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From the Ted Talk by Lisa Gansky: The future of business is the "mesh"

Unscramble the Blue Letters


There's this fabulous opportunity we have across the U.S. now: about 21 percent of vacant commercial and industrial space. That space is not viatl. The areas around it lack vitality and vibrancy and engagement. There's this thing -- how many people here have heard of pop-up stores or pop-up shops? Oh, great. So I'm a big fan of this. And this is a very mesh-y thing. Essentially, there are all sorts of retuaastnrs in Oakland, near where I live. There's a pop-up general store every three weeks, and they do a fantastic job of making a very social envet hnnieppag for foodies. Super fun, and it happens in a very transitional neighborhood. Subsequent to that, after it's been going for about a year now, they actually started to lease and create and extend. An area that was edgy-artsy is now starting to become much cooler and engage a lot more people. So this is an example. The Crafty Fox is this woman who's into cfrats, and she does these pop-up crafts fairs around London. But these sorts of things are happening in many different environments. From my perspective, one of the things pop-up stores do is cartee perishability and urgency. It creates two of the fiavtroe wodrs of any businessperson: sold out. And the oprtnopituy to really fcuos trust and attention is a wonderful thing.

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There's this fabulous opportunity we have across the U.S. now: about 21 percent of vacant commercial and industrial space. That space is not _____. The areas around it lack vitality and vibrancy and engagement. There's this thing -- how many people here have heard of pop-up stores or pop-up shops? Oh, great. So I'm a big fan of this. And this is a very mesh-y thing. Essentially, there are all sorts of ___________ in Oakland, near where I live. There's a pop-up general store every three weeks, and they do a fantastic job of making a very social _____ _________ for foodies. Super fun, and it happens in a very transitional neighborhood. Subsequent to that, after it's been going for about a year now, they actually started to lease and create and extend. An area that was edgy-artsy is now starting to become much cooler and engage a lot more people. So this is an example. The Crafty Fox is this woman who's into ______, and she does these pop-up crafts fairs around London. But these sorts of things are happening in many different environments. From my perspective, one of the things pop-up stores do is ______ perishability and urgency. It creates two of the ________ _____ of any businessperson: sold out. And the ___________ to really _____ trust and attention is a wonderful thing.

Solution


  1. words
  2. create
  3. restaurants
  4. opportunity
  5. focus
  6. event
  7. favorite
  8. vital
  9. crafts
  10. happening

Original Text


There's this fabulous opportunity we have across the U.S. now: about 21 percent of vacant commercial and industrial space. That space is not vital. The areas around it lack vitality and vibrancy and engagement. There's this thing -- how many people here have heard of pop-up stores or pop-up shops? Oh, great. So I'm a big fan of this. And this is a very mesh-y thing. Essentially, there are all sorts of restaurants in Oakland, near where I live. There's a pop-up general store every three weeks, and they do a fantastic job of making a very social event happening for foodies. Super fun, and it happens in a very transitional neighborhood. Subsequent to that, after it's been going for about a year now, they actually started to lease and create and extend. An area that was edgy-artsy is now starting to become much cooler and engage a lot more people. So this is an example. The Crafty Fox is this woman who's into crafts, and she does these pop-up crafts fairs around London. But these sorts of things are happening in many different environments. From my perspective, one of the things pop-up stores do is create perishability and urgency. It creates two of the favorite words of any businessperson: sold out. And the opportunity to really focus trust and attention is a wonderful thing.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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