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Pop-Up Businesses

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Pop-Up Businesses

Futurist David Zach, who consults with companies such as 3M (MMM) and Abbott Labboratories (ABT) on emerging business trends, sees success for companies that tackle a single project before disbanding. They will assemble teams, rent temporary office spaces, and satisfy a certain need. When the job's over, they scatter, and all move on to a new project.