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Taking A Spin Around Your Business
10 items entrepreneurs must work on to bulletproof their business Most startup businesses are little more than an “incorporated job”—a vehicle for the owners to earn a market-rate salary with the hope…
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10 Ways To Build Your Brand To Get More Clients And Boost Profits
Imagine you are in a foreign country and you are thirsty. You could be adventurous and try the local soft drink in a wonderful new flavor. Or you could pick up a…
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Healthy Business
The Carson J. Spencer foundation combats suicide with innovation and entrepreneurship On December 7, 2004, Carson J. Spencer, a talented and successful Denver-based businessman and entrepreneur, took his own life. Nineteen days…
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12 Biggest Mistakes Salespeople Make In Their Presentations
Salespeople are incredible. Like Hollywood actors, whenever they open their mouths, they are putting themselves and their company on the line, taking a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome. Just…
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Creating A Buzz
How Small Businesses Can Get Big Media Coverage Imagine being a struggling small business one day and waking up the next day to find your inbox full of online orders, all because…
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When One Door Closes
Urban Bratz, LLC was the brainchild of former art director/designer and boutique owner Heather Daniels, an Illinois native. After years designing movie posters and theatrical campaigns in Hollywood, for studios such as…
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The Canadian General Anti-Avoidance Rule
Rule: Canadians must tax plan now! It is absolutely essential that small business owners in Canada tax plan now. Why you may ask? Because Section 245 of the Income Tax Act could…
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14 Things That Really Matter In Business Strategy
I first learned about business strategy while in college a very long time ago. If memory serves me well then the definition goes something like this: the direction and scope of an…
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Share Data Between Databases, Database Platforms, Hardware And Operating Environments In Real-Time
With data, you create value only by putting it to productive use. The more purposes your data serves, the more profit you will derive from it. For a variety of reasons, the…
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Another Face In The Cloud
Information technology plays a critical role in the success of many organizations. Software, applications and electronic data are vital to how companies operate, and when they aren’t available due to a disaster…
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Use Resources Wisely
To make your IT infrastructure more environmentally friendly, you must first sow the seeds of change. Here are several ideas for greening your silicon patch. It took some convincing, but now it’s…
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The Graduates
It’s no secret that there has been sweat building up underneath soon-to-be-graduates’ mortarboards since the economy’s demise in 2008. As 1.7 million students graduate with their bachelor’s degrees in the winter-spring session,…
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Social Media Is Business Not Playtime!
Here we go, yet another pundit telling you how social media has changed the world, how everything will be different, how traditional media is dead, etc. I admit it, I believe some…
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IRS Disaster Assistance
A “disaster” is defined in one dictionary as “a calamitous event, especially one occurring suddenly and causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, such as a flood, or an airplane crash.”…
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Dealing With Stress
Do you feel tired, irritable, anxious, tense, discontented or aggravated? If you answered ‘yes’ to any of these, you might be feeling the effects of stress. Astonishingly, many of us know the…
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The Young Professional
As part of the business valuation process, analysts and editors in my department conduct phone interviews with clients to learn more about their companies. I’ve probably performed at least 100 interviews already,…
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Saying For Sale Without Saying Goodbye
Exploring the benefits of working with a private investment firm There comes a time in the life of every family run business when its owner begins to wonder if it’s time to…
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Success In Sails
The sounds of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young serenade excursion customers as they step aboard The Cat, Jim Trilling’s pearl white catamaran. Like entering the living room of a palatial home at…
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Why GPS Fleet Tracking Matters For Your Business
Businesses that rely on fleet vehicles to provide products and services to their clients can experience tangible financial benefits with GPS fleet tracking. GPS tracking essentially puts you in the passenger seat…
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How To Win Awards
Startups struggle when it comes to establishing recognition and credibility. Winning awards can help small businesses achieve both and lead to long-term growth. The benefits of awards Never underestimate the power of…
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Dave says….
Dear Dave, I operate a window business in a small town. I have an employee that I’ve trained for a year, but we don’t seem to share the same vision and morals.…
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From Entrepreneur To CEO
It takes a certain type of mindset to lead a construction company to success. Most construction company owners started out working for someone else, became experts at a technical skill and then…
