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...advertising and billing, keeps nonpayment of bills down to 1% v. sometimes as high as 10% for nonclub clientele. Moreover, the ready-made market shoots up business. TV Repairman Kenneth Daniel's business has doubled in the year that he has been affiliated with San Francisco's Homesmith...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MODERN LIVING: Don't Do It Yourself | 9/26/1960 | See Source »

...Business School man, returned with copious notes and lists of job possibilities that have produced 700 offers, many at salaries 10% to 20% higher than big firms would give. Student Association President William Schulz, 28, a West Pointer who got 50 offers, wound up starting his own small business (Homesmith Inc.-home repairs) in Palo Alto, Calif. "It was a reaction to the Organization Man idea," he says. So far, at least 30 others have taken small-business jobs, and Harvard officials, sensing a trend, are preparing to help new classes expand their own job-hunting programs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Self-Help | 7/27/1959 | See Source »

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