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How Coachella Could Help You Plan Better Events

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General admission tickets to see acts like Lady Gaga and Radiohead —priced at $399— sold out in three hours , and last year’s festival brought in a record-breaking $84 million. In 2001 it became an annual event, and camping was introduced as an add-on option in 2003, creating another revenue stream. Know when to grow.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: My Simple Business Blueprint

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I dont try to get a certain # of clients or hit certain revenue targets. Price it fairly. Dont discount price. Oct 2003 (1). Sep 2003 (2). Aug 2003 (1). May 2003 (2). Apr 2003 (1). Mar 2003 (1). Feb 2003 (3). Jan 2003 (2). I dont spend any money on advertising. Take a pass.

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Serve Versus Sell: How to Negotiate Associations’ Dual Roles

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These nonprofit organizations aim to prepare disadvantaged individuals to re-enter the workforce by employing them in a for-profit economic operation, from which the revenues are used to support training and rehabilitation services for those employees. A Duel of Dual roles.

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Infrastructure Group Warns of Slow Repairs to Nation’s Broken Bridges

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ARTBA says federal funding declined by 20 percent between 2003 and 2017. ARTBA puts the price tag to make all the fixes at about $171 billion. Despite improvements in some areas, a reduction in federal funding for infrastructure projects is having a negative effect on repair efforts. The repairs won’t be cheap.

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When Members Vote on Dues

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Associations don’t typically grant members voting power on dues increases, but one association that does has found a formula that keeps members happy and revenue growing. Since 2007, GCSAA has raised dues every two years and tied those increases to the Consumer Price Index. Power to the people!)