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You’ve been sitting at your desk all morning struggling to think of new, creative ideas for your project. Finally you get up to grab some water; you walk down the bright hallway featuring oversized abstract paintings filled with all the colors of the rainbow. You pause to look at a large canvas that fills the wall, your eyes tracing the lines as one color flows into the next, a series of bright shapes positioned together hovering over a dark background.

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AdvantEdge Business Centers served as a corporate sponsor for the 2014 George Washington University Business Plan Competition, awarding more than $2,500 in prizes to a team of student finalists.  Sponsoring the competition helped support GWU’s ongoing initiatives to give students, faculty, and alumni entrepreneurship opportunities through experiential learning. 

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 6, 2014- AdvantEdge Business Centers served as a Catalyst level sponsor for the 2014 Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) Global Gala. Founder and CEO, Prakash Gavri, and other AdvantEdge Staff attended the gala in support of NFTE’s educational business programs at schools in low-income areas around Washington, D.C. and abroad. The NFTE Global Gala, held at the National Building Museum, celebrated 20 years of NFTE programs in the D.C. Metro area, and featured keynote speaker, Kevin Plank, Founder and CEO of Under Armour, Inc.

Why are the busiest days always the ones with the most tempting distractions? It’s hard not to wonder if there isn’t some strange cosmic joke being played on you when a new project from the highest level comes in right before your big client meeting. How can you stay ahead of the curve and accomplish things, for lack of a better term, like a boss? Start with these 7 ways to avoid the deluge and stay focused even when the cards- and work- is stacked against you:

Identity is an essential part of advancing your business, and while the community of a coworking space can be appealing as you form your company, it can be difficult to maintain your own, individual brand and culture as you expand. Executive suites and business centers provide all the shared amenities such as conference room space, break rooms, and lounge areas while providing the private space necessary to focus on internal growth.

At AdvantEdge, we know how important it is for companies to maximize their efficiency, and one of the best ways to achieve this is by encouraging staff and employees to take the necessary steps to maintain a healthy and active lifestyle in and out of the office. Throughout the year we will bring you experiences and tips about working in a healthy office that can help create a workplace that nurtures both individual achievement and company success.

Here are 7 general guidelines to keep your productivity trending up while avoid employee burnout:

Let’s face it, if we could all be as productive dressed in sweatpants with our laptops at our kitchen tables the office world wouldn’t be what it is today. However, the right professional office environment fosters productivity, efficiency, collaboration, and inspiration serving as a launch pad for start-up business success.

One of the factors driving clients to executive suites and business centers over traditional leases is the ability to cut overhead costs. While traditional leases require a company supply their own Internet and cable access packages, pay their own utilities, and rent other office equipment, business centers and executive suites are designed to free you from high fixed costs that quickly add up.