Jim Kendall
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Budget impasse threatens SBDC programsFeb 28, 2016 5:42 am - Not much attention has been paid to the impact of the state's budget issues on small businesses, but the collective thousands of businesses that 30 Small Business Develo...
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Is PEG financing in your future?Feb 21, 2016 4:12 am - It's not an unusual question when business owners become introspective: Is a private equity group, or maybe an angel investor, right for my business? The companion quest...
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Do your company values matter?Feb 14, 2016 6:22 am - I don't much believe in company mission statements or lists of values. They too often exist primarily to hang on the reception area wall to, presumably, impress visitors...
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Sell more to existing customers to boost growthFeb 07, 2016 5:22 am - The just-started conversation we're about to enter happens way too often. Advisor: I certainly agree. We all want to grow our businesses - assuming, of course, that we c...
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Workplace safety concerns impact productivityJan 31, 2016 4:45 am - Workplace safety - or, in today's not quite so benign context, the possibility of workplace violence - likely isn't something most entrepreneurs think about. Maybe we sh...
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Is video your next social media step?Jan 24, 2016 4:16 am - Got a smartphone? Then you're ready for what may be the ultimate selfie - and, more to the point, a step forward in your social media strategy: A 60-second video of you ...
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Small businesses have rare hiring advantageJan 18, 2016 12:00 am - This may be the year to hire. In fact, small businesses planning to bring new people on board this year seem likely to have an easier-than-usual time finding the employe...
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With holidays over, it's time to gear up 2016 plansJan 10, 2016 5:12 am - We're almost two weeks into the New Year and there's been no call from me to you to get in gear with your 2016 plans. Until now. There are things to be done - most of wh...
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Strategic alliances allow firms to expand servicesJan 03, 2016 4:03 am - Lynn Walsh and Pat Price may not get as many paragraphs in business histories as Apple's Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak or Ben & Jerry's Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, bu...
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New federal overtime pay rules running lateDec 20, 2015 6:18 am - Karla Dobbeck thinks Uncle Sam has given business owners a gift: Changes to overtime pay rules that initially were expected to take effect next month now aren't likely t...