Business Columns
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Work Advice: Ask me no favors, I'll tell you no liesJul 14, 2013 6:00 am - Q: Several years ago, I was in a terrible job and networked with anyone who would help. A job came up in an agency where a guy I'd networked with for two years knew the ...
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Google Plus does photos bestJul 13, 2013 6:54 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — For a year or two in the early aughts, Flickr was every photographer’s favorite corner of the Internet. Not only was it the friendliest, prettiest, m...
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Buffalo Grove firm promotes gas technology for your vehicleJul 11, 2013 11:00 am - Buffalo Grove-based Advanced Vehicle Technology Services Inc., also known as Advanced VTech, plans to grow at its headquarters in Buffalo Grove by using a new technology...
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Work Advice: ‘Biz With Friends’ is a dangerous gameJul 07, 2013 6:37 am - Q: A friend of 15 years and I started a side business a year ago. My friend referred me to my first client and told me she would help out for half of what I charged the ...
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What happens when angels, companies needing capital meetJul 05, 2013 11:49 am - The bringing together of fledgling businesses needing capital and individuals with money to invest is often something of a mystery to entrepreneurs. That’s why I was ple...
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Consultant lists top small business issues, suggests solutionsJun 30, 2013 11:00 pm - Ask Tom Gray about the three biggest issues most small businesses face and chances are you'll get this list: Differentiation other than price. Getting new customers. Man...
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Work advice: Should med school dream be deferred?Jun 30, 2013 7:06 am - Q: I’ve always wanted to become a doctor, but just getting me and my siblings through college left my family strapped for money. Long story short, I graduated with a loa...
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Extending life of antifreeze carries a financial riskJun 30, 2013 1:10 am - Q. My comments and questions are about antifreeze. Some say it lasts two to three years when you buy a car new. Some say you can extend that to five years or 150,000 mil...
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Silicon Valley’s attack of the clonesJun 29, 2013 7:04 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — I’ve sat through three big, supersecret, well-orchestrated Facebook press events in the last year. Or at least I think there were just three; they al...
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Poll Vault: Have you bought any Blackhawks Stanley Cup souvenirs yet?Jun 28, 2013 12:00 am - What better way to cap off the Blackhawks' Stanley Cup run than with a commemorative cap? I hope you had good luck finding one on Tuesday. As Peter Timotijevic and Mack...