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    11 Ways Companies May Improve Their Working Capital Position

    April 1, 2006, 12:00am PST

    With interest rates continuing to rise, oil and commodity costs mounting and ever-increasing pressures from Wall Street to increase shareholder value, it's surprising that some companies are not...

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    Five Myths About Improving Working Capital

    February 1, 2010, 12:00am PST

    Improving working capital performance enhances a company's competitiveness by increasing its Return On Invested Capital (ROIC). However, generating cash through working capital improvement is...

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    Maximizing Chapter 11 Success: Five Critical Areas For Chief Restructuring Officers

    December 1, 2009, 12:00am PST

    A staggering 85% of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy cases never make it to a confirmed plan of reorganization. In fact, lack of cash causes many companies to liquidate within a few weeks after filing. Many...

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    How To Attract New Customers

    May 4, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    A faltering economy may not seem like the ideal environment for attracting new customers. But, even when consumer confidence is low, there is plenty a small business owner can do to instill faith...

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    How To Organize Your Personal Finances: A Step-By-Step Guide To Manage Financial Records

    January 1, 2010, 12:00am PST

    When you think, "I need to organize my finances", you're probably just referring to updating your budget and arranging your bills. However, you can take this a step further by organizing your...

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    How To Identify Hidden Deal Risks Within The Information Technology Landscape

    April 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT

    When contemplating a mid-market asset acquisition, buyers should take sufficient time to assess the hidden deal risks within the information technology (IT) landscape. Mid-market companies,...

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    Reassessing Your Business Plan

    August 27, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    Business planning experts always stress that a business plan is a living document-one that you should regularly reassess and change as your business grows. Well, now is the time to take that...

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    Time To Leave The Nest?

    May 3, 2010, 12:00am PDT

    Using one's house as the launching pad for a small business has long been a favorite money-saving tactic among part-time business owners and entrepreneurs looking to survive the often-difficult...

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    Start-Up Series: Business Coaches And Mentors

    March 12, 2010, 12:00am PST

    Entrepreneurs, by their nature, prefer going it alone. Listening to others tell them what can or can't be done just isn't part of their DNA-that's why they hung out their own shingle in the first...

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    Franchising Series: How Much Will That Franchise Cost?

    April 26, 2010, 12:00am PDT

    If you plan to open a popular franchise retail store, restaurant or coffee shop, you are looking at considerable initial costs in addition to whatever franchise fee the franchisor charges. The...

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    Seasonal Spirit On A Shoestring

    December 11, 2009, 12:00am PST

    For many small businesses, the only thing to cheer about in the arrival of the 2009 holiday season may be the fact that it represents the end to a very difficult year. In keeping with that...

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    Finding A Tax Professional

    January 4, 2010, 12:00am PST

    Despite the seeming ubiquity of tax-prep software like TurboTax, using a paid professional remains the most popular form of tax preparation-roughly six in ten Americans are expected to use a local...

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    DIY Or CPA?: Which Tax Prep Method Makes Sense For Your Small Business?

    January 29, 2010, 12:00am PST

    This is a point of lively debate within the tax community. In the 2005 Form 1040 filing instructions, the IRS included a controversial table that compared time and cost estimates across the three...

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    Why CFO And COO Roles Are Becoming More Cross-Functional

    June 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT

    After the most recent economic downpour, the new operational river running through the executive suite is dissolving the walls between the chief financial officer and chief operating officer...

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    Last-Minute Holiday Marketing Strategies

    December 11, 2009, 12:00am PST

    With the holidays fast approaching, some small business owners may find that they never got around to implementing those grand marketing plans they had conceived to boost sales at the end of the...

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    Interns: Are They Right For Your Business And Vice Versa

    May 6, 2010, 12:00am PDT

    The internship has become a rite of passage for America's young workers, and with good reason. Internships are chances for students and recent graduates to put their potential to practice and...

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    Motivating Employees, Part III

    May 20, 2010, 12:00am PDT

    One of the most important tasks facing every small business owner is keeping his or her employees well motivated. Happy, well-motivated employees work harder and longer. But the benefits to your...

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    Health Insurance: Examining The Options, Controlling The Costs

    October 31, 2007, 12:00am PDT

    Perhaps the most burdensome issue facing small business owners today is health insurance. As costs continue to spiral and coverage options become more and more complex, many small business owners...

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    Time Management Solution

    September 21, 2007, 12:00am PDT

    Be more efficient and concentrate more on the core of the business. One spends all his time putting out fires. When management is busy dealing with the crisis du jour, there's no time to figure...

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    Employee Benefits And Retirement Planning: Helping Them Save

    June 30, 2008, 12:00am PDT

    Helping the employees save for retirement is not merely an altruistic gesture on ones part. There are huge benefits for one as an employer, and for the business as a whole. In today's increasingly...

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    Five Stages Of A Turnaround

    December 1, 2009, 12:00am PST

    Rising competition, cyclical financial markets and economic volatility have created a climate where no business can take economic stability for granted. As once-stable companies struggle to...

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    Partner-Up

    January 12, 2009, 12:00am PST

    One can never have too many people in his corner. That goes double for a small business owner. Without the resources for a massive advertising campaign, an entrepreneur needs to rely on a little...

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    Managing Your Payroll

    January 22, 2010, 12:00am PST

    For many start-ups and even some established small businesses, just being able to pay the bills and generate a little extra profit is a big enough challenge. As a result, seemingly innocuous...

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    Paper Or Plastic

    October 22, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    The statistics staring at budding entrepreneurs are ugly-nearly two out of three new businesses won't survive past six years. A lack of a rigorous business plan, insufficient marketing, and poor...

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    Vaccinate Your Small Business

    December 4, 2009, 12:00am PST

    As the H1N1 flu outbreak looks to spread throughout the upcoming winter, many small businesses could find the disease a serious threat to their profitability and, perhaps, long-term survivability....

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    How Do You Get Your Money's Worth For PR?

    February 3, 2009, 12:00am PST

    Business owners large and small are looking for ways to cut expenses. So the question arises: Do I need PR? Here are a few reasons why one should say yes and feel good about the expense. PR is a...

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    Hard To Say Goodbye

    April 29, 2010, 12:00am PDT

    It may seem unthinkable-intentionally retiring off one of your small business's products or services. But just as all businesses both small and large grow, mature, and change, so too do the brands...

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    Off Season Training

    June 5, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    Running a seasonal business may seem like an entrepreneur's dream: Work hard for part of the year and earn enough for the whole of it. But running a seasonal business, just like any other kind, is...

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    Tax Tips For The Self-Employed

    March 19, 2010, 12:00am PDT

    Being self-employed is a dream for many people. Who doesn't want to be his or her own boss? Of course, the downside of being the boss is the all responsibilities that come with the job....

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    Looking Back, Leaning Forward

    February 5, 2010, 12:00am PST

    For many business owners-large or small-there may not be much interest in looking back at the year that was 2009. Sure, the personal retirement savings may have rebounded, but the stock market's...

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    Tax Preparation Software Roundup

    January 4, 2010, 12:00am PST

    For those small business owners who choose to do their own taxes this year, there are more software choices than ever to help them file. Indeed, tax prep software companies, like banks and credit...

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    Why Second Lien Loans Are Here To Stay Despite Tightening Liquidity

    October 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT

    The author says, "In this market, issuance is certainly down considerably from a year earlier, and it's starting to pick up a little bit because more structures are requiring junior debt". The LPC...

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    Dealing With Customer Complaints

    June 3, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    Small business owners understand necessity of attracting customers to their business. But keeping those customers happy and coming back means more than just offering good products and services at...

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    Start-Up Series: Debt Vs. Equity

    March 5, 2010, 12:00am PST

    Whether one is a budding entrepreneur looking for seed money or an experienced owner of an established small company seeking to fund an expansion, capital is the fuel that makes small businesses...

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    Business Plan 2.0

    October 22, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    A sound business plan is the foundation of any successful business, but this particular foundation should not be set in stone. The world changes faster and more frequently now than it ever has...

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    Back In The Black: Tips To Reinvigorate Your Business

    May 5, 2010, 12:00am PDT

    Getting customers to spend money is the most important task of any small business owner. This is true regardless of whether the overall economy is booming or not. Make customer service a focus...

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    2010 CFO Outlook: A Survey Of What Manufacturing Chief Financial Officers Expect

    February 1, 2010, 12:00am PST

    The paper explores the results of the 12th annual survey of mid-size and large U.S. manufacturing company CFOs commissioned by Bank of America Business Capital. The key message from the survey...

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    Prize-Winning Thinking

    December 15, 2009, 12:00am PST

    In the midst of a struggling economy, a disturbing flu pandemic, and an ongoing national debate over health insurance reform, most small business owners can be forgiven if they didn't pay much...

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    Ten Qualities Of An Effective CFO

    August 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    An effective chief financial officer is critical to the success of any organization; an ineffective one may be the reason for its failure. Bad CFOs are easy to spot, but what about the average...

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    Employee Benefits And Retirement Planning: The '10 Spot

    September 8, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    This big change involves a financial transaction known as Roth IRA conversion. Simply put, this conversion amounts to taking an investor's traditional IRA, which is typically funded with pre-tax...

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