Small Business
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How can using the Business Model Canvas methodology benefit my small business?Jul 28, 2016 1:00 am - The Business Model Canvas is an entrepreneurial tool that enables you to visualize, design and reinvent your business model. It was developed by Swiss business theorist...
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Gia Mia in Geneva plans to add patio seatingJul 28, 2016 1:00 am - A new restaurant in Geneva hopes to become even more popular by adding a 32-seat patio for outdoor dining. Gia Mia first needs to get permission from the city, howev...
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Palatine roller rink asking for help after storm warps floorJul 26, 2016 5:00 am - Water damage forces $85,000 in Orbit Skate Center repairs
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Wheeling tutoring company proposes adding daycare servicesJul 26, 2016 1:00 am - Buffalo Grove resident Olga Khamichonak is from Belarus, and when her son was born eight years ago, she couldn't find anything locally like the early childhood education...
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Elk Grove's Grodzin gets crash course on doing podcastsJul 25, 2016 1:00 am - Josh Grodzin, director of business development and marketing for Elk Grove Village, was like many in his profession. He focused on helping local businesses and encourage...
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Overtime, health care issues likely to be messyJul 24, 2016 1:00 am - The next few months could get a little messy, thanks to both the coming Dec. 1 effective date for new overtime pay rules from the U.S. Department of Labor and, if you pr...
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Island Lake emergency clinic opening larger facility in townJul 22, 2016 1:00 am - With business booming, an Island Lake medical clinic is set to relocate to a new - and much larger - facility in the same part of town. Dr. Reginald Ebirim and Dr. Ebere...
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Hoffman Estates adopts new pet shop regulationsJul 22, 2016 1:00 am - A new Hoffman Estates law requiring pet shops to disclose the breeding history of their animals has removed the village's Petland store as the last under the jurisdictio...
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Why 85-year-old Naperville barber stays in the bizJul 20, 2016 6:00 am - Rick Motta slides a black-and-white striped cape around Tom Groves and the experience begins. It starts with a razor and a comb, then moves to shears. A vacuum clears th...
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Barbecue restaurant brings new life to old Mundelein plazaJul 20, 2016 1:00 am - A new barbecue restaurant has opened in Mundelein's Hawley Lake Plaza, a long-floundering shopping center trying to make a comeback with a fresh facade and other aesthet...