Small Business
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Small business helped by open mindSep 09, 2007 11:00 pm - "The Best Secrets of Great Small Businesses" by Ray Silverstein, Sourcebooks, Inc., $14.95. Entrepreneurs can be a stubborn, "It's MY business" group of people. Maybe th...
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Misspellings common on resumesSep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - A lesson for jobseekers: Run spellcheck before you send out your resume. Up to two-thirds of small businesses report finding misspellings in half of the resumes they rec...
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Steer clear of career killers
Sep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - We all know that having a big public shouting match with your boss can be one quick way to a pink slip. But there are actually dozens of ways you can really harm your ca...
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Dinner by Design sold, continued growth promisedSep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - Dinner by Design confirmed Friday founder Julie Duffy sold her firm, but she will continue to be its iconic mother-on-the-run making family dinners. The Grayslake entrep...
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Briefs: Print Perfect moves to new buildingAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - BATAVIA -- Print Perfect, founded in an Aurora garage nearly 20 years ago, has moved its more than 20 employees into a new, state-of-the-art building in Batavia less tha...
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Park Place Interiors is home for design ideasAug 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Kathleen Newhouse likes to show people how to put together a room. That's why her shop, Park Place Interiors at 407 S. Third St. in downtown Geneva, is set up in vignett...
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Marketing firm starts anew with Dorn at the helmAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - This year, more than three decades after his father started a marketing agency in the basement of the family's Palatine home, James Dorn purchased the business from his ...
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Author doesn't present 'one size fits all' solutionsAug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - "What Were They Thinking?" by Jeffrey Pfeffer, Harvard Business School Press, $25. At the author's suggestion, look at the chapter titles and read those that fit th...
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Entrepreneurs can get on right path with ECC courseAug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Elgin Community College's Illinois Small Business Development Center is offering NxLevel for Entrepreneurs, a 12-week comprehensive course that will meet from 6:30 to 9:...
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Independent contractors require you to follow rulesAug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - No one is putting on a full court press, but there are people interested in how you distinguish between independent contractors and employees. Mostly, those people are l...