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News Recap: How Three Seattle Musicians Are Making It Full-Time, Quit Working Late, Gigabit Squared Announces Rates for Fiber Internet

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The Office of Economic Development’s Daily Digest is a daily resource for business people. Here are three of our most clicked through stories for the week of June 24-27:

HOW THREE SEATTLE MUSICIANS ARE MAKING IT FULL-TIME

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QUIT WORKING LATE: 8 TIPS

INC.

In a recent survey of more than 4,000 business executives, work-life balance was the key factor for more than half of men and women in determining a successful career. Work-life balance came out ahead of money, recognition, and autonomy. The struggles of fast changing business landscape and the ever-growing speed of communication and productivity has forced many to work long hours, well into the night. To help leave work at work consider these tips like scheduling your workday, learning to say no, taking things into perspective, and more.

GIGABIT SQUARED ANNOUNCES RATES FOR FIBER INTERNET SERVICE FOR SEATTLE

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Gigabit Squared today unveiled residential pricing for the ultra-high-speed fiber-to-the-home broadband network it plans to launch locally in 2014. The Gigabit Squared fiber network, a public-private partnership with the City of Seattle and the University of Washington, will initially be made available to neighborhoods located within the University of Washington West Campus District, First Hill, Capitol Hill and Central Area of Seattle as part of a program called Gigabit Seattle.

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News Recap: 5 Transitions Great Leaders Make that Average Leaders Don’t, Tom Douglas Expands, Capitol Cider Opens on Capitol Hill

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The Office of Economic Development’s Daily Digest is a daily resource for business people. Here are three of our most clicked through stories for the week of June 17-21:

5 TRANSITIONS GREAT LEADERS MAKE THAT AVERAGE LEADERS DON’T

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The secret to leadership is there aren’t any real secrets. The best leaders have simply gone to school on improving their tradecraft. We all recognize great leadership when we see it, but many fail to see what it is that actually makes the leader great. Five transitions that make a leader great include finding purpose, putting people first, and shunning complexity.

TOM DOUGLAS EXPANDS WITH TANAKASAN, ASSEMBLY HALL, AND MORE

EATER SEATTLE

It opened rather quietly last Monday – Tanakasan, embedded in Tom Douglas’s new 10,000 square-foot Assembly Hall, which is situated inside the Via6 apartment complex. Inside is a coffee and juice bar, a garden store, shuffleboard, knick-knacks for sale, upstairs seating, and  Home Remedy – a 2,000 square-foot deli that will include a salad bar and pizzeria, along with a daily dinner special. You may even be able to buy packaged food from other Tom Douglas restaurants there soon. In addition to the opening of Tanakasan within the expansive Assembly Hall space, Tom Douglas announced recently that he is planning on opening a culinary center in Hotel Andra.

CAPITOL CIDER OPENS ON CAPITOL HILL

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The highly-anticipated Capitol Cider opened its doors for the first time last week. The 4,000 square foot, two-level former art gallery is now home to 30 selections of cider on tap and another 100 in bottles. The naturally gluten-free menu provides great pairings. The new pub intends to have “the largest array of draft cider in the USA,” according to the announcement of Thursday’s official opening. Capitol Cider is divided into two levels – each with a full bar fed by the dozens of ciders on tap. Downstairs, cider drinkers will find The Ballast Bar & Gameroom replete with two 18-foot shuffleboard tables, a stage with a 107-year-old piano, a fireplace and a 20-foot communal table and plenty of room for games and shenanigans.

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News Recap: The 21 Coolest Small Businesses in Seattle, 10 Ways You’re Killing Your Credibility, Four Seattle Food Trucks Named “Best Food Trucks in America”

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The Office of Economic Development’s Daily Digest is a daily resource for business people. Here are three of our most clicked through stories for the week of June 10-14:

THE 23 COOLEST SMALL BUSINESSES IN SEATTLE

BUSINESS INSIDER

Seattle has always been a trendsetter of sorts: first with grunge music and the coffeehouse craze, and then with its burgeoning startup scene. Today Seattle continues to set trends with innovative new businesses. Business Insider found the 23 coolest small businesses in Seattle. The list includes a top new bakery, a paper shredding company, and a kind of boat that people used to only dream about.

10 WAYS YOU’RE KILLING YOUR CREDIBILITY

INC.

In the business world, your credibility is everything. It tells people whether they can count on you. It tells your customers, employees, bosses, and coworkers what they can expect from you. Credibility is a powerful thing, not just because it has so much impact on your future, but also because you have so much control over it. With rare exception, it’s more or less in your hands. Some of the pitfalls to avoid are: having all the answers, being too politically correct, and having no sense of humor or humility.

FOUR SEATTLE FOOD TRUCKS NAMED ‘BEST FOOD TRUCKS IN AMERICA’

SEATTLE TIMES

On the Daily Meal’s recent list of 2013’s “Best Food Trucks in America,” four of Seattle’s own made the cut. Where Ya at Matt takes the number nine spot on the list, nestled around mobile kitchens from the major food truck hotspots: Los Angeles and New York City. Marination Mobile, El Camion, and Maximus/Minimus also take spots further down the list. Sadly, Portland’s big talk about having more food trucks than us has no real bite on this ranking, with only two spots going to their city’s food trucks.

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