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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

West Palm Beach's Answer for Start-up Businesses: Kowerk Executive Suites






For further information, contact:
Alberto Siblesz
Kowerk Executive Suites
(561) 721-3700
asiblesz@kowerk.com


As a business grows, its office needs change. Having an office space that can grow with your business helps offset the hassles and expenses of moving up.

Never before has starting a business been easier. With the online market, more and more people are able to successfully start a business from home with very little capital. However, many small business owners hit a wall once it’s time to take their businesses to the next level because they lack the financial resources and/or man-power. It is at this point that a small business can stall because it could not keep up with the demands of its growing market. Or worse, the business goes under even before it had a chance to take off. What many small business owners are not aware of is that there are other options. Kowerk Executive Suites specializes in creative space solutions; these solutions offer small businesses professional services in various ways that can grow as their business grows.

·     Need a professional business location on a budget? Kowerk offers office solutions for small and upstart businesses. It not only provides a corporate office address and phone messaging services, but it also provides small meeting rooms and conference spaces. Conveniently located just off I-95 and minutes away from the airport, even the smallest home business can put on a much larger corporate face by signing up for one of the “virtual office” packages. In this way, a home-business owner can easily meet and entertain clients and investors in a corporate office setting.

·     Need to get out of the house, but can't afford an entire office? Kowerk also offers “co-working,” for the business owner who does not work from home. Co-working helps keep costs down by providing a shared work space for a variety of business owners. In this unique environment, business owners not only grow their own businesses in a dynamic work space, but they also have the opportunity to become acquainted and network with other local area business owners. Not only do they share an office, meeting, and conference space, but they also share ideas, motivate, and inspire productivity.

·     Ready for your own space, but still want the benefits of an executive suite? For the well-established and larger business, Kowerk leases larger furnished or unfurnished executive suites. Kowerk makes moving or expanding very easy. By providing all the functional spaces needed from office space all the way to a break room, as well as support services, little time is lost during a move.

With the services that a company like Kowerk provides, anyone can start a business with the confidence that it has the necessary support to grow. More resources can go towards growing the business rather than overhead and office space. As a business grows, Kowerk’s flexible business options easily allow for a growing business’s needs. Add to that the fact that your business address and phone number will remain stable as you grow, and that you won't have to incur the expense and hassle of moving as you need more space.

Currently, Kowerk is helping over 100 local area businesses realize their business goals. Clearly, their concepts on how to organize and use office space are effective. Visit them at www.officespaceinwestpalmbeach.com or call (561) 721-3700 for more specific plan details and costs. Where COST EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESS NEEDS can be found.


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Sunday, March 1, 2015

Announcing the Campaign to Help Revitalize a Thriving Commercial District



Help fund a local home-grown restaurant looking to bring the community back to Downtown Richmond

Richmond, CA  – March 1, 2015 – The Richmond Main Street Initiative, Inc. and Home of Chicken and Waffles announce their campaign to open a new restaurant and revitalize a formerly thriving commercial district.

Historic Downtown Richmond finally has the chance to build itself up as a safe, vibrant, thriving destination for arts, entertainment, businesses, and residents with an easily accessible transit center. For far too long, the area of Downtown Richmond has suffered financially, and has struggled to attract the development projects that are vital to the economic development of the city. Restaurants and retail businesses are crucial components of a healthy, vibrant neighborhood, creating jobs and tax revenue that benefit the entire community.

Richmond Main Street is proud to be working in partnership with Home of Chicken and Waffles to bring a family-style sit down restaurant to the downtown Richmond shopping district.  In addition to Chicken and Waffles, there is also an opportunity to support the build out of the entire 10,000 square feet of raw retail space to support a café and coffee shop.

Richmond Main Street is in need of $75,000 to help Home of Chicken and Waffles with the first phase of the build out of this raw space. This campaign will give the historic Downtown area the boost it needs to begin creating a viable district with arts, entertainment, and wholesome food, all of which have been sorely needed for this long under-served community. Monies raised from this campaign will be used to fund Phase 1 of the large-scale tenant improvements needed to transform this raw space into a beautiful sit-down restaurant.

Please consider donating to this cause, and help revitalize the Downtown Richmond community.


About The Richmond Main Street Initiative, Inc.
The Richmond Main Street Initiative, Inc. is a community-based nonprofit corporation dedicated to revitalizing historic Downtown Richmond as a pedestrian-friendly urban village, offering products, services, arts, and entertainment that reflect the community’s rich and diverse heritage.

To LEARN MORE about the project, or  to find more information about The Richmond Main Street Initiative, Inc or Home of Chicken and Waffles, please visit:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/chicken-waffles-restaurant-downtown-richmond#home

Contact:
Amanda Elliot

Saturday, February 28, 2015

Announcing the Campaign to Help Fund a Life-Saving Kidney Transplant



Help a family man collect the funding necessary to pay for his kidney transplant

Oklahoma City, OK  March 1, 2015 – Greg Hall and his family announce the campaign to raise money for a desperately needed kidney transplant.

As a 29 year old student, Greg Hall is both a college student and family man. Greg has been married to the love of his life for 10 years, and together they have three beautiful, amazing kids. A few years ago, Greg moved the family back to Oklahoma City to continue his education, as well as provide better for his family. Greg plans to graduate in August of 2015 with an associate’s degree in Occupational Therapy, finishing his education with a master’s degree in Occupational Therapy by 2019.

About a year after moving back to Oklahoma City, Greg discovered he was suffering from severe kidney failure. As of June 2nd 2014, he has a combined kidney function of less than 10%. Greg is currently undergoing dialysis treatment 7 days a week to try to fight back against his kidney disease. Unfortunately, dialysis is not a permanent fix, and Greg is in desperate need of a kidney transplant. They are hoping he can receive a kidney transplant in time to make a full recovery prior to starting graduate school.

In the meantime, the Hall family is having a horrible time trying to keep up with bills. Greg had to leave his job, and the combined stress of raising money for the cost of the transplant, the medicine he must stay on for the rest of his life, and to cover donor expenses have left the family in a tough financial situation.

Greg and his family are asking for financial donations in any amount, in order to pay off some of their bills and save up for the kidney transplant expenses. Their goal is to raise $200,000 by August of 2015. Please consider donating whatever you can to this family.

To LEARN MORE about the project, or  to find more information about the family, please visit:

Contact:
Greg Q Hall
http://www.gofundme.com/b98iwo

Announcing the Campaign to Help Fund a Composer's Next Symphonic Project



Help an entrepreneur bring a full-length original score to fans of the classical, orchestral, movie and game score genres

Irvine, CA  March 1, 2015 – Kat Bella, web developer and composer, announces the campaign to fund her next symphonic project.

Kat's first full-scale project, Symphonic I, was created in a simple home recording studio setup, using a 10 year old Yamaha keyboard and a line out to an old computer. This album contained 10 tracks that shared a common melodic theme and attempted to tell a story through music. It was available on iTunes and Amazon for a number of years, and received rave reviews from listeners.

Kat is now seeking funding in order to support the composition, recording, and production of her next project, known as Symphonic II. Kat has greatly improved her studio setup since the initial recording of Symphonic I, and is hoping to use the funding to continue to update her studio, get some time with an actual engineer, put all of the effort necessary to bring her composition to fruition.

The crowd funding goal is to raise $7,000 in 30 days. This amount will cover the cost of recording the album in the highest quality possible as well as full digital distribution through CD Baby on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Amazon, Beats, Rhapsody, XBox Music, I <3 Radio, and many, many other digital music providers. If the goal is reached or surpassed, Kat hopes to use the extra funding for full physical distribution, re-recording Symphonic I, and more.

About Kat Bella
Kat Bella is a full time web developer and part time composer from
Southern California, USA. A self-taught musician, Kat has spent the last 17 years composing musical scores for independent PC, XBOX, iOS and Android games as well as a few short films and many Infinity Engine game mods.

In 2009 Kat released my first independent album on iTunes and Amazon called "Symphonic I". It was composed in a simple home recording studio on very basic equipment but received great reviews. Now Kat is looking to take the next step with a new project and a new opportunity to create an immersive musical experience to those that love the symphonic/classical genre.


To LEARN MORE about the project, or  to find more information about Kat's music, please visit:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/katbella/symphonic-ii

Contact:
Kat Bella

Friday, February 27, 2015

Announcing the Campaign to Help Fund a Start Up Coffee Club Company




Help an entrepreneur kickstart a business providing gourmet coffee

Chaptico, MD  February 28 , 2015 – Den Gross Powell, entrepreneur and seller of gourmet coffees, announces the campaign to kickstart her business into a full-time venture. Ms. Powell was born and raised in Calvert County. One of eleven children, Ms. Powell grew up in an environment that required perseverance, patience, and focus on her future.

As the only one in her family to complete college, Ms. Powell received an AA in Information Word Processing; a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Master of Science in Business Management; Master of Science in Holistic Nutrition; Doctor of Philosophy in Holistic Natural Health and Healing and a Doctor of Philosophy in Holistic Nutrition. She is also learning Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, German, and French.

While she has worked as an employee of the Federal Government for approximate 38 years, her goal with this crowd fund project is to retire fully and make her side business a full-time career.

DP Coffee Club was created to provide gourmet coffee to the coffee drinkers of the world. Ms. Powell works for her company part-time, providing samples of her coffee whenever possible. She currently employs one person, but hopes that this crowd fund project will result in being able to hire additional staff.

Ms. Powell would like to raise at least $100,000 to buy more supplies and pay part-time employees. Any amount will make an impact on their business, and would be greatly appreciated.



To LEARN MORE about the project, or  to find more information, please visit:

Contact:
Den Gross Powell
http://www.gofundme.com/powell

Announcing the Campaign to Help Fund a Start Up Coffee Club Company




Help an entrepreneur kickstart a business providing gourmet coffee

Fircrest, WA  February 25 , 2015 – Tom Walker and Lois Eiler, co-creators and co-founders of Ample Gear, announce their “Charity Roulette” campaign. 

Ample Gear, a custom T-shirt design company, will be offering a supply of free T-shirts with any design to a randomly selected charity.  In order to participate, the selected charity must agree to be advertised on the Ample Gear website as a testimonial, success story, etc.

Ample Gear is a ‘mom and pop’ company owned and operated by Tom Walker and Lois Eiler. They are a small but productive company, utilizing the skills of family members and friends rather than an expansive number of employees.  Their products,  sold under the brand “Big Head Bob” are hugely popular and have received rave reviews from charities, promotional events, organizations and more.  You can find their shirts being sold on websites such as bigheadbob.com, Amazon, eBay and Etsy. They offer  a variety of pricing, including discounts for non-profit organizations.




To LEARN MORE about the project, or  to find more information about their products, please visit:

Contact:
Tom Walker

1417 Estate Pl
Fircrest, Washington
(253) 448-3444

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Luigi Wewege, Managing Director of Vivier Mortgages gives his opinion on Ireland’s current housing market



DUBLIN, IRELAND – 25 February 2015


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Curbing price volatility in the housing market is an ongoing challenge for governments.  Clearly, in order to stabilise house prices, supply and demand must be brought into equilibrium. The difficulties inherent in achieving this goal are illustrated by Ireland’s economic travails over the past decade. 
During the heady days of the ‘Celtic Tiger’, property developers embarked on a building frenzy, their expansionary drive fuelled by three factors: the availability of almost limitless credit, the flow of cheap labour from Eastern Europe and an apparently buoyant property market. However, too many of these building schemes were not brought to fruition. The onset of the recession and the accompanying credit crunch which it triggered forced many developers to abandon their projects. The landscape of Ireland is now littered with ‘ghost estates’, abandoned, unoccupied or unfinished. They have been declared economically unviable and have consequently been flagged for demolition. Compounding the difficulties in the housing sector, the lax mortgage credit criteria have also led to a cascade of defaults amongst existing mortgage holders, thus creating an unprecedented wave of house repossessions.
A priority of paramount importance for governments in shaping social policy these days is, undeniably, the provision of quality housing for its citizens.  One legacy of the 2008 financial crisis, however, is an acute shortage of housing.  As a supply shortage inevitably drives an upward spiral in prices, this is reflected in the housing market. During 2014, house price inflation across Ireland has vacillated between 8% and 20%.  Galloping ahead of the rest of the country, house prices in Dublin increased by 20%, whilst nationally the rate averaged out at 13% to 14%.  These increases in prices show marked variations from county to county.  In the last quarter of 2014, the year-on-year changes recorded per county were: Donegal 0.1%; Cavan 1.5%; Monaghan 5.2%; Louth 11.4%; Longford 12.2%; Roscommon 9.7%; Wicklow 18.8%: Cork City 12.2%; Limerick City 2.8%; Dublin City Centre 27.1%; South County Dublin 17.9% and North County Dublin 15.9%.
According to analysts, the five factors impacting on house prices are credit, expectation, income, supply and demographics.  Of these variables, changes in credit and expectation are most likely to induce changes in house prices. Harnessing this recognition, the Central Bank has established new regulations that place quantitative ceilings on the proportion of mortgages at high loan-to-value ratio and on the proportion of mortgage lending at high loan-to-income ratio. According to the Central Bank, this change in macro-prudential policy in the real estate sector will have a dual effect: increasing the resilience of the banking and household sectors to financial shocks, and dampening the pro-cyclical dynamics between property lending and housing prices. 
In practical terms, the new regulations mean that first-time residential buyers can borrow as much as 80% of the property price or even 90%, up to a limit of €220,000, plus 80% of any amount beyond it.  The scope of these caps also extends to housing loans secured on residential property in the state, as well as to equity-release/top-up mortgages.  What it does not cover is the refinancing of a house loan or loans that have been negotiated for the purpose of addressing arrears of payments.
Although the regulations have been welcomed by property analysts, there has been a current of dissent. Opponents of the restrictions, whilst conceding that they may have the desired effect of moderating house inflation, argue that the measures may also foster a concomitant escalation of rental prices.  They predict that a rising demand curve for rented accommodation will have the inevitable consequence of luring speculators into the market thereby destabilising house prices and posing a threat to first-time buyers.
About the Author
Luigi Wewege is the founder of Vivier Group and the Managing Director of Vivier Mortgages (a Dublin, Ireland based home loan company), as well as CEO of its Auckland based financial services arm, Vivier & Co, a boutique Financial Service Provider in New Zealand, offering no-cost, above average returns for investors.
Vivier Mortgages
Vivier Mortgages is a Dublin, Ireland based home loan company that has specialised in secured property lending, principally for domestic mortgages and building projects, for nearly twenty years.  The company,   having recently become part of Vivier Group, is currently looking for new opportunities in Ireland, in the areas of property acquisition, redevelopment and regeneration.
Vivier Group
Vivier Group is the global umbrella organisation of the Auckland based Vivier & Co and Vivier Investments, the London based Vivier Developments & Vivier Home Loans, and the Dublin based Vivier Mortgages.
Media Contact
Company Name: Vivier Mortgages
Contact Person: Media Relations Manager
Email: 
press@viviergroup.com
Phone: +353 1 697 1353
Country: Ireland
Website: 
http://www.viviermortgages.com


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