leadership/" rel="tag">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/starting-a-business/" rel="tag">Starting a Business</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/media/" rel="tag">Media</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/real-estate/" rel="tag">Real Estate</a></p>How a self-made salesperson took $1,000 and took on the titans of New York's legendary real-estate industry.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2011/06/02/my-first-million-barbara-corcoran-the-corcoran-group/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/forward/19956877/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2011/06/02/my-first-million-barbara-corcoran-the-corcoran-group/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2011/06/02/my-first-million-barbara-corcoran-the-corcoran-group/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Corcoran</category><category>Corcoran Group</category><category>Corcoran real estate</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>My First Million</category><category>New York real estate</category><category>real estate</category><category>Shark Tales</category><category>Shark Tank</category><category>starting a business</category><dc:creator>Rod Kurtz and Ben Craw</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-06-02T17:00:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Iconic Restaurant Elaine's Closes After 50 Years in Business</title><link>http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2011/05/18/iconic-restaurant-elaines-closes-after-50-years-in-business/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2011/05/18/iconic-restaurant-elaines-closes-after-50-years-in-business/</guid><comments>http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2011/05/18/iconic-restaurant-elaines-closes-after-50-years-in-business/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/leadership/" rel="tag">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/food-and-beverage/" rel="tag">Food &amp; Beverage</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/real-estate/" rel="tag">Real Estate</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/show-business/" rel="tag">Show Business</a></p>The end of an era: Elaine's announces its last call after almost five decades in business and six months after its famous founder died.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2011/05/18/iconic-restaurant-elaines-closes-after-50-years-in-business/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/forward/19943349/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2011/05/18/iconic-restaurant-elaines-closes-after-50-years-in-business/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2011/05/18/iconic-restaurant-elaines-closes-after-50-years-in-business/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Diane Becker</category><category>Elaine Kaufman</category><category>Elaines</category><category>Elaines closing</category><category>Elaines last day</category><category>Graydon Carter</category><category>News</category><category>Woody Allen</category><dc:creator>Janean Chun</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-05-18T09:00:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Why Pop-Up Stores Are Popping Up Everywhere</title><link>http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2010/12/13/why-pop-up-stores-are-popping-up-everywhere/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2010/12/13/why-pop-up-stores-are-popping-up-everywhere/</guid><comments>http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2010/12/13/why-pop-up-stores-are-popping-up-everywhere/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/trends/" rel="tag">Business Trends</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/money/" rel="tag">Money</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/advertising-and-marketing/" rel="tag">Advertising &amp; Marketing</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/sales/" rel="tag">Sales</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/starting-a-business/" rel="tag">Starting a Business</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/online-business/" rel="tag">Online Business</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/consumer-products-and-services/" rel="tag">Consumer Products &amp; Services</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/food-and-beverage/" rel="tag">Food &amp; Beverage</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/real-estate/" rel="tag">Real Estate</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/retail/" rel="tag">Retail</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/inventions-and-innovations/" rel="tag">Inventions &amp; Innovations</a></p>Thanks to pop-up stores, more retailers are capitalizing on busy shopping seasons without the hassle and expenses that come with operating a brick-and-mortar location year round.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2010/12/13/why-pop-up-stores-are-popping-up-everywhere/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/forward/19509321/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2010/12/13/why-pop-up-stores-are-popping-up-everywhere/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2010/12/13/why-pop-up-stores-are-popping-up-everywhere/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Business Trends</category><category>eTableTop</category><category>Lippe Taylor</category><category>Matcha Source</category><category>pop-up stores</category><category>pop-ups</category><category>PopUpInsider</category><category>retail</category><category>retail concepts</category><category>retail tips</category><dc:creator>Geoff Williams</dc:creator><dc:date>2010-12-13T17:30:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Shack Up Inn: The Coolest Hotel in America?</title><link>http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2010/07/30/shack-up-inn-the-coolest-hotel-in-america/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2010/07/30/shack-up-inn-the-coolest-hotel-in-america/</guid><comments>http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2010/07/30/shack-up-inn-the-coolest-hotel-in-america/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/the-next-big-idea/" rel="tag">The Next Big Idea?</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/management/" rel="tag">Management</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/leadership/" rel="tag">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/starting-a-business/" rel="tag">Starting a Business</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/consumer-products-and-services/" rel="tag">Consumer Products &amp; Services</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/food-and-beverage/" rel="tag">Food &amp; Beverage</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/real-estate/" rel="tag">Real Estate</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/travel/" rel="tag">Travel</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/inventions-and-innovations/" rel="tag">Inventions &amp; Innovations</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/the-next-big-idea/" rel="tag">The Next Big Idea?</a></p>Bill Talbot and Guy Malvezzi took a bunch of old sharecropper's shacks and transformed them into a unique destination hotel in the middle of the Mississippi Delta.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2010/07/30/shack-up-inn-the-coolest-hotel-in-america/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/forward/19471164/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2010/07/30/shack-up-inn-the-coolest-hotel-in-america/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2010/07/30/shack-up-inn-the-coolest-hotel-in-america/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>bed and breakfast</category><category>best inns</category><category>Bill Talbot</category><category>coolest hotel in America</category><category>Guy Malvezzi</category><category>Mississippi Delta</category><category>Shack Up Inn</category><category>sharecroppers</category><category>The Next Big Idea</category><dc:creator>Patrick Sauer</dc:creator><dc:date>2010-07-30T15:15:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Businesses Wage War Against Bedbugs</title><link>http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2010/07/29/businesses-wage-war-against-bedbugs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2010/07/29/businesses-wage-war-against-bedbugs/</guid><comments>http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2010/07/29/businesses-wage-war-against-bedbugs/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/trends/" rel="tag">Business Trends</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/management/" rel="tag">Management</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/international-business/" rel="tag">International Business</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/business-products-and-services/" rel="tag">Business Products &amp; Services</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/environmental-services/" rel="tag">Environmental Services</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/health/" rel="tag">Health</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/real-estate/" rel="tag">Real Estate</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/retail/" rel="tag">Retail</a></p>The growing bedbug epidemic can have a disastrous effect on businesses. How to prevent, detect, and eliminate the bloodsucking threat.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2010/07/29/businesses-wage-war-against-bedbugs/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/forward/19570858/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2010/07/29/businesses-wage-war-against-bedbugs/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2010/07/29/businesses-wage-war-against-bedbugs/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>bed bugs</category><category>bedbug dogs</category><category>bedbug exterminators</category><category>bedbug pest control</category><category>bedbugs</category><category>Business Trends</category><category>how to find bedbugs</category><category>how to get rid of bedbugs</category><category>kill bedbugs</category><category>National Pest Management Association</category><dc:creator>Geoff Williams</dc:creator><dc:date>2010-07-29T18:30:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Oil Spill Pay Czar Criticizes BP, Pushes for Bigger Payouts to Victims</title><link>http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2010/07/05/oil-spill-pay-czar-criticizes-bp-pushes-for-bigger-payouts-to-v/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2010/07/05/oil-spill-pay-czar-criticizes-bp-pushes-for-bigger-payouts-to-v/</guid><comments>http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2010/07/05/oil-spill-pay-czar-criticizes-bp-pushes-for-bigger-payouts-to-v/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/money/" rel="tag">Money</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/legal-issues/" rel="tag">Legal Issues</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/energy/" rel="tag">Energy</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/environmental-services/" rel="tag">Environmental Services</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/food-and-beverage/" rel="tag">Food &amp; Beverage</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/real-estate/" rel="tag">Real Estate</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/retail/" rel="tag">Retail</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/travel/" rel="tag">Travel</a></p>Kenneth Feinberg, who is overseeing the $20 billion compensation fund, wants to pay businesses affected by the oil spill six months at a time, instead of month-by-month.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2010/07/05/oil-spill-pay-czar-criticizes-bp-pushes-for-bigger-payouts-to-v/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/forward/19540522/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2010/07/05/oil-spill-pay-czar-criticizes-bp-pushes-for-bigger-payouts-to-v/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2010/07/05/oil-spill-pay-czar-criticizes-bp-pushes-for-bigger-payouts-to-v/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><dc:creator>Rachel Leven</dc:creator><dc:date>2010-07-05T14:30:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Trump Pitching Reality Show About Family Businesses</title><link>http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2010/06/18/trump-pitching-reality-show-about-family-businesses/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2010/06/18/trump-pitching-reality-show-about-family-businesses/</guid><comments>http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2010/06/18/trump-pitching-reality-show-about-family-businesses/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/money/" rel="tag">Money</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/management/" rel="tag">Management</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/leadership/" rel="tag">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/international-business/" rel="tag">International Business</a>, <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/category/real-estate/" rel="tag">Real Estate</a></p>The Donald's latest reality concept would center around entrepreneurs trying to convince their children to take over the family business.<p style="clear: both; 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