With every purchase of 1/4 lb. Brisket on March 2nd, the 32¢ payment received will be donated to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. One per customer, participating locations only (see below) and cutter’s choice brisket.

Also, Rudy’s will donate 50¢ to Clinton Bush Haiti Fund for every new verifiable Twitter follower and Facebook fan from February 23^rd to March 2^nd!

Bootcamp for Small Business Owners Gives Tools, Discipline to Grow Business

To survive in today’s market you need to know how to market yourself! The South Texas Women’s Business Center (STWBC) invites entrepreneurs, professionals and owners to interact in one of a kind workshops with Sales and Branding Experts.  The day will center on the interactive workshops, held throughout San Antonio Central Library, before attendees have a chance to sit through individiual consultations.  The line up of speakers includes Social Media Gurus, Sales Experts and Guerilla Marketing Professionals.  Registration for the event will continue till February 19, 2010.

What: “Marketing Boot camp”
A Boot camp equipping you with powerful online and offline marketing methods to grow your business in today’s economy!

Who: Juan Barrera, Blue Clover Executive Creative Director

Erik Darmstetter, Sales by 5 CEO

Rolando Murrillo, Murrillo Design CEO

Susan Price, Firecat Studio CEO & Jennifer Navarrete, Social Media Consultant

Jackie Adame, The Marketing Fuse CEO

Todd O’Neill, Media Consultant and Designer

Ryan Kelly, Pear Analytics CEO

Pat Riley, KGB Texas Director of Interactive Services

Magaly Chocano, SWEB Development CEO

When: Monday, February 22, 2010, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Where: San Antonio Central Public Library (600 Soledad)

Cost: $70 registration

Register: www.stwbc.com or call 210.207.0112

About the South Texas Women’s Business Center:

STWBC is a program of the South Texas Business Fund, the non-profit lending arm of the City of San Antonio’s Economic Development Department. The Center offers education, counseling, and training services to aspiring entrepreneurs and established business owners. The Center is funded in part by a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Sponsorships and booths are available during the luncheon.

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What is nice to see however, is that leaders featured in this weekly show are going back-to-basics and gaining insights into their companies simply by listening and observing their employees; uncovering real gaps in internal communications, breakdowns in processes and a true need for stronger engagement across all levels of the organization. It’s a 21st century version of management by walking around–only this time with a camera crew in tow.

So what did the show tell you about how our businesses should operate?  Were you impressed with how Larry O’Donnell handled the situations he was presented? The next show will feature Hooters, and yes, I’m going to watch it:

From Mashable.com:

In a private meeting with the press, Mr. Deng took the time to explain the new Facebook () redesign and all of its new features in-depth. I whipped out my Kodak ZI8 and filmed the entire conversation and demo. While he didn’t reveal many new details, he did provide a very useful overview that made Facebook design and its plan much easier to understand.

via Steve Badowski

C⁴ Workspace and a bunch of others are hosting a Pink Slip Mixer to help connect under employed professionals with the companies and agencies who may have opportunities for them.

What’s a Pink Slip Mixer?

Pink Slip Mixers had their start when Wall Street got clobbered in the fall of 2008. Frankly, their soirees were more about drwoning their sorrows than connecting with the right people.

The Pink Slip Mixer is a non-threatening, social event. It is not a job fair. It is not for entry level people. The event is for for mid level, experienced professionals who have gotten the short end of the economy’s stick. And it’s for people in a position to hire the aforementioned professionals to meet and mingle with them outside a sterile interview or [shudder] The Job Fair.

We have 3 search firms lined up and are adding others (search firms, corporate HR, etc.) weekly.

The evening will start at 5:30 pm with sign in, name tag affixing, wrist banding and door prize ticket acquisition. It will run through 7:30 pm with breaks to give out door prizes. In between it’s all about talking with people. People looking for work and people looking for good employees and contractors. There will be snacks and refreshments throughout the evening. And attendees will have a chance to get a professional profile picture taken to flesh out their online profiles on sites like LinkedIn.

Mark Your Calendars!

Thursday, February 4
5:30 – 7:00 pm
C4 Workspace
108 King William
San Antonio, TX 78204

Admission is $15 and space is limited. So Sign Up Now!

This Pink Slip event is right in line with our mission here at C⁴ Workspace. We’re all about a sustainable professional community. Sustainability starts at home with bringing home the bacon (or soy substitute). We know not everyone is cut out for running a solo business and not all solo’s are cut out to work in traditional office environment. But we all gotta cowork in some fashion. So Pink Slip brings together San Antonio’s professional community to work together and network.  And that’s what C⁴ Workspace is all about.

It’s interesting to hear buzzwords in local marketing for “blazing” and “fast” internet connections. Are they really?

Image Courtesy of Internet World Stats - Broadband Penetration

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