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Your Business Foundation: First Things First

After a couple of weeks of strategic planning, I’m once again ready to put first things first. Good thing, too,…

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How to get out of small business jail

What do bandages and oceans have in common? They’re best when you deal with them quickly. Removing a Band-Aid? Rip…

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How Can Your Accountant Boost Your Profits?

Now that tax season is done done done, (yes, I filed on extension), I wanted to give a shout-out to…

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Using key man policies as a business partnership benefit

Q.: We are setting up key man insurance policies, and one of the spouses asked whether the business could pay…

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Spaghetti is a food, not a business strategy

Do you have an actual plan to grow your business? Or do you scramble to get numbers—any numbers—on paper? You…

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The Growth Challenges of Family Businesses

Family.  You can’t live with them; can’t live without them; most assuredly, want to pull your hair out working with…

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Rewarding Bad Bahavior

“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” is the attitude many entrepreneurs bring to their business partnerships.  If you’re turning…

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The sacred cows that are killing your business

What’s the plan, Stan? Do you have a plan to make sure next year is better than this year? Or…

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Finding the Right Advisors

Follow these tips to select an advisory board that will serve your business well. The premise is simple and time-honored:…

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Partners Are an Ingredient in Success

From the Benefits-Outweigh-Burdens Department:  Rob Smorfitt, a serial entrepreneur, small business blogger, and Ph.D. candidate in South Africa, has looked…

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