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From Arlington VA's Dept. of Economic Development and BizLaunch, Another Business Tip. This webisode looks at short-term leases with with Suzette Timme, General Manager, Fashion Center at Pentagon City. Your host is Tara Palacios.
A
Hi,
my
name
is
tara
miles
here
with
your
retail
tip
for
today.
Today,
we're
going
to
be
talking
about
biz
launch
and
what
it
means
to
your
retail
business
here
in
arlington.
County
there's
launch
is
a
physical
location,
as
you
can
see
behind
me,
but
it
is
also
a
personalized
service
which
can
help
your
business
to
grow
and
expand
here
in
our
community.
This
launch
offers
individualized
counseling
sessions
or
one-on-one
sessions
with
experts
here
to
help
your
business
grow.
A
We
also
provide
seminars
workshops
in
a
variety
of
programs
on
various
hot
topics,
from
getting
started
to
financing
your
business,
to
helping
you
develop
a
business
plan
which
will
help
you
take
your
business
to
the
next
level,
also
to
government
contracting
what
it
means
to
sell
your
goods
and
services
to
the
local
state
and
federal
levels.
We
offer
all
of
these
programs
personalized.
The
majority
of
them
are
free
with
a
slight
fee
for
some
of
the
more
advanced
courses
now
we're
here
with
Merle
decker
who's
with
arlington,
county
public
library
and
she's
our
business
librarian.
A
B
Valve
yep,
these
are
commercial
databases
and
they
are
available
free
to
anyone
with
a
library
card
here
at
Arlington.
We
like
that
word,
for
everybody
is
wonderful.
Okay
and
what's
also
great
about
them,
is
the
fact
you
can
either
come
to
any
of
the
library
branches
and
use
them
or
you
can
access
them
remotely.
So
that
means
24-7
access
from
your
home
office
whatever.
So
it's
very
convenient
a
sauce
yeah.
A
B
Well,
the
two
big
ones
that
I
think
are
of
most
used
to
small
business
owners
is
probably
one
is
called
business,
&,
Company
resource
center
and
that
deals
more
or
less
with
large
businesses.
Large
firms,
a
huge
wealth
of
information
about
that.
So,
if
you
want
to
do
business
with
somebody
in
a
larger
firm,
you
can
get
a
lot
of
info
that
way
Intel.
It
also
has
a
lot
of
really
good
information
about
industry.
A
B
That
and
authoritative,
which
is
good.
It
can
pull
in
information
about
your
local
area,
who
your
competitors
are,
who
are
potential
customers,
just
information
about
your
area
and
you
can
do
customized
searches
for
businesses.
So
you
can
say
you
want
to
do
business
with
somebody
who
makes
over
500
million
a
year
in
a
certain
zip
code.
Okay-
and
let's
say
somebody
who
maybe
headquarters
only
okay,
you
can
create
a
search
screen
like
that
plug
in
your
information,
and
it
will
pull
up
detailed
information
about
how
many
people
work
for
the
company.
A
B
B
Then
there's
another
module
with
reference
USA
that
is
called
our
residential
database
and
that
can
be
used
to
generate
direct
mailing
order
lists.
And
so
you
can
say
here
is
an
area
and
you
can
do
let's
say
half
mile
radius
do
a
search.
It
will
give
you
the
mailing
addresses
phone
numbers,
anything
you
want
about
the
people
who
live
in
that
area
and
you
can
shoot
that
into
Excel
and
do
mailing
list.
Oh.
A
B
Well,
you
can
just
call
Arlington
public
library,
or
you
can
call
me
too
rectly
if
you
wish.
My
phone
number
is
703
228
5984,
that's
going
to
be
on
speed,
dial,
but
also
the
other
most
valuable
resource.
I
think
the
library
has
is
the
reference
staff.
So
if
any
time
you
need
assistance-
and
even
if
you
can't
get
me,
the
reference
staff
here
is
just
an
amazing
resource.
Oh
well,.
A
That's
great
I
think
a
lot
of
folks
are
going
to
be
tapping
into
that
Thank
You
morrow
you're,
welcome.
This
launch
also
offers
all
of
its
entrepreneurs
a
business
in
a
box.
What
is
the
business
in
a
box?
Is
it
a
fax
machine
or
a
high-speed
internet
access
know
what
business
in
a
box
is
it's
it's
all-inclusive
package
that
has
all
the
information
you
need
in
order
to
grow
your
business
successfully
inside
the
box.
You'll
find
the
guide
to
starting
a
business.
A
You'll
also
find
a
service
provider
directory
which
lists
all
of
the
resources
here
in
Northern
Virginia
to
help
your
business
grow.
It
lists
all
of
the
banks
that
do
small
business
lending
all
of
the
partners
that
we
work
with,
which
will
help
your
business.
Look
at
your
financials
look
at
your
contracting
opportunities
and
it
also
offers
all
of
our
retail
tips
in
one
packet.
So
definitely
take
advantage
of
all
the
resources
that
biz
launch
has
to
offer.
They
are
free,
so
you
can
invest
your
money
into
growing
your
business.