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    When Is Your Product Ready To Launch?

    July 27, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    Small companies face a constant tension between shoving new products out the door too early, when they're not quite ready for prime time, and too late, when the company has invested so much time,...

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    Free: Is It Time To Have Another Look At Free Products?

    January 26, 2009, 12:00am PST

    If you plan on growing a business that will last, building your business on free technology is something you should think carefully about, before doing. While free software is great for some...

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    Build Community, Build Momentum: A Pre-Launch Strategy

    August 3, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    Long gone are the days when companies would wait until launch day to promote their product, and only then through mainstream media. New technology is now allowing companies to open up the...

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    Innovation: The Perpetual Hunt

    February 24, 2009, 12:00am PST

    Innovation is an ongoing process that is essential to the survival of any organization, regardless of size or focus. No matter what kinds of businesses they own, entrepreneurs all know one thing:...

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    The Answer To Less Stress? More Structure

    September 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    As small business owners, we all know the feeling of being 5 hours into the day and not having accomplished anything on our to-do list. Or looking up at the clock and realizing that you've just...

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    How Activists Make Or Break Radical Innovations

    January 27, 2009, 12:00am PST

    What is the theoretical construct of a new product success? New products that constitute radical innovations challenge existing cultural conventions, norms, and interests. Often, they are...

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    Using Business Model Innovation

    May 28, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    Successful business model innovation requires identifying new, previously uncovered opportunities and changing how a firm operates. Large corporations struggle with business model innovation....

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    Social Innovation - Is It Sustainable?

    May 29, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    The Obama administration has allocated $50 million in the upcoming budget in a Social Innovation Fund. A component of the new Serve America Act, First Lady Michelle Obama announced the creation of...

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    How Will The Financial Crisis Impact The Wider Economy

    October 2, 2008, 12:00am PDT

    The basic problem is the fear that the credit markets will simply dry up. If no one will lend money (or it simply becomes ridiculously expensive to borrow money), then some very basic economic...

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    Some Quick Tips For Small Businesses In This Financial Crisis

    October 10, 2008, 12:00am PDT

    Make sure you to take the right professional advice for each type of issue you are tackling. Your accountant can be your best friend, so consider allowing him electronic access to your books and...

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    Finding What's Cheap

    November 5, 2008, 12:00am PST

    However, in tough economic times, when the money dries up, some people get worried and assume that if money is scarce, so are most other business opportunities. Nothing could be further from the...

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    Focusing On Revenue

    November 12, 2008, 12:00am PST

    The collapse of the market will bring the focus back to where it should be revenue. And that is good news for salespeople. Why? Because companies have drifted away from being sales driven, sales...

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    What Are Your Clients Costing You?

    February 10, 2009, 12:00am PST

    All business owners could benefit by much better tracking and measuring of the numbers. Knowing things like how many leads you generate, how many leads you convert, and the average dollar amount...

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    Cut Costs Without Cutting Quality

    February 24, 2009, 12:00am PST

    When restaurant operators are faced with challenging times in the business cycle, the need for an operating budget becomes more critical. An operating budget helps set achievable goals for both...

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    Hey, Where Is The Silver Lining On My Economic Storm Cloud?

    March 3, 2009, 12:00am PST

    This paper provides few reasons you should be optimistic about your small business future, and use that optimism to seize the new opportunities that great challenges always bring. The sun always...

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    Small Businesses In The U.S.: Show Them The Money

    March 15, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    Will banks that received TARP bailout funds be forced to lend money to small, struggling businesses? Will the Small Business Administration ride to the rescue and help out small companies with...

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    How Badly (Or Not) Are Banks Really Doing?

    April 4, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    Many banks, including small ones, that did elect to take TARP money now want to return it so that they do not have to comply with the conditions - especially feared future limits on foreclosures...

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    Small Business And Community Lending Initiative

    April 4, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    "Few aspects of our current financial crisis have created more justifiable resentment than the specter of hard-working entrepreneurs and small business owners seeing their companies hurt and even...

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    How The Government Can Lend Directly To Small Businesses

    April 4, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    Unemployment is skyrocketing. Credit seems more scarce than gold (whose price, by the way - an historical indicator of investor pessimism - is currently near its all-time highpoint). Bankruptcies...

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    Year-Round Small Business Tax Tips - Part 3

    April 17, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    It's never too late for small business owners to start developing good tax habits. In fact, one of the best times to revise the way you plan for taxes is tax season, when opportunities for...

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    Year-Round Small Business Tax Tips - Part 2

    April 15, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    Updates to the tax code are a way of life. This year, with so much economic turmoil, the changes are even more important to small business owners. If a business has experienced losses, what tax...

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    Year-Round Small Business Tax Tips - Part 1

    April 13, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    While tax day comes once a year, successful business owners know that tax planning is a year-round activity. To minimize taxes, you must plan your financial transactions carefully, and create and...

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    Texting For Dollars, A New Marketing Strategy

    April 28, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    Promotions have been the lifeblood of restaurants. However, technology has now allowed restaurants to target certain segments of the population. If you dined at an established and reserved on...

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    Stimulus For Small Business

    April 27, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    It's easy to get lost in acronyms and Washington-speak as American small businesses continue being used by pundits on both sides of the aisle as symbols of the financial crisis' impact on Main...

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    Going Global: Blind Ambitions?

    May 3, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    Unless you have the good fortune of being at Google or Facebook, most venture capitalists would venture to say you're out of your mind to take your small business global in this economy. Beyond...

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    Borrow Better: How To Get A Loan And Keep It

    May 6, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    Loans are big business for small business owners. Even applying for a simple credit facility can mean risking a lot. But a well-prepared borrower can negotiate from a position of strength, saving...

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    How Your Small Business Can Survive The Recession

    May 11, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    By most accounts, this is going to be a long recession, and we're still on the downward slope. As a small business owner, you will be forced to make drastic moves to survive. Don't count on a...

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    Dreading The Cost Of Software For Your Business?

    May 11, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    Several years ago, one of the biggest costs for small businesses was software. Accounting software? Expensive; Word processing and spreadsheets? Expensive; Contact management software? Expensive;...

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    Best Practices In Finance: A Roadmap For Funding

    May 11, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    Not everyone who runs a business is a financial wizard. And why should they be? People go into business for a variety of reasons - to transform something they love into something that pays; to...

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    Consumer Savings During Times Of Economic Downturn

    May 12, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    The upshot is that there is a "New normal" looming. Rather than the cheery 3.4% real GDP growth that we have seen globally in recent years, we will return to growth, but at a considerably lower...

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    When Did Hiring Independent Contractors Become Illegal?

    May 19, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    This paper defines underground economy quite specifically: 'There is a bustling and shadowy world where jobs, services, and business transactions are conducted by word of mouth and paid for in...

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    Unclogging Accounts Receivables

    May 15, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    There is a common complaint among business owners in the U.S: accounts receivable problems are causing cash flow to stall. There are a number of ways to unlock the cash from receivables and put it...

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    Focus On Strong Credit For Greater Resilience

    May 19, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    As a small business owner, going through the motions is never an option. Keeping any small business healthy requires a truly proactive approach to recognizing and adapting to change. It's easy to...

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    Cash Management: Five Tips To Help Small Companies

    May 21, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    In today's economy, many small and mid-size companies lack sufficient cash reserves to ride out the storm. Finding new customers is tougher than usual. And, as you know, raising prices isn't...

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    6 Tips For Running Your Business Lessons From 2 Failed Restaurateurs

    May 27, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    Why do restaurants often struggle to succeed? Why are they the first businesses to fold, and often in the shortest amount of time? The answer to these questions goes beyond the adage of "Location,...

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    The Message Is The Money

    September 4, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    Ask any successful business owner - little strategies make a big difference in tough times. One way to balance the need to keep and attract new clients without depleting your marketing budget is...

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    A Quick Note On Stimulus And Small Business

    June 9, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    Small businesses and the small business blogosphere have tended to view the Obama administration's $787 billion stimulus package from the perspective of how it is likely to throw extra federal...

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    The Great Test Of Economic Intervention

    June 8, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    One of the constant refrains of the new boomsayers, rally-rompers, and green shootists is that we're not likely to experience a redux of the Great Depression. This time things will be different,...

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    How To Talk About Cash Flow Issues With Vendors

    June 12, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    When the going gets tough, even the tough stick their heads in the sand sometimes. For example, when a small business grapples with its cash flow and can't pay vendors on time, the boss might be...

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    Intro To Data Mining For Small Businesses

    June 15, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    Generally, data mining is a process of identifying and extracting hidden patterns from within data. Identifying unusual patterns or behavioral anomalies is the key goal of this process. By...

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